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Species, FamlTy, &c. Maori Name. English Name. Distribution. fe ?SL Within New In Stewart Distribution. Remarks. SPERMOPHYTA— contd. Halokrhagaceae— contd. Gunnera albocarpa (Kirk) Cockayne prorepens Hook. f. .. White -fruited gunnera Creeping -gunnera End. S. Wet banks, lowland Sphagnum bog Wet ground, in open Wet sand Very common. Probably on increase on " cuttings," &c. Abundant on old dunes, Mason Bay and Rakiahua Valley. Very rare. Mason Bay, Murdoch! End. C. S. .. Hamiltonii Kirk Southland gunnera Sand-gunnera .. End. S. ■— arenaria Cheesem.(?) End. N. C. S. I am not at all sure of my identification. Only noted at Mason Bay. Aealiaceae. Slilbocarpa Lyallii J. B. Pi Armstg. Punui 'unu ui Stewart Island stilbocarpa End. S. Coastal scrub Common beneath shade of Olearia angustijolia or of rocks (Photo. No. 38), especially on muttonbird islands, where it forms immense colonies. Differs altogether from the Snares plant, which has a rhizome, as in S. polaris. Only on Thames mountains, in northern province of New Zealand. Abundant in Stewart Island. Low-lying forest in Freshwater River valley. Fairly common. Abundant. Nothopanax simplex (Forst. f.) H Seem. Haumakaroa .. laur makaro; >a . Simple -leaved panax (ivy-tree) End. N. C. S. Sub. Forest, subalpine scrub p a r vum (K irk) Cockayne Edgerleyi (Hook, f.) R Seem. r laul ngai kawa, h iroa, ko the ju'v :ion ven na ar iil Small - leaved panax (ivy-tree) Edgerley's panax (ivy-tree) End. C. S. .. Forest Raukawa, homangaroa, koreare = the juvenile form Wauwaupaku.. End. N. C. S. Forest f anomalum (Hook.) W Seem. forn Vau - m lwaupak ku. Shrubby panax (ivy-tree) End. End. N. C. S. N. C. S. With other shrubs, on river-bank Forest, subalpine scrub Forest Rare. Only noted in Rakiahua Valley. Golensoi (Hook, f.) Seem. Schefflera digilata Forst. .. Pi Pate, patete, kotete Horoheka, hohoeka >ate. tet }, patete te e, k ko : Mountain-panax (ivy-tree) Native fig End. N. C. S. Common. Common. Pseudopanax crassifolium H (Sol.) C. Koch. Viir. nnijoliatum Kirk ter loro eki te oheka, h ca boh 10Lancewood, grasstree (this name is common in Stewart Island and the south) End. N. C. S. Forest Common. Very abundant where forest has been removed. Umbellifekae. Hydrocotyle tripartita R. Br. Aus. as. .. Bog Noted only in bogs of old dunes, Mason Bay. americana L. i. . American marshpennywort S.A., North America N. C. S. Lowland, wet ground generally Wet ground f ' I have a specimen labelled " H. moschata small form " in Kirk's handwriting, but it seems to me to be rather H. novae-ze-landiae.. Not noted by me. I have specimen so named and collected by Kirk. I novae-zelandiae D.C. New Zealand marsh-penny wort ■ End. N. C. S. microphylla A. Cunn. Small - leaved marsh-pennywort Asiatic marshpennywort End. .. i N. C. S. asiatica L. Azorella Cockaynei* Diels .. Actinotus novae - zealandiae Petrie Trop. and Subtr. Cos. End. N. C. S. Ch. S. : Bog, wet ground Salt meadow __ — ... _._.__ . Common. Rare. Only observed one place at Mason Bay. Common in wet bogs, both lowland and subalpine. In full bloom at end of September. Perhaps identical with Actinotus bellidioides cf Tasmania, but kept distinct in the Index Kewensis. End. c. s. Bog Apiiim prostratum Lab. Wild celery Salt meadow, coastalrockfc Aus., S.A., S.Af., Trist a n da C u n h a, Norf. Isld. End. .. Ker., N. C. S. Sub. Common. filiforme (A. Rich.) Hook. Oreomyrrhis andicola Endl. var. C olensoi (Hook, f.) Kirk Grantzia lineata Nutt. .. . Slender celery .. End. N. G. S. N. C. S. Ch. Salt meadow Semi-bog., j Only noted in Rakiahua Valley. Common crantzia Aus., S.A., J N. America End. .. N. C. S. Ch. S. .. Salt meadow Local. Aciphylla Traillii* T. Kirk. Stewart Island Subalpine meadow Probably confined to Stewart Island. The Central Otago plant most likely a different species. spear-grass