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C. The Rh^etic (?) Flora of the Hokonui Hills, Southland. 
Localities. —-Two plant-bearing localities occur in the Hokonui Hill.s(l) in Southland 
(see map, fig. 5) at McRae’s Farm, Makarewa, and at Hedgehope respectively. 
The Collections. —The specimens in the New Zealand Survey collection were obtained 
by Park hi 1887(2). 
Previous Records. —-The Makarewa beds are described by Park(2) as consisting of 
sandstones and conglomerates, with one bed of shale. “ The argillaceous shales (No. 5) 
contain thin seams of coal and numerous distinct fossil plants, of which a large number 
were collected, embracing Pecopteris grandis, Asplenites, Taxites, and two species of small 
Tceniopteris. The brown sandstones contain large indistinct plant-remains and fragments 
of silicified wood.” 
Conclusions as to the Age of the Beds. —-The following are the records from the 
Hokonui Hills, Southland :— 
Fern-like Plants— 
Cladophlebis australis (Morr.). 
Tceniopteris Daintreei McCoy. 
Thinnfeldia lancifolia (Morr.). 
Sphenopteris sp. 
CoNIFERALES- 
Cryptomerites sp. 
There is little doubt that this flora indicates either a Rheetic or an early Jurassic 
age, but unfortunately it is not nearly large enough to afford satisfactory evidence as 
to which of these two alternatives is the more correct. It may perhaps be termed, 
for the present, Rheetic (?). 
Age. —Rheetic (?). 
D. The Rh,etic(?) Flora of Owaka Creek, Catlin’s River, Otago. 
Locality. —In Otago at Owaka Creek(3), a branch of the Catlin’s River (see map, 
fig. 5), plants occur on several horizons, in a series of beds which have been 
described by McKay(4). 
The Collections. —The specimens in the New Zealand Survey collection were chiefly 
obtained by McKay in 1873 at Old Mill, Owaka Creek. An earlier collection, formed 
by Hector in 1865, has also been examined. 
Conclusions as to the Age of the Beds. —The following species are recorded here :— 
Fern-like Plants—- 
Cladophlebis australis (Morr.). 
Tceniopteris Daintreei McCoy. 
Thinnfeldia lancifolia (Morr.). 
Thinnfeldia odontopteroides (Morr.). 
Thinnfeldia Feistmanteli ? (Goth.). 
Sphenopteris owakaensis sp. nov. 
S. otagoensis sp. nov. 
Microphyllopteris sp. 
CoNIFERALES- 
Brachyphyllum sp. 
(1) This name is also spelt “ Hokanui,” as in (3) The name was formerly but incorrectly 
map, fig. 5. spelt “ Owake.” 
(2) Park (1887), pp. 145, 146. (4) McKay (1877), pp. 59-73. 
