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Species, Family, <&c. Maori Name. .English Name. Beyond New Zealand, or Endemic. Distribution. ! Within New In Stewart Zealand. Island. Distribution. Itemarks. SPBRMOPHYTA— contd. Pkimulaceae. Samolus repens (Forst.) var. procumbens R. Knuth. Southern waterpimpernel Aus., S.A. Ker. N. C. S. Ch Sub. Salt meadow Common. I/OGANIAOEAE. Mitrasacme novae-zelandiae Hook. f. End. S. Probably rare, but easily overlooked ; mountains near Port Pegasus ; Rakiahua. Gentianaceae. Gentiana lineata T. Kirk Tiny gentian .. End. Boggy meadow Subalp i n e meadow, wet ground, lowland Coastal moor Not common, but easily overlooked. S. Griesbachii Hook, f. Common NewZealand gentain End. .. C. S. .. Form with calyx cut almost to base, and segments equally corolla; flower, I in. long. Blooms in January. Very common on Dog and Centre Islands. From nearly sea-level to the subalpine region. Blooms in January. saxosa Forst. f. Coastal gentian End. .. S. LiparopTiyllmn C'unnii Hook, f. Aus. C. S. .. Bogs Apocynaoeae. Parsonsia heterophylla A.Curtn. Kaiku,!, kaiwhi ria, totoroene New Zealand jasmine End. .. N. C. S. Forest Not common. CONVOLVULACEAE. Calystegia tuguriorwm (Forst. f.) R. Br. Soldanella (L.) R. Br. New Zealand convolvulus S.A. N. C. S. Ch. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. Outskirts of forest Dunes Not common. Cos. temp. Fairly common. Dichondra brevifolia Buch. .. End. N. C. S. Heath. Moderately common. BOKAGINAOEAE. Myosotis antarctica Hook. f. var. Traillii Kirk _ albida (T. Kirk) Cheesem. Small - flowered forget-me-not Coast forget-me-not End. s. .. Sandy shore Not common. Usually net in great abundance, but widely distributed. Flowers in January. Seed ripe in middle of February. Rare. Only noted growing in mud of River Rakiahua. End. S. Sub. Coastal rocks and cliffs spathulata Forst. f... Spoon-leaved for-' get-me-not End. N. C. S. Ch. Bank of river Labiatae. Mentha C'unninghamii Benth. New Zealand mint End. N. C. S. Ch. Heath. Moderately cemmon. ScKOPHULARINACEAE. Glossoetigma elatinoides Benth. Aus. N. C. S. Wet ground, lowland. Not common. Veronica salicifolia Forst. f. Koromiko, kokomuka Common veronica End. N. C. S. r- ellipiica Forst. f. Coastal veronica S.A. C. S. Sub. Ch.(?) Coastal scrub The form on Centre Island has large leaves, very different from the type, approximating to the largeleaved form of the Snares and Auckland Islands. Only noted one plant at Mason Bay. amabilis Cheesem. var. blanda Cheesem. buxifolia Kirk var. odora Kirk Large - flowered veronica New Zealand box, box - leaved veronica The prostrate j New Zealand box Laing's whipcord veronica Colenso's ourisia End. .. S. Outskirts dune forest Semi - bog, heath End. .. c. s. Common in open ground, Port Pegasus, Mason Bay. var. prostrata Cockayne Laingii* Cockayne.. End. .. s. Boggy subalpine meadow Subalp i n e meadow Mount Anglem. End. .. s. Fairly common near summit of Mount Anglem. Rare ; Mount Anglem, on bank of creek in forest; Port Adventure ; Rakiahua Valley, J. W. Murdoch! I consider this plant distinct from 0. Golensoi Hook, f. as growing on the volcanic plateau, North Island, but it is hard to find any reliable distinguishing characters. It is the O. macrophylla Hook. f. of Cheeseman's catalogue (16). I do not think O. macrophylla extends south of the central floristic province, except perhaps on the mountains of north-west -vr _ t Ourisia Golensoi Hook. f. (?) End. .. tip. 8. . y.- : ' ■.' Nelson.