Cheeseman. — On the Flora of the Nelson District. 319 



PoLYGONEiE. 



Polygonum minus, Huds., var. decipiens. Lowland swamps. Nelson ; Mou- 



tere ; Lower Motueka, etc. 



,, aviculare, L. Abundant. 



Muhlenbeckia adpressa, Lab. "i , , , , , 



^ , ' , Abundant below 2,000 feet. 

 ,, complexa, Lab.) 



,, axillaris, Hook. f. Of general occurrence in dry open shingly 



places. 



Rumex flexuosus, Forst. Near Nelson ; Lower Motueka ; Wairau Valley ; 



Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 4,500 feet. 



Laueine^. 



Nesodaphne taiva, Hook. f. Vicinity of Nelson, but not common. 



MONEMIACE^. 



Atherosperma novcB-zealandicB, Hook. f. Near Nelson ; Wakapuaka. I am 

 informed by Mr. Gaukrodger that some unusually fine ex- 

 amples formerly existed in the lower part of the Brook Street 

 Valley, within the precincts of the present town of Nelson. 

 Hedycarya dentata, Forst. Near Nelson and coast to the northwards ; 

 Graham Eiver and Lower Motueka. 

 Thymeleje. 

 Pimelea longifolia, Banks and Sol. "Nelson Mountains, ascending to 2,000 

 feet, Travels" (Handbook). 

 „ gnidia, Forst. Upper Maitai Valley. 

 ,, virgata, Vahl. Near Nelson. 



,, prostrata, Vahl. Not uncommon throughout the district. 

 ,, lyallii. Hook. f. Dun Mountain range; Mount Arthur plateau; St. 

 Arnaud Mountains, etc. 

 Drapetes dieffenhachii. Hook. A common alpine plant. 



,, lyallii, Hook. f. Hope Mountains, Buller Valley; mountains above 

 the Wairau Gorge. 



Santalace^. 

 Exocarpus hididllii, Hook. f. Dun Mountain and adjacent hills ; Wairau 

 Valley ; Buller Valley. 



EUPHOEBIACE^. 



Poranthera microphylla, Brong. Upper Maitai Valley. 



,, alpina, Cheeseman, n. sp. Mount Arthur, alt. 5,000-6,000 feet. 



CUPULIFEK^. 



Fagiis menziesii, Hook. f. \ 



,, fusca. Hook. f. I Abundant in forests throughout the province. 



,, solandri, Hook. f. ) 



,, cliff ortioides. Hook. f. Wairau Mountains ; Mount Arthur plateau. 



