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it abounds on sandy plains. Leucopogon Fraseri, pentachondra 
pumila, epacris pauci flora, but the nene, ( dracophyllum lati- 
folium,) is by far the most beautiful of this family, and attains 
the size of a tree. The dracophyllum longifolium belongs to 
the Middle Island, as also the dracophyllum rosmarinifolium, 
but the dracophyllum urvillianum and lessonianum belong to 
the North Island. Several members of this family are ex¬ 
tremely ornamental, and, belonging to alpine regions, might 
be introduced into England. 
Of the Ericece. —are gaultheria antipoda, gaultheria rupestris 
and fluviatilis. 
Fam. Campanulaceco. — Rimuroa ( wahlenb&rgia gracilis ) the 
blue-bell of New Zealand. 
Fam. Lobeliacece .— Oru, (lobeliaphysaloides,—lobelia alata, 
— angulata ,— littoralis, — submera .) The kowitiwiti and puau- 
reroa belong to this family. 
The Styllidece .— Stylidium spathalatuni and Forster a sedi- 
folia. 
The Goodeniacecc.—(Goodnenia repens). 
Of Composites .—are the following tribes and genera :— 
Cichoracece, parerarera (scorzonera scapigera ). This grows 
on the central plains in large quantities. Toitako, kueo, (pieris 
hieracioides, attenuata, sonclms oleraceus ). Puwha, ( vernoni- 
acece Shawia). 
Fam. Asteroid ere.—Pekapeka (solidago arborescens ). Papa- 
taniwaniwa, (Lag en oph ora - Fo rs t eri) the native daisy, (Lageno- 
pliora lanata, aster holocericeus, aster coriaceus ). Ake piro, 
(Hoxtonia furfuracea), a pretty shrub with daisy-like flowers. 
(Vittadenia Australis.) Peke peke, (celuiisia holocericeus,) a 
large broad-ribbed leafed aster, dark green on one side, and 
white downy on the other, growing on the central plains. 
Parerarera, peka peka, (celmesia coriacea ), a smaller kind, 
found in the same parts as the former. 
Fam. Senecionidacece.—Kohiriki (Bidens pilosa ) cowhage 
(cotula coronopifolia,myriogyne minuta,soliva tenella, craspedia 
uniflora, cassinia leptophylla, ozothamnus pinifolia, Helichry- 
sum bellidioides, (Pukatea) Gnaplialium luteoalbum ,— simplex } 
— lanatum, — involucratum, — keriense, — trinervee, Arnica 
