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Corysanthes triloba, Hook. f. Near Nelson ; Graham river ; Wairau Valley. 

 ,, oblonga, Hook. f. Near Nelson. 



,, rotundifoUa, Hook. f. " Nelson, Travers" (Handbook). 

 ,, macrantha. Hook. f. Wairau Valley; BuUer Valley. 

 Microtis porrlfoUa, Spreng. Vicinity of Nelson; Moutere Hills; Foxhill; 



Motupiko ; Wairau Valley. 

 Caladenia lyallii, Hook. f. St. Arnaud Mountains, 4,000 feet; Mount 



Arthur, abundant between 4,500 and 5,500 feet. 

 Pterostylis banksii, Brown. Not uncommon. 

 Ckiloglottis cornuta, Hook. f. BuUer Valley. 



,, traversii, F. Muell. Wairau Valley and the adjoining moimtains, 



not uncommon ; Mount Arthur plateau, abundant. 

 Thelymitra longifolia, Forst. Abundant in lowland districts. 

 ,, pidchella, Hook. f. Lake Kotoiti ; Wairau Valley. 

 ,, uniflora, Hook, f. Lake Eotoiti; Wairau Valley; Mount Arthur 



plateau. 

 Prasophyllmn colensoi, Hook. f. Not uncommon ; ascends to 4,500 feet on 



the Mount Arthur plateau. 

 Orthoceras solandii, Lindl. Near Nelson; Foxhill; Spooner's Kidge. In the 

 Handbook stated to ascend to an elevation of 4,000 feet in the 

 Nelson District, on the authority of Bidwill. I have never 

 seen it above 1,200 feet. 



IkIDEjE. 



Libertia ixioides, Spreng. Near Nelson ; Lower Motueka ; Graham Eiver ; 

 Buller Valley. 

 ,, viicrcmtha, A. Cunn. Nelson ; Buller Valley, most abundant. 



Pandane^. 

 Freycinetia banksii, A. Cunn. Lowland forests, but not common. Nelson 

 and coast to the northwards : Lower Motueka ; Graham Eiver. 

 Typhace^. 

 Typha angustifolia, L. Common in swamps at low elevations. 



Naiades. 

 Triglochin triandrum, Michaux. Nelson Harbour ; brackish- water swamps, 



head of Blind Bay. 

 Potamogeton natans, L. Moutere; Motupiko; Wairau Valley ; Lake Eotoiti 



and Buller Valley. 

 Ruppia maritima, L. Salt-marshes, Blind Bay. 

 Zostera marina, L. Nelson Harbour. 



LlLIACE^. 



Rhipogomim scandens, Forst. Near Nelson, and coast to the north ; Moutere 

 Hills; Lower Motueka; Graham Eiver, ascending to 1,500 ft. 

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