﻿Hamilton, 
  — 
  On 
  Plants 
  collected 
  at 
  Okarito, 
  Westland, 
  

  

  43S 
  

  

  K. 
  monocephala 
  lias 
  a 
  wide 
  range. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  "warmer 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Australia, 
  and 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Fiji, 
  Tongan, 
  Samoan, 
  and 
  Society 
  

   Islands, 
  and 
  elewhere 
  in 
  Polynesia. 
  It 
  also 
  ranges 
  through 
  tropical 
  Asia 
  

   aud 
  Africa, 
  and 
  probably 
  through 
  a 
  Qonsiderable 
  portion 
  of 
  America, 
  I 
  am 
  

   jiot 
  aware 
  that 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  Europe, 
  

  

  Art. 
  liK.TK..— 
  List 
  of 
  Plants 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Okarito, 
  Westland. 
  

  

  By 
  A. 
  Hamilton. 
  

   [Read 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  11th 
  January, 
  1879.] 
  

  

  The 
  area 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  plants 
  were 
  collected 
  may 
  be 
  defined 
  as 
  

   lying 
  between 
  the 
  Waitaki 
  and 
  the 
  Wailio 
  rivers, 
  and 
  extending 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  

   foot 
  of 
  the 
  ranges. 
  I 
  much 
  regret 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  devote 
  any 
  time 
  to 
  

   the 
  Alpine 
  flora, 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  on 
  which 
  I 
  collected 
  being 
  a 
  short 
  dis» 
  

   tance 
  up 
  the 
  Francis 
  Joseph 
  Glacier. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  collected 
  

   on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  lagoon, 
  which 
  extends 
  from 
  Commissioner's 
  Point 
  to 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Okarito, 
  and 
  round 
  which 
  ' 
  are 
  found 
  many 
  plants 
  of 
  interest, 
  

   many 
  of 
  them 
  apparently 
  very 
  local. 
  The 
  only 
  place 
  where 
  I 
  found 
  Hymeno- 
  

   lohyllum 
  minvnum 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  rocks 
  round 
  Commissioner's 
  Point, 
  and 
  H. 
  

   armstrongii, 
  and 
  Lycopodliun 
  ramulosum 
  appeared 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  cluster 
  

   of 
  gullies 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  Ferns 
  were 
  most 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  low 
  

   damp 
  bush 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  lake 
  Mapourika 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  Okarito- 
  

   Boweu 
  Eoad, 
  above 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  the 
  Okarito 
  river, 
  the 
  most 
  attractive 
  being 
  

   the 
  magnificent 
  Leptoi^teris 
  siqoerba. 
  Although 
  cattle 
  have 
  now 
  been 
  for 
  

   some 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  bush, 
  the 
  general 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  vegetation 
  is 
  unaltered. 
  

   Mr. 
  Kirk 
  has 
  very 
  kindly 
  identified 
  my 
  specimens, 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   subjoined, 
  and 
  I 
  trust 
  that 
  at 
  some 
  future 
  day 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  supplemented 
  with 
  

   a 
  more 
  complete 
  one, 
  as 
  I 
  was 
  compelled 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  best 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   district 
  unvisited. 
  The 
  collection 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  1877. 
  

  

  EANUNCULACEiE. 
  

  

  Clematis 
  imrviflora, 
  A. 
  Cunn., 
  var. 
  

   trilohata. 
  

   liexasepala, 
  DC. 
  

   Ranunculus 
  rivularis, 
  Banks 
  and 
  Sol. 
  

   (3. 
  suhjiuitans 
  

   subscaposus, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

   hirtus, 
  Banks 
  and 
  Sol. 
  

  

  Ckucifee^. 
  

   Cardainiue 
  hirsuta, 
  L. 
  

   Lejndium, 
  ? 
  

  

  ViOLAEIEiE. 
  

  

  Viola 
  filicaulis, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

   Melicytus 
  raniiflorus, 
  Forst. 
  

  

  CAKYOPHYLLACEiE 
  . 
  

  

  Sperijularia 
  rubra, 
  Pers., 
  var. 
  marina. 
  

  

  ■'" 
  Silene 
  quinqucvulnera, 
  L. 
  

  

  '■■ 
  Cerastium 
  viscosum, 
  L. 
  

  

  * 
  Pohjcarpon 
  tetraphyllum, 
  L. 
  

  

  PoKTULACEjE. 
  

  

  Montiafontana, 
  L, 
  

  

  