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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Botany. 
  

  

  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula, 
  which 
  -would 
  fix 
  its 
  extreme 
  southern 
  limit, 
  on 
  

   the 
  main 
  land, 
  in 
  latitude 
  43° 
  40' 
  S 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Chatham 
  Islands 
  

   in 
  latitude 
  43° 
  46' 
  S. 
  The 
  latitude 
  of 
  Nice, 
  the 
  extreme 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  

   palm, 
  Gliamcerops 
  hiimilis, 
  is 
  43° 
  44' 
  N, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  actual 
  limits 
  of 
  palms 
  in 
  

   the 
  northern 
  and 
  southern 
  hemispheres 
  are 
  identical, 
  instead 
  of 
  exlaibiting 
  a 
  

   difference 
  of 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  degrees, 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  our 
  botanical 
  text 
  books. 
  

   Eleocltaris 
  sphacelata, 
  Br. 
  

  

  The 
  discovery 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  on 
  the 
  West 
  Coast 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Island 
  

   renders 
  its 
  occurrence 
  on 
  Bluff 
  Island 
  more 
  probable 
  than 
  I 
  have 
  hitherto 
  

   deemed 
  it.''= 
  Its 
  apparent 
  absence 
  from 
  the 
  extensive 
  district 
  between 
  the 
  

   Taupo 
  country 
  and 
  Okarito 
  is 
  most 
  remarkable. 
  

   Isolepis 
  Jlintans, 
  Link. 
  

  

  The 
  identification 
  of 
  the 
  Bhiff 
  plant 
  referred 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  being 
  doubt- 
  

   ful, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  imperfect 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  specimens, 
  its 
  occurrence 
  at 
  

   Okarito 
  is 
  of 
  some 
  interest, 
  as 
  showing 
  the 
  most 
  southern 
  station 
  at 
  present 
  

   known. 
  

   Carcx, 
  sp. 
  

  

  Three 
  small 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  form 
  differing 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  described 
  New 
  

   Zealand 
  species 
  were 
  picked 
  from 
  amongst 
  grass 
  ; 
  although 
  in 
  an 
  imperfect 
  

   condition, 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  thus 
  characterized 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Tufted 
  ; 
  leaves 
  almost 
  filiform, 
  keeled, 
  erect 
  ; 
  culms 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  inches 
  high, 
  

   equalHng 
  or 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  leaves 
  ; 
  the 
  lowest 
  bract 
  overlapping 
  the 
  culms. 
  

   Spikelets 
  2-3, 
  the 
  uppermost 
  male 
  ; 
  female 
  3-5-flowered 
  ; 
  glumes 
  ovate- 
  

   acuminate 
  with 
  a 
  stout 
  nerve 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  2 
  ; 
  utricle 
  ? 
  

  

  Car 
  ex, 
  sp. 
  

  

  A 
  doubtful 
  plant, 
  probably 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  both 
  islands 
  ; 
  presents 
  

   rather 
  close 
  affinities 
  with 
  C. 
  testacca, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  broader, 
  spreading 
  

   leaves, 
  more 
  slender 
  culms, 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  all 
  the 
  spikelets, 
  except 
  the 
  

   uppermost, 
  on 
  slender 
  peduncles. 
  

   Zoysia 
  pimgens, 
  Willd. 
  

  

  Okarito 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  locality 
  at 
  present 
  known 
  for 
  this 
  grass 
  on 
  the 
  West 
  

   Coast 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Island. 
  It 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  attain 
  its 
  extreme 
  

   Bouthern 
  limit 
  on 
  the 
  West 
  Coast, 
  possibly 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  to 
  Jackson's 
  Bay. 
  

   Cyathea 
  dealhata, 
  Swartz. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  becomes 
  very 
  local 
  on 
  the 
  West 
  Coast, 
  south 
  of 
  Greymouth, 
  

   being 
  absent 
  from 
  extensive 
  areas. 
  Its 
  place 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  Hemilelia 
  

   sniiihii. 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  gives 
  no 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  occurrence 
  at 
  Okarito. 
  

   Hymcnophyllum 
  minimum, 
  Swartz. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  evinces 
  a 
  decided 
  partiality 
  for 
  shaded 
  rocks 
  near 
  the 
  sea* 
  

   It 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  its 
  New 
  Zealand 
  congeners 
  by 
  the 
  soUtary 
  

  

  • 
  See 
  Transactions 
  N.Z. 
  Inst., 
  Vol. 
  X., 
  p. 
  412. 
  

  

  