322 Transactions. — Botany. 



Callixene parvifiora, Hook. f. Dun Mountain range; Wairau Valley. 

 Corclyline australis, Hook. f. Abundant below 2,000 feet alt. ; usually in 

 river valleys. 

 ,, hanksii. Hook. f. Near Nelson; Motueka Valley; Graham Eiver. 

 „ hookeriana, Kii'k. Sources of the Takaka Eiver, alt. 3,000-3,500 

 feet. 

 Dianella intermedia, Endl. Nelson and vicinity ; Moutere ; Motueka ; Spooner's 



Eange ; Buller Valley. 

 Astelia cunninghamii, Hook. f. " Aorere Valley, Travers " (Handbook). 

 ,, linearis, Hook. f. Dun Mountain; Mount Arthur plateau. 

 ,, nervosa, Sol. Abundant in subalpine localities. 

 Arthropodium candidum, Eaoul. Maitai Valley ; Wairau Valley ; Mount 



Arthur plateau ; Buller Valley. 

 Anthericum hookeri, Col, Common in subalpine and alpine swamps. 

 Phormium tenax, Forst. Abundant. Ascends to 5,000 feet on Mount Arthur. 



,, colensoi, Hook. f. Abundant. 

 Herpolirion novce-zealandicB, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000-5,000 

 feet, most abundant. 



Palmes. 

 Areca sapida, Soland. Wakapuaka, T.F.C. ; Lower Takaka Valley, Aorere 

 Valley, abundant, J. Heath. 



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Jimcus vaginalis, Br. Nelson ; Foshill ; Lake Eotoiti ; Buller Valley. 

 ,, australis. Hook. f. Wairau Valley. 



',, maritimiis. Lam. Nelson Harbour and shores of Blind Bay. 

 ,, communis, E. Mey. Abundant throughout the district. 

 ,, planifoUus, Br. Nelson, Motueka, etc. 

 ,, hufonius, L. Abundant through the district. Ascends to 4,000 feet 



on the Mount Arthur plateau. 

 ,, sp. (Allied to J. prismatocarpus, Br.) Motueka Valley. 

 . ,, scheuzerioides, (j&^xdi.'> Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 4,500 feet. Speci- 

 mens immature, and perhaps not really belonging to this 

 species. 

 ,, novcB-zealandia, Hook. f. Common in subalpine localities. 

 ,, articulatus, L., var. lamp)rocarpus. Not uncommon. Foxhill ; Motu- 

 eka ; Motupiko ; Moutere ; Wairau Valley ; Buller Valley ; 

 Mount Arthur plateau, ascending to 4,500 feet. 

 Rostkovia gracilis, Hook. f. Mount Arthur ; Mount Peel ; Eaglan Mountains ; 



mountains above the Wairau Gorge, ascending to 6,000 feet. 

 iMzula campestris, DC. Abundant throughout the district. 

 ,, oldjieldii, Hook. f. Wairau Gorge. 



