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1907. NEW ZEALAND.

REPORT ON A BOTANICAL SURVEY OF KAPITI ISLAND

L. COCKAYNE, Ph.D.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Sik, — Department of Lands, Wellington, Bth May, 1907. I have the honour to submit herewith report on a botanical survey of Kapiti Island by Dr, Cockayne, of Chrietchurch, undertaken in pursuance of your instructions. The report is a very complete one, and is well illustrated by photographs taken by the writer. An accompanying plan also tends to make the report absolutely clear. It adds very largely to our knowledge of the New Zealand fauna and flora, and from all points of view is one of the most interesting and valuable publications on the subject that has yet been issued in this colony. I have, &c, William C. Kensington, Under-Secretary. The Hon. Robert McNab, Minister of Lands.

REPORT ON A BOTANICAL SURVEY OF KAPITI ISLAND, BY 1,. COCKAYNE, Ph.D.

INDEX TO CONTENTS. PAGE. PAGE. 1. General remarks .. .. .. ..2 (6.) Manuka heath .. .. ..10 2. Physical geography .. .. .. ..2 (c.) Xerophytie scrub .. .. ..10 3. Climate .. .. .. .. .. 3 C. The coastal formations— 4. Introduced plants and animals .. ..3 (a.) General remarks .. .. ..11 5. The plant formations.. .. .. ..4 (6.) The strand .. .. .. ..11 A. The forest— (c.) Shingle flats, terraces, &c. .. ..11 (a.) General remarks .. .. 4 (d.) Rock vegetation .. .. .. 12 (6.) Its distribution .. .. ..4 (c.) Salt meadow, lagoon, and pond .. 12 (c.) The physiognomy of the forest .. 5 (/.) Tokomapuna Island .. .. ..13 (d.) The leading physiognomic plants and their D. Meadow formations .. ~ ..13 life-forms .. .. .. 6 E. Kock formations .. .. .. 13 (c.) The ecological factors .. .. 7 0. Affinities of the Kapiti flora and its history .. 14 (/.) Distribution and grouping of the species.. 8 7. Kapiti as a plant and animal sanctuary.. .. 15 (jr.) The ecology of the plants .. .. 9 8. List of pteridophytes and spermaphytes .. 16 B. The shrub formations— . 9. Provisional list of introduced plants .. .. 22 (a.) Coastal heath .. .. ..10

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