APPENDIX. 
GAHNIA SETIFOLIA (Sedge). A large, grass-like plant grow- 
ing in clumps, with very long, dark green leaves, which cut the 
fingers unless the plant is carefully handled. A number of 
small, brown flowers is situated near the top of a tall stem, 
in the centre of each clump. Dodonidia helmsi; Clepsicosma 
iwidia; Glyphipteryx calliactis; G. leptoseina. 
GALIUM vERUM (Yellow bedstraw). A small perennial with 
dense masses of tiny yellow flowers. The leaves are arranged 
round the stem in circles. WDeilephila celerio. 
GAayA LyAtitr (South Island ribbon-wood or lace-bark). A 
small tree found in the mountainous districts of the South 
Island. Its leaves are pale green, very soft, with toothed edges. 
The flowers are numerous and superficially resemble those of 
the cherry. This is one of the few N.Z. trees which sheds its 
leaves in the winter. Melanchra merope; Venusia undosata; 
Scoparia chlamydota;* Carposina morbida;* Anisoplaca achy- 
rota;* Lysiphragma howesii. 
GENIOSTOMA LIGUSTRIFOLIUM. A forest shrub somewhat re- 
sembling the Hnglish privet, with soft shining pale green leaves 
and: clusters of very small white or green fragrant flowers grow- 
ing in the axils of the leaves. Asaphodes megaspilata. 
GERANIACEAR. The Geranium family. Heliothis armigera; 
Plusia chalcites; Tortrix postvittana. 
GRAMINEAE, (The Grass family). Metacrias strategica; Leuca- 
nia semivittata; Aletia wnipuncta; Aletia griseipennis; Persec- 
tania composita; Borkhausenia chloradelpha (roots); Protosy- 
naema steropucha; Porina dinodes (roots); P. cervinata (ditto) ; 
P. umbraculata (ditto). 
GRISELINIA LUCIDA (Broad-leaf, Puka). A small, stout 
spreading tree found growing on rocks or on the branches of 
tall trees. It is easily distinguished by its very large glossy 
leaves. Hepialus virescens (in stems). 
GRISELINIA LITTORALIS (Broad-leaf, Papauma, Puka, Kapuka). 
A round-headed tree with a short gnarled trunk and furrowed 
light brown bark. The large oval leaves are yellowish-green 
and glossy. Lysiphragma epizyla (under bark). 
HALORAGIS ERECTA (Toatoa). An herbaceous plant locally 
abundant on dry hills and on the sea coast; the leaves are 
deeply indented, slightly rough, and arranged on opposite sides 
of the stem. The flowers are small and green; the fruit is a 
nut with small wings attached. Huchoeca rubropunctaria. 
HIBBERTIA LINEARES. An erect shrub with yellow solitary 
flowers with many stamens and pale green leaves about an inch 
long. It is a native of Australia. Tortrix indigestanda. 
HISTIOPTERIS INCISA. A soft, light green, straggling fern, 1-3 
ft. high, growing in open places in the forest, and round decayed 
logs. Sestra flexata; Musotima nitidalis. 
HOHERIA POPULNEA (Houi, whauwhi, houhere, lace bark, rib- 
bon wood). A small tree with, tough toothed leaves. The snow- 
white flowers are produced in bunches of 5-20 in the axils of 
the leaves. Venusia undosata. 
JUNCUS TENUIS. A small rush growing in tufts about a foot 
high. Platyptilia aeolodes; Bactra noteraula;* Batrachedra 
arenosella; Pantosperma holochalca;* Glyphipteryx iocheacra. 
KNAUTIA ARVENSIS (Field scabious, ‘“Pincushion’). An in- 
troduced garden plant. The flowers are of many different colours 
—the name “pincushion,”’ gives the best description of appear- 
ance. It is very attractive to insects. 
LAURELIA NOVAE-ZEALANDIAE (Pukatea). A lofty tree growing 
in swampy forests. Its trunk is clothed with whitish bark and 
is flanked with thin spreading buttresses at its base. The leaves 
are oval, tough and glossy. Lysiphragma epizyla (under bark). 
One of the “ crape” ferns, 
It has soft, grace- 
LEPTOPTERIS HYMENOPHYLLOIDES. 
growing in very shady places in the forest. 
ful, dull green fronds. Selidosema pelurgata. 
LEPTOSPERMUM ERICOIDES (Kanuka, maru. Tree manuka). 
A much larger tree than L. scoparium with narrower leaves and 
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smaller flowers. The leaves are greener and the flowers whiter 
than those of L. scoparium. Asthena subpurpureata; A. schis- 
taria; Hybernia indocilis;* Declana leptomera; D. junctilinea; 
D. floccosa; Oeceticus omnivorus; Hepialus virescens (in stems). 
LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM (Manuka, Kahikatoa, Tea tree). 
A small tree, growing usually in poor soil. 
small and dull green, and the numerous star-like flowers are 
white, tinged with pink. Asthena subpurpureata; A. schistaria; 
Hybernia indocilis;* Selidosema suavis; Declana leptomera; D. 
floccosa; D. junctilinea; Oeceticus onnivorus; Tortrix excessana; 
Carposina cryodana;* C. charaxias;* Harmologa oblongana;* 
Spilonota zopherana,;* S. ejectana; Thiotricha tetraphala; Zapy- 
rastra calliphana;* Borkhdusenia apanthes;* B. perichlora;* 
B. nycteris;* B. brachyacma;* Heliostibes atychioides. 
LEUCOPOGON FASCICULATUS ((Mingimingi). A heath-like shrub, 
often mistaken for Manuka, amongst which it usually grows. 
The minute white flowers hang in little clusters from the ends 
of the twigs. The tiny berries are crimson or orange. Chloro- 
The leaves are very 
clystis clarkei;* Asthena pulchraria; Xanthorhoe obarata;* 
Selidosema suavis; Spilonota parthenia;* Hepialus virescens 
(in stems). 
LICHEN. Dichromodes ida; D. gypsotis; Scenoploca petraula; 
Eurythecta zgelaea; Cnephasia imbriferana; Taleporia micro- 
phanes. 
LONICERA PERICLYMENUM (Honeysuckle, woodbine). Melan- 
chra ustistriga; Ctenopseustis obliquana. 
MACROPIPER EXCELSUM (Kawa-kawa). A small succulent tree 
generally growing in damp places. The leaves are broad, heart- 
shaped, bright green, and nearly always riddled with holes. The 
plant bears slender orange-coloured catkins. Selidosema 
grata; Epalxiphora axenana; Ctenopseustis obliquana. 
MELICYTUS RAMIFLORUS (Mahoe or Ini-ini}. A shrub or tree. 
The leaves are moderately toothed, bright green, and very pretty. 
The flowers are in clusters arranged round the smaller stems. 
They are greenish-yellow and emit a very sweet odour; the fruit 
is violet-coloured with black seeds. Awustramathes purpurea; 
Brana graminosa; Selidosema dejectaria. 
METROSIDEROS LUCIDA (South Island Mountain Rata, Iron 
wood). A tall, branching tree with small shining leaves, papery 
bark and dense terminal masses of scarlet flowers. It is abun- 
dant in the Otira Valley. A prostrate form is the chief com- 
ponent of the forest in the Auckland Islands. 
METROSIDEROS RoBUSTA (The Common Rata). The rata some- 
times grows as a lofty tree. It also grows in hilly bush as a 
bushy shrub. The flowers are abundantly produced and are 
searlet. Selidosema suavis. 
METROSIDEROS SCANDENS (White Rata, Aka). A common 
climbing shrub with small, roundish, glossy, dark green leaves 
and very numerous feathery white flowers. The seed has a 
powdery appearance, and is enclosed in a large capsule. The 
flowers are extremely attractive to insects. Sclidosema produc- 
tata; S. suavis; S. dejectaria. 
MIcroLAENA AVENACEA. A common grass in forest glades. It 
grows about 2 feet high and ‘has long lax nodding pale green 
flower panicles. Leucania sulcanda. 
Moss. Diptychophora microdora; D. metallifera; D. auri- 
seriptella; D. elaina; Scoparia philerga; S. minusculalis; 8. 
chimeria; S. dinodes; S. characta; 8S. sabuloselia; 8. bisinualis ; 
8. leucogramma; Tortrix molybditis; Endophthora omogramma; 
Archyalu terranea,; Mallobathra lapidosa. 
pana- 
MuBruHLENBECKIA. A common climbing plant, generally found 
near the edge of the forest. It has a very tangled growth. 
Leaves heart-shaped or broadly oblong; in young plants, rhree- 
lobed. Flowers in loose panicles, small, green. Chrysophanus 
salustius; O. enysii; C. boldenarum; Melanchra ustistriga; 
Rhapsa scotosialis; Chloroclystis muscosata; C. sphragitis (on 
flowers); Hydriomena lithurga;* Selidosema indistincta; Mecyna 
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