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Species, Family, &c. Maori Name. English Name. Beyond within New tn Stewart New Zealand, 7pa i., n(1 Mand or Endemic. ealintl - Island. Distribution. Remarks. SPERMOPHYTA— conld. Iridaceae. Libertia ixioides (Forst. f.) Tukauki, turutu, Spreng. maanga-a-hu-ripapa Common libertia End. N. C. S. Ch. Heath of ancient dunes Inland from Mason Bay. Two species are included under L. ixioides, the one forming tufts (tussocks) and the other spreading into large colonies by stolons. The latter is the Stewart Island plant. It is also abundant on dunes near Cook Strait. Fairly common. pulchella Spreng. Forest libertia .. Forest. Aus. N. C. S. Orchidaceae. Dendrobium Gunninghamii Lindl. Earina mucronata Lindl. .. Peka-a-waka .. autumnalis (Forst. f.) Raupeka Hook. f. Sarchochilus adversus Hook, f. Common dendrobe Pointed - leaved earina Sweet - scented earina End. .. End. .. N. C. S. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Forest .. Forest .. Common. Common. End. .. Forest Common. End. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. c. s. Sub. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. Sub.(?) N. C. S. Sub. Forest .. Rare, but also easily overlooked. Thelymitra longifolia Forst. Makaika uniflora Hook. f. .. Common thelymitra Blue thelymitra j Aus. Heath .. Common. End. .. Bog Common. Microtis unifolia (Forst. f.) Maikaika Rchb. Onion - leaved orchid Aus., Norf. Isld. Heath Common. Prasophyllum Goknsoi Hook, f. End. Boggy gr'd, subalpine meadow. Forest Common. Pteroslylis Banksii R. Br. .. Tutukiwi Common hooded orchid End. N. C. S. Ch. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Common. australis Hook, f. .. graminea Hook, f. .. Narrow - leaved hooded orchid End. End. .. Forest ForestCommon. Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook. f. End. .. C. S. Sub. Boggy gr'd, lowland, subalpine meadow. Subalpine meadow Common. Caladenia Lyallii Hook. f. Lyall's caladenia End. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. N. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Common. bifolia Hook. f. .. Two-leaved caladenia End. Chiloglottis cornuta Hook. f. End. Common. Common. Corysanthes oblonga Hook, f. End. Forest. rivularis Hook, f. .. rotundijolia Hook, f. triloba Hook. f. macrantha Hook. f. Round -leaved spider-orchid Common spider- i orchid Large - flowered spider-orchid End. End. Forest Forest End. Forest. End. .. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. N. C. S. Ch. Forest Common. Oastrodia Cunninghamii Perei, makaika Hook. f. End. .. Forest Rare. Chlobanthaceae. Ascarina lucida Hook, f. End. .. N. C. S. Forest Cheeseman's Manual, with name of C. Traill, but without mark of exclamation. Possibly not on the island. Not recorded from mainland nearer than Preservation Inlet. Ubticaceae. Urtica incisa Poir. australis Hook. f. .. Forest-nettle .. Subantarotic nettle N. C. S. S. Ch. Sub. Forest Gravelly shore Aus. End. .. Dog and Centre Islands ; not on Stewart Island so far as known. LoBANTHACEAE. Loranthus micranthus Hook, f. Common New Zealand mistletoe End. .. N. C. S. Forest Not common. POLYGONACEAE. Rumex neglectus Kirk Sea-shore dock.. End. .. C. S. Sub. Ch.(?) N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Sandy and pebbly shores Fairly common. Muehlenbeckia australis (Forst. f.) Meissn. . complexa (A. Cunn.) Pohuehue Meissn. Norf. Isld. Not common. Abundant on Centre Island. End. Dune forest End. .. N. C. S. The form of the open, with small almost entire leaves, and which does not climb usually. I think this form comes "true" from