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102. P. arboreum. — Colenso informs me that this is found chiefly on sea- 
coasts and banks of rivers. 
104. Meryta Sinclairii. — Dr. Seemann having referred this plant to its 
proper genus in the ‘ Bonplandia,’ his name should be attached to it. 
104. Polyseias pinnata, Forst., a Pacific Island Araliaceous plant, was 
erroneously described as a native of New Zealand. 
Order XXXVI. LORANTHACEiE. 
107. Loranthus tetrapetalms.— Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 
108. Viscum salieornioides. — Colenso observes that this is a very rare 
and local plant in the Northern Island, being confined to two spots, near the 
Bay of Islands, and at Wellington, and found only on Hracophyllum, Gaul - 
theria, and Leptospermum. 
Order XXXVII. CAPRIFOLIACE^l. 
109. Alseuosmia roacrophylla. — “Flowers full bright crimson, berries 
crimson,” Kirk, mss. 
109. A. quercifolia. — -Mr. Colenso affirms that this is found nowhere be- 
tween the Bay of Islands and Te-Hawera. “Tube of flower crimson, lobes 
tipped with green, berry crimson,” Kirk, mss. 
109. A. linariifolia. — “Flowers crimson, lobes paler. Berry crimson,” 
Kirk, mss. 
Order XXXVIII. RUBIACE.E. 
113. Coprosma petiolata. — Chatham Island, JV. Travers. 
Order XXXIX. COMPOSITE. 
122. In Key of Composites, 12. Ozothamnus, omit the word not from the dia- 
gnosis. 
124. Olearia operina. — Edges of sounds on the West coast of Otago, from 
Milford Sound southwards, growing sometimes 10-12 ft. high, with trunk 
6-8 in. diameter. Found only at the level of the sea. Hector and Buchanan. 
Chatham Island, W. Travers. A form with lax bracts on the scapes, thus connecting 
it with O. angustifolia. 
1 24. O. semidentata. — Chatham Island, W. Travers. 
125. o. Colensoi, var. /3. — Otago, West coast, found at the level of the sea. 
10-12 ft. high, on the mountains, alt. 3-4000 ft., where it forms impene- 
trable thickets, and has simply serrated leaves. Hector and Buchanan. 
126. O. insignis — Wairau district, in rocky places, Bough. 
126. After 9. Olearia dentata — 
9 a. O. Traversii, F. Muell. Veget. of Chatham Island, 19 (Fury Ida). 
Arboreous, 30-35 ft. high. Branches and branchlets opposite, covered with 
silky down, as are the panicles, involucres, and leaves beneath. Leaves plane, 
