﻿. 
  T. 
  KiEK. 
  — 
  On 
  Plants 
  collected 
  at 
  Okarito. 
  441 
  

  

  opposite 
  or 
  verticillate, 
  quite 
  entire, 
  \-\ 
  inch 
  long, 
  shortly 
  petiolecl 
  or 
  sessile, 
  

   lanceolate, 
  acuminate, 
  3-nerved. 
  Flowers 
  on 
  short 
  curved 
  peduncles, 
  

   solitary, 
  axillary, 
  erect, 
  calyx 
  4-toothed 
  ; 
  corolla 
  tabe 
  narrow, 
  greatly 
  

   elongated, 
  |-| 
  inch 
  long, 
  tip 
  short, 
  broad, 
  bifid, 
  projecting 
  ; 
  capsules 
  oblong, 
  

   slightly 
  beaked, 
  ovules 
  solitary. 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  differs 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  Eiiphrasice 
  in 
  the 
  entire 
  leaves, 
  greatly 
  

   elongated 
  corolla 
  tube, 
  and 
  solitary 
  ovules, 
  A 
  farther 
  supply 
  of 
  specimens 
  

   is 
  desirable 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  permanence 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  character. 
  

   Spiranthcs 
  austi-alis, 
  Liade. 
  

  

  The 
  Oli-arito 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  local 
  plant 
  mark 
  a 
  considerable 
  extension 
  

   of 
  its 
  western 
  range. 
  Specimens 
  mixed 
  with 
  Microtis 
  j^orHfulia, 
  apparently 
  

   collected 
  on 
  Banks' 
  Peuinsula 
  some 
  years 
  back 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Armstrong, 
  junr., 
  

   are 
  in 
  the 
  herbarium 
  of 
  the 
  Christchurch 
  Museum 
  ; 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  its 
  first 
  

   discovery 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Island 
  is 
  therefore 
  due 
  to 
  that 
  gentleman. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  known 
  localities 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand 
  are 
  Waikato, 
  

   ■where 
  it 
  was 
  originally 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Colenso 
  ; 
  St. 
  John's 
  Lake, 
  Auck- 
  

   land, 
  whence 
  I 
  have 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cheeseman 
  ; 
  and 
  

   Kaitoke 
  swamps 
  on 
  the 
  Great 
  Barrier 
  Island, 
  where 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  

   collectiug 
  it 
  some 
  years 
  past. 
  

   Zostera 
  nana, 
  Eoth., 
  var. 
  muelleri. 
  

  

  This 
  discovery 
  marks 
  a 
  great 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  range 
  of 
  our 
  

   plant, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  of 
  its 
  having 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  

   Island. 
  

   Ruppia 
  maritima, 
  L. 
  

  

  Two 
  forms 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  are 
  represented, 
  one 
  W'ith 
  narrow 
  slender 
  sheaths, 
  

   and 
  elongated 
  spirally 
  coiled 
  peduncles 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  a 
  more 
  robust 
  plant 
  

   with 
  much 
  broader 
  sheaths, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  B. 
  rostellata, 
  Koch, 
  but 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  flower 
  or 
  fruit. 
  

   Antelia-iunniiifjhamii, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  The 
  Okarito 
  habitat 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  shows 
  a 
  marked 
  extension 
  of 
  its 
  

   southern 
  range. 
  

   Areca 
  sapid 
  a, 
  L. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  the 
  nikau 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Okarito 
  is 
  commonly 
  asserted, 
  but 
  although 
  

   he 
  made 
  enquiries 
  from 
  the 
  diggers, 
  he 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  it, 
  nor 
  did 
  he 
  meet 
  with 
  

   anyone 
  who 
  had 
  actually 
  seen 
  the 
  palm 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  district. 
  I 
  was 
  

   assured 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  goldfield 
  at 
  Eoss, 
  the 
  nikau 
  occurred 
  

   sparingly, 
  but 
  was 
  soon 
  destroyed 
  ; 
  the 
  most 
  southern 
  habitat 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  

   on 
  the 
  West 
  Coast 
  is 
  between 
  Greymouth 
  and 
  Hokitika, 
  in 
  latitude 
  42° 
  30'. 
  

   On 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  occur 
  on 
  Banks' 
  Peninsula 
  ; 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  

   observe 
  it 
  at 
  Akaroa, 
  but 
  have 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  doubt 
  its 
  occurrence 
  on 
  the 
  

  

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