320 Transactions. — Botany. 



Urtice^. 

 Urtica incisa, Poir. Near Nelson ; Wairau Valley ; Buller Valley ; Mount 

 Arthur plateau, 4,000 feet. 

 ,, ferox, Forst. Graham Eiver, not common. 

 Parietaria debilis, Forst. Nelson. 

 Axistralina pusilla, Gaud. Lower Motueka ; Graham Eiver. 



PlPEEACE^. 



Piper excelsum, Forst. Near Nelson ; Motueka Valley, etc. 



CONIFEE^. 



Libocedrus bidivillii, Hook. f. Abundant in mountain forests, ascending to 



4,500 feet. 

 Podocarpusferruginea, Don. Lowland forests, not uncommon. 



,, nivalis, Hook. f. Mount Arthur, Mount Peel, etc., alt. 4-5,000 



feet; mountains above the Wairau Gorge, alt. 3, 500-5 ,000 feet. 



,, totara, A. Cunn. Abundant in lowland woods. A distinct look- 



ing variety (?) is common in the Buller Valley, and often fi-uits 

 when only two or three feet in height. 



,, spicata, Br. Abundant in lowland forests. 



,, dacrydioides, A. Eich. Abundant in moist lowland forests. 



Bacrydiimi mqoressinum, Sol. Throughout the district. 



,, intermedium, Kirk. Dun Mountain range; Hope Mountains, 

 Buller Valley, alt. 2,000-4,000 feet. 



,, laxifoliuvi. Hook. f. An abundant subalpine and alpine plant. 



Dun Mountain ; Wairau Mountains ; Mount Arthur and neigh- 

 bouring high land ; Hope Mountains, Buller Valley. 



,, bidwillii, Hook. i. Common on the mountains. Dun Mountain; 



forming most of the shrubby vegetation above the Fagus 

 forest on the Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000-5,000 feet; Hope 

 Mountains and elsewhere in the Buller Valley ; Lake Eotoiti ; 

 St. Arnaud Mountains ; Eaglan Mountains ; mountains above 

 the Wairau Gorge. 



,, colensoi, Hook. Dun Mountain range; Wairau Mountains. 



Phyllocladus trichomanoides, Don. Maitai Valley. 



„ alpinus, Hook. f. An abundant subalpine tree. 



OKCmDEiE. 



Earina mucronata, Lindl. Vicinity of Nelson ; Maitai Valley. 



Gastrodia cunninghamii. Hook. f. Maitai Valley ; Moutere Hills ; Graham 



Eiver ; Wairau Valley ; Buller Valley. 

 Cyrtostylis oblonga, Hook. f. Buller Valley. 

 Adenochilus gracilis, Hook. f. Buller Valley, between the Hope and Owen 



Eivers. Not previously recorded from the South Island. 



