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Maori Name. English Name. Distribution. Species, Family, &c. NewZeSfnd Wlthln New In stewart Remarks. I SPERMOPHYTA— conid. ScKOPHUXARINACEAE— -Contd. Ourisia sessilifoiia Hook, f... End. . . S. .. Subalp in e meadow End. .. C. S- .. Subalp ine meadow End. S. .. Subalp i n e meadow End. .. S. .. Wet ground lowland End. .. S. .. Subalpine meadow End. . . S. .. Coastal moo Auk. .. C. S. .. Bogs B B B d, 3 ori Upper slopes of Mount Anglem. Not abundant. Upper slopes of Mount Anglem. Not abundant. Upper slopes of Mount Anglem. Rare. The identification is open to doubt. Only noted in the Rakiahua Valley, but easily overlooked if not in bloom. " Near Port Pegasus, Kirk" (Cheeseman, 15, j>. 550) ; Table Hill, fairly plentiful, but easily overlooked. Common, Dog and Centre Islands, and Ruapuke(?), but rare Stewart Island. Forms close soft cushions, which in December are white, with the rather large (fov size of plant) blooms. Common. Hairy ourisia .. End. s. Subalp i n e meadow Subalp i n e meadow Subalp ine meadow caespitosa Hook, f... Creeping ourisia. End. C. S- .. prorepens Petrie (?).. Petrie's ourisia End. s. modesta* Diels . . Tiny ourisia .. | End. s. Wet ground, lowland Euphrasia Dy&fi Wettst. Dyer's eye-bright End. s. Subalp ine meadow repenx Hook. f. Snowy eye-bright End. S. Coastal moorj Lentabulabiaceae. Ulricitiaria ntonanthos Hook.f. Common bladderwort Bogs Aus. C. S. .. Plantaginaceae. Planlago Baoulii Decne. Kopakopa Raoul's plantain End. .. End. .. N. C. S. Peaty banks near s^a Aus. .. C. S. . . Subalp ine N. C. S. Peaty banks, near S3a :s, Fairly common. On Dog Island and in some parts of Stewart Island is rapidly increasing, owing to the ease with which it reproduces itself by seed. Not abundant. Brownii Rapin Brown's plantain Aus. C. S. .. Subalp ine meadow Subalp ine meadow Peaty ground. near sea triandm Berggr, End. .. meadow End. .. S. .. Subalp i n e ■•■v* rt t> J~\ *"■- r T S. Table Hill. var. Hamiltonii (Kirk) End. .. meadow End. .. S. .. Peaty ground, near sea S. Mason Bay, south end. On Centre Island the plants grow so closely as to form a hard smooth turf, to the exclusion of all other vegetation. RUBIACEAE. Ooprosma lucida Forst. f. .. Karamu, patutiketike Shining coprosma End. .. N. C. S. Forest .. n. a s. Forest Common. End. .. rotundifolia A. Cunn. Round -leaved coprosma Thin-leaved coEnd. .. End. .. N. C. 8. Forest .. N. a s. Forest Common. — areolata Cheesem. .. End. End. .. N. C. 8. Forest .. N. C. 8. Forest .. Fairly common. rhamnoides A. Cunn. prosma Red-fruited coEnd. End. .. N. C. S. Forest .. N. C. S. Forest Abundantparvifiora Hook. f. .. — ciliata Hook, f. piosma Small-flowered eoprosma Hairy coprosma End. End. End. .. N. C. S. Forest, subSub. alpme scrub End. .. C. S. Subalp ine Sub. scrub,foresi End. .. C.S. Subalpine scrub N. C. S. Sub. c. s. Sub. Forest, subalpine scrub Subalp ine scrub,forest iI, b it 3 Fair ly common. Fairly common. This is 0. parvifiora var. pilosa Cheesem., but it seems to me identical with G. dliafaHookf. It is abundant on the western side of the Southern Alps. Mount Anglem; Table Hill, and probably on all the higher mountains. — ramulosa Petrie Stragg ling coprosma End. . . as. Subalp i n e scrub - acerosa A. Gumi. Dune coprosma End. . . End. . . N. C. S. Dunes .. CM. n. c. s. Ch. S. Dunes Common. var. - propinqua A. Cunn. Common coprosma End. . . End. . . Ch. End. .. S. .. Opengrounc End. . . N. C. S. Shrub-asso-Ch. ciation, ban' N. C. S. Ch. Open ground Shrub-asso-ciation, bank of rivers Forest, subalpine scrub d ik Port Pegasus; valleys head of Paters on Inlet. Rakiahua and Freshwater Valleys ; not common. foetidissima Forst. .. Hupiro, karamu, pipiro Stinkwood End. ot rivers End. . . N. C. S. Forest, subCh.(?) alpine scrub N. C. S. Ch.(?) Ib Abundant. - Cote.nsoi Hook. f. .. Banksii Petrie Colenso's coprosma Banks' coprosma End. . . End. End. .. N. C. S. Forest, subalpine scrub End. .. C. S. .. Forest, subalpine scrul End. . . S. .. Subalp i n c N. C. S. c. s. .. Forest, subalpine scrub Forest, subalpine scrub >- b b a Abundant. Thames mountains only in northern province. Not common. Abundant in the Longwood Forest, on the mainland. Table Hill. retusa Petrie Retuse coprosma End. s. Subalp i n c scrub Subalpine scrub Bogs and meadow Forests .. cuneala Hook. f. Wedge-! eaved coprosma Alpine creeping coprosma Fruiting duckweed End. .. scrub End. .. C. S. Subalpine fc!nV\ GOTMlVl c. s. Sub. c. s. Sub. a s. Sub. Fairly common. repens Hook. f. End. Sub. scrub End. .. C. S. Bogs and O,, V. wind r\ f\*sr Lowland to subalpine. Nertera depressa Banks and So). Aus.,S.A., Tristan da Cunha Sub. meadow Aus., S.A., C. S. Forests .. Tristan da Sub. Very common on ground and on fallen trees,