324 Transactions. — Botany. 



Carex jyyrenaica, Walil. Summit of Mount Arthur, circa 6,000 feet ; Hope 



Mountains, Buller Valley, 4,000 feet ; Kaglan Mountains, 



4,000-5,500 feet. 

 ,, acicuJaris, Boott. Mount Arthur plateau ; Wairau Valley and adjacent 



mountains ; Hope Mountains, Buller Valley. 

 ,, inversa, Br. Buller Valley. 

 ,, colensoi, Hook. f. Not uncommon. 

 ,, stellulata, Good. Wairau Valley, etc.; Lake Eotoiti ; Buller Valley ; 



Mount Arthur plateau. 

 ,, leporina, Grood. Swampy hollows on granitic rocks, Ngatimoti; 



Graham River ; Motueka Valley. 

 ,, kaloides, Petrie. Wairau Valley, abundant. A very distinct and 



well-marked species. 

 ,, virgata, Soland. The typical form and the variety secta both abundant. 

 ,, gaudichaudiana, Kunth. Buller Valley; Wairau Mountains, etc.; 



Mount Arthur plateau. 

 ,, subdola, Boott. " Acheron Valley, alt. 4,000 feet, Travers " (Handbook). 

 ,, ternaria, Forst. Abundant throughout the district. Ascends to 4,500 ft. 

 ,, testacea, Soland. (?) Near Nelson, and elsewhere. 

 ,, raoulii, Boott. Nelson and vicinity ; Motueka ; Graham River; Wairau 



Valley, etc. 

 ,, goyeni, Petrie, ms. Graham River. A very distinct new species, of 



which I have specimens also from Otago, sent by Mr. Petrie 



under the above name. 

 ,, liicida, Boott. Abundant. 

 ,, pulchella, Berggren. Wairau Valley. 

 ,, neesiana, 'Endl. Vicinity of Nelson. 

 ,, dissita, Soland. Abundant. 

 ,, lambertiana, Boott. Abundant. 



„ breviculmis, Br. Near Nelson ; Wairau Valley ; Buller Valley. 

 ,, pumila, Thunb. Sandy shores of Blind Bay. 

 ,, forsteri, Wahl. Not uncommon. 

 ,, cinnamomea, Cheesemau, ?i. sp. Sources of the Takaka River, alt. 



8,000 feet. 



GRAJnNE^. 



Ekrharta colensoi, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau, and slopes of Mount 



Arthur and Mount Peel, 4,000-5,500 feet, abundant. 

 MicrolcBiia stipoides, Br. Near Nelson ; Moutere ; Lower Motueka. 



,, avenacea, Hook. f. Nelson; Foxhill ; Moutere Hills; Wairau 



Valley ; Buller Valley. 

 „ polynoda, Hook. f. Lower Motueka ; Graham River. 



