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the completed volumes of the ‘“ Transac- 
tions of the New Zealand Institute.’”’ I 
am asked in these articles to convey to Mr 
M ‘Ewan, and to his assistants, Miss Bryant 
and Miss Elliott, the sincere thanks of 
Messrs Hart and Darton for the unvaried 
courtesy extended to them on many occa- 
sions, aud their appreciation of much valu- 
able assistance in marking works of refer- 
ence and for help in many other ways in 
eonnection with their research work. 
Having exhausted the list of species grow- 
ing in public and private gardens, Mr Hart 
and Mr Darton next approached the collec- 
tors themselves for the rarer plants and 
those growing in localities not frequently 
visited. They have pleasure in recording 
that, within a few months Mr H. Carse, 
of Kaiaka, Auckland, collected and sent V. 
Plebeia, a rare and local plant; V. Tetra- 
gona, first collected, by J. ©. Bidwill in 
1839; and V. Carseil, a new species found 
when looking for V. Tetragona for the 
Wetherstones collection. Mr James Speden, 
of Gore (who has probably sent in more 
new species than any other naturalist) sent— 
V. Poppelwellii, V. Dasyphylla, V. Pul- 
vinaris, V. Burleyi, and many other species 
yet to be described and named. Dr 
Petrie, of Auckland, has sent many _ trea- 
sures, among them being V. Laevis (North 
Island), V. Colensoi, V. Pubescens (first 
described and named by Banks and So- 
lander in 1769), V. Bollonsoi (from the 
Poor Knights), V. Procumbens, V. Town- 
soni. and V. Obtusata (a recently-discovered 
and most interesting species). Dr 
Cockayne sent a plant of that interesting 
species, V. Tetrasticha, cutting of V. Buxi- 
‘olia, V. Glaucophylla, a new species, yet 
to be named, from Sugar Loaf, New Ply- 
mouth, and several varieties of V. Salici- 
folia—viz., Egmontiana, Kirkii, Atkinsoni, 
and Angustissima. 
Messrs Treadwell and RB. ©. Aston are 
helping with the North Island species, and 
have contributed Vv. Aston, 
Hookeriana, and V. Olseni. In the near 
future an effort will be made by them to 
collect V. Spathulata, so far outside the 
fold. Mr T. H. Macmahon, of Marl- 
borough, supplied two or three varieties of 
