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Speoios, Family, Ac. Maori Name. English Name. Distribution. NewSand withln New In stowart Distribution. Remarks. SPERMOPHYTA— conld. Gebaniaceae— contd. Pelargonium australe Jacq... Kopata Aus., Norf. Isld.,Tristan da Cunha End. .. N. 0. S. Ch. Heath. Not very abundant. Linaceae. Linum monogynum Forst. f. Rauhuia .. White flax N. C. S. Ch. Open ground near s e a, coastal rooks Dimes EUPHORBIACEAE. Euphorbia glauca Forst. f. .. Waiuatua .. New Zealand Norf. Isld. N. C. S. Ch. Common. spurge Callitrichaceae. Callitriche Muelleri Sond.... .. Southern water star-wort Aus. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. Wet ground, streams CORIAKIAOEAE. Coriaria ruscifolia L. .. Tutu, tupakihi Common tute .. S.A. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. Forest, heath I am of opinion more than one species is included under this name in New Zealand. Only noted near Mason Bay. thymijolia Humb. and Tutupapa .. Thyme- leaved Bonp. tute var. intermediate between C. ruscifolia and C. ihymifolia S.A. End. c. s. .. s. Sandy gr'nd with rock beneath ; dune Sandy gr'nd with rock beneath; dune Only noted near Mason Bay. Elaeocarpaceae. Aristotelia racemosa (A. Curin.) Makcmako .. Wineberry, native Hook. f. currant Colensoi Hook, f. .. Colenso's wineberry fruticosa Hook. f. . . Mountain-currant, or wineberry End. .. N. C. S. Forest Rare in forest; abundant in clearings. Blooms in early October. Rakiahua Valley, near sea-level. End. . . End. c. s. .. N. C. S. Scrub in river-valley Scrub in I river-valley Rakiahua Valley; near head of Crooked Inlet, Port Pegasus; northern province, Thames mountains only. Not common. El a eo carpus Hookerianus Pokaka, hinauRaoul puka End. .. N. C. S. Forest Malvaceae. Plagianthus divaricatus Forst. .. Salt-marsh ribbonwood — belulinus A. Cunn. .. Manatu _.. Ribbonwood End. .. N. C. S. Oh. N. C. S. Salt meadow Not common. Only noted at Port William. Extremely rare. Rakiahua Valley and Paterson Inlet. End. Forest GUTTIFERAE. Hypericum japo7iicum Thunb. Japanese St. John's wort Aus., Mai., E. Asia N. 0. S. Heath Not abundant. Elatinaceae. Elatine americana Am. var. .. Water-wort australiensis Benth. Aus. N. C. S. Wet ground. VlOLACEAE. Viola filicaulis Hook. f. .. Slender violet .. End. .. N. C. S. Subalp i n e meadow, wet ground, lowland Wet ground Common. j End. .. s. .. var. hydrocoty- W a t e r-p e n n y loidef (Armste.)Kirk violet Gunningham.ii Hook.f. ,. Common New Zealand violet Melicylus lanceolatus Hook. f. .. Lance-leaved whitewood ramiflorus Forst. . . Mahoe .. Whitewood I Aus. J End. .. c. s. .. N. C. 8. Dunes. Banks near the sea Not common. Pol., Norf. Isld. Ker. N. C. S. Recorded by Petrie, but not seen by either Kirk, myself, or Murdoch, this observer, however, stating he has been told it is near Saddle Point. Rare. Sea-level almost to about 3,000 ft. Only noted near Port Pegasus and on Mount Anglem. Hymenanlhera dentata R. Br. var. alpina Kirk End. s. .. Subalp i n e meadow; shnib'y side of stream, in open ground Thymelaeaceae. Pimelea Lyallii Hook. f.(?) .. Lyall's pimelea.. C. S. .. Dunes I am not at all sure as to identification of this plant. Only on Thames mountains, in northern province of New Zealand. Common. End. Drapetes Dieffenbachii Hook. .. Common drapetes End. End. N. C. S. C. S. .. Subalp i n e meadow, old dunes Open gro'nd, lowland, subalpine meadow Lyallii Hook, f. .. .. Lyall's drapetes