326 Transactions. — Botany. 



Poa hreviglimiis, Hook. f. Near Nelson; Wairau Valley; Mount Arthur 



plateau, alt. 4,000 feet. 



,, foliosa, Hook, f., var. /3. Mount Arthur plateau and the adjacent 



mountains; Eaglan Mountains ; mountains above the Wairau 



Gorge. 



,, anceps, Forst. Abundant in some of its forms throughout the district, 



in all situations. 

 ,, australis, Br., var. Iczvis. Abundant, especially in flat river valleys. 

 ,, colensoi, Hook. f. Abundant, especially in alpine and subalpine 



localities. 

 ,, Ai/i-w, Buchanan. Upper "Wairau Valley ; Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000 



-5,000 feet, abundant. 

 ,, mackayi, Buchanan. Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000-5,500 feet, not so 

 common as the preceding. 

 Festuca littoralis, Lab. Sandhills, Blind Bay. 



,, duriuscida, L. Abundant in the mountains. 

 Triticum multiftorum , Banks and Sol. Vicinity of Nelson. 



,, scabrwm, Br. Not uncommon. 

 Oymnostichum gracile, Hook. f. Lower Motueka ; Graham Eiver. 



FiLICES. 



Gleichenia dicarpa, Br., var. alpina. Wau'au Mountains ; Hope Mountains, 



Buller Valley, ascending to 4,000 feet. 

 Cyathea dealbata, Swz. Lowland forests. Near Nelson ; Motueka, etc. ; Gra- 

 ham Eiver ; Buller Valley. 

 „ medullaris, Swz. Lowland forests. Nelson and vicinity; Lower 

 Takaka. 

 HemiteliasmitJiii, Hook. Near Nelson; Maitai Valley, etc. ; Motueka Valley; 



Graham Eiver ; Buller Valley. 

 Alsophila colensoi, Hook. f. Sources of the Takaka Eiver ; Mount Arthur 



plateau, ascending to 8,500 feet ; Buller Valley. 

 Dicksonia squarrosa, Swartz. Common at low elevations. 

 ,, antarctica, Br. Common at low elevations. 

 ,, lanata, Col. " Massacre Bay, Travers"^ (Handbook). 

 Hymenophyllum varum, Br. Vicinity of Nelson ; Graham Eiver ; Buller Valley. 

 ,, polyanthos, Swz. Abundant below 2,000 feet. 



,, villosum, Col. Mount Arthur plateau, ascending to 4,000 



feet ; Buller Valley. 

 ,, javannicum, Spreng. Maitai Valley. 



,, demissum, Swz. Abundant in lowland forests. 



,, fiabellatum, Lab. Not uncommon. Ascends to 3,500 feet 



on the Upper Takaka, 



