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Distribution i. Species, Family, &c. 1 Maori N Maori Name. English Name. Beyond New Zealand, or Endemic. Within New j Zealand. 1 In Stewart Island. I Remarks. _ I SPERMOPHYTA— contd. Compositae— contd. Onaphcdium collinum Lab.. . Hill cudweed . . Aus. Aus. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. c. s. Heath. Only observed at Mason Bay on dunes a considerable distance from sea. Rare. Only noted on bed of a small stream near north end of Half-moon Bay. Common. Mount Anglem, Table Hill, Rakiahua. Raoulia australis Hook. f. .. Silvery raoulia.. End. . . End. . . Dimes glabra Hook, f. Glabrous raoulia End. .. End. .. as. .. j Goye-ni* Kirk Helichrysum bellidioides (Forst. f.) Willd. Stewart Island vegetable-sheep Mountain-daisy End. . . End. End. . . End. 8. a s. Sub. Ch. Subalp i n e rocks, subalpine meadow Subal pine meadow, heath. Rocky ground Subalp i n e rocks Fairly common. Loganii (Buch.) Kirk (?) grandicepn Hook. f. New Zealand edelweiss End. .. End. End. .. End. ? a s. as. .. Near summit of Anglem. Identification doubtful. Not common. Only on summits of Mount Anglem, Table Hill, Mount Allen (Murdoch). Mason Bay; not noted elsewhere. fincaule Hook. f. . . End. .. End. .. n. a s. Ch. a s. Sub. as. Heath of dunes Boggy ground near sea-level j Damp sandy ground, base of dunes Wet ground. Odssinia VauviUiersii Hook. f. Mountain-cassinia '. End. .. End. .. Common. Oruspedia uniflora Forst. f. var. rnbusta Hook, f. End. End. Mason Bay quite loca,l. A form with very large heads. — vav. minor Hook. f. Cotula coronopifolia L. End. .. End. .. a s. Sub. n. a s. Ch. Swamp-cotula .. Aus., S.A., Eur.(?) Aus., S.A., Eur.(?) N. Am.(?) End. Wet ground of cultivated land Dunes, salt j meadow or relatedassoc. Coastal moor, salt meadow Rare ; perhaps introduced. Traillii Kirk Stewart Island cotula ! N. Am.(?) End. S. Common. Confined to Stewart Island district and shores of Foveaux Strait. Very common, Dog and Centre Islands ; rare, Stewart Island. I am not absolutely sure of my identification, but the plant in question is constant over a considerable area, and seems a wellmarked species. — pulchella Kirk " End. ! End. s. . Abrotonella linearis Berggr... End. Subalp i n e meadow. On peat on rocks End. C. S. .. muscosa* Kirk E r echtite s prmanlhoides (A. Rich.) D. C. arguta (A. Rich.) D. C. I Common fireweed End. .. Aus. End. .. Aus. S. N. C. S. Ch. Sub(?) N. C. S. Forest. Summit of Table Hill and Mount Rakiahua, but very easily overlooked. Woolly fireweed ' Aus., Norf. TslH Aus., Norf. fold. End. .. Heath. scaberula Hook, f. . . quadridentata (Lab.) D. C. — diversifolia Petrie .. glabrescens Kirk Senecio bellidioides Hook, f... Scabrid fireweed White fireweed Petrie's fireweed : Kirk's fireweed Common moun- ' tain-groundsel isia. End. .. Aus. End. .. End. ! End. .. Aus. End. .. End. End. .. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Ch. C. S. I C. S. .. as. Forest and heath. Forest and heath. Heath. Forest. Bogs and wet ground Very common near Poit Pegasus. Probably on the increase where vegetation has been burnt. Extremely common; almost at sea-level on open ground near Port Pegasus. Table Hill; common. Did not note it on Mount Anglem. Lyallii Hook. f. .. Lyall's groundsel End. . . End. . . c. s. .. Boggy subalpine meadow lowland bogs Boggy subalpine meadow Coastal rocks seorzonerioidcs Rook.f. The great white groundsel Coast-groundsel End. .. I Aus., Norf. Tslrl End. .. c. s. lautus Forst. f. Aus., Norf. Isld. End. Ker. N. C. S. Ch. S. Sub. Stewartiae J. B. Armstg. Stewart Island shrubby groundsel ISM. i End. .. I Coastal scrub! Only known on the various muttonbird islands and the Solanders, but probably on some of the exposed headlands. Only noted on Table Hill Range. ' — elaeagnifolius Hook.f. Common mountain shrubby groundsel Round -leaved shrubby groundsel New Zealand I dandelion Coastal sow-thistle| End. .. End. . . I End. .. End. .. End. .. as. .. Subalp x n e scrub rotundifolius Hook. f. | Puh Puheretaiko .. heretai End. . . as. .. Coastal scrub, forest Extremely abundant. Taraxacum glabratum (Forst.f.) Cockayne Sonchus littoralis (Kirk) Cockayne oler.aceus L. End. .. End. .. n. a s. Sub. n. a s. Dunes Not common; near shore, Halfmoon Bay. Only noted at Mason Bay. Sow-thistle Cos. Cos. Ker. N. a s. ch.