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It also is a most striking plant. Now, an almost identical species, named Senecio lagopus, also occurs on the main mass of Banks Peninsula, which differs from S. saxifragoides merely in the possession of numerous bristles on the leaf, whereas in the latter such are absent. Yet, so far as is known, -S. lagopus does not occur on the Port Hills, nor S. saxifragoides on Banks Peninsula proper. If this is truly a fact the distribution of these two species, each equally well suited to the rock-conditions of the area, is one of the most remarkable cases of plant-distribution in the world. To return to the tussockassociation, there are certain plants which demand brief mention: such are the lowly Cotula Haastii, only known elsewhere on the Canterbury Plains and the Awatere Valley, the wild-irishman (Discaria toumatou), the tutu (Coriaria sarmenlosa), one of the New Zealand brooms (Carmichaelia subulala) and the speargrass (Aciphylla squarrosa). At the margin of forest or on rocky ground one of the shrubby speedwells (Veronica leiophylla) is common, and, like all its congeners, is a pleasing feature of the vegetation. There are most of the other species listed below, but not dealt with here, in one or other of the Port Hills reserves, but enough has been said to prove that these latter are open-air museums of no mean order, which, prized as they are at present, will increase greatly in educative value year by year.

Provisional List of Ferns and Flowering-plants of the Port Hills.

Species, Family, Ac. Maori Name. English Name. Habitat. FERNS (F1L1CKS). Hymeiiophyllum rarum R. Br. .. Thin-leaved filmy fern .. Forest; recorded by Potts, but probably now extinct. Forest; recorded by Potts, but probably now extinct. Shaded rock ; forest. Forest; on tree-fern trunks, but possibly extinct. Forest. Forest; but now perhaps extinct. Forest. Rock. Rock. Forest, in dry ground. Hillsides, in open. Forest. Forest. Forest. Forest; swamp. Forest. Moist rock; forest. Rock, where plenty of soil. Coastal cliff. Forest, on stony ground. Forest. Forest; rock. Forest. Rock ; forest. Forest. Forest. Forest. Forest; recorded by Potts. Forest; rock. Rock. Rock Rock. Forest. Tussock pasture. Tussock pasture. dilatuluin Sw. Broad-leaved filmy fern tunliridgense Sm. Triclioinan.es venosum R. Br. Tunbridgc filmy tern .. Veined bristle fern Cyathea dealbata, Sw. IHcksonia sguarrosa Sw. Ponga Weld Silver tree-fern Slender tree-fern Hypolepis lenuijblia Bernh. Gheilanlhes Sieberi Kun/.e tenuifolia Sw. Pellaea rolundifolui Hook. Pteridium esculenlum Cockayne nisliopteris incisa J. Sm. lilechnum lanceolalum Sturm . . discolor Keys capen.se Sehleelit ft.umalile Lowe membranaceum Mett. .. Aspleiiium jlabellifoliain Oav. .. obtnsatum Forst. f. Hookerianum Col. bulbiferum Forst. f. /larcidnm Forst. f. (several vars.) Polyslichttin vestitwm Presl. Richardi J. Sm. hispidum J. Sm. Dryopteris glabella C. Chr. — punctata C. Chr. —. pennigera C. Chr. Polypodium diversifolium Willd. Nothnchlaena d.istans R. Br. Gymnogramme rutaefolia Hook. & Grev. leplophylla Desv. Leptopteris hymenophyUoides Presl. Ophioglossum. coriaceum A. Cunn. Bolrychiuin auslrale R. Br. Rauaruhe Matata Kiokio ; pin .. Iviwikiwi Tuturanga Mauku Thin-leaved hypolepis .. Sieber's fern Thin-leaved ehcilanthes Round-leaved fern Common bracken Water-fern Lance-leavod hard fern Common hard fern Long hard fern Creek-fern Membrane-leaved fern . . Drooping-spleenwort .. Sea spleenwort Hooker's spleenwort Common spleenwort Drooping-spleenwort .. Prickly shield-fern Black shield-fern Hardy-stemmed fern .. Smooth boss-fern Hairy polypody Feather-fern Common polypody Woolly cloak-fern Rue-leaved fern Jersey fern Single crape-fern Adder's-tongue Moonwort Puniii Tutoki Pakauroharoha Paretao Rertiheru FLOWERING - PLANTS (SPERMOPHYTA). Totara .Vlatai Forest. Forest. Taxaguak. Podocarpus totara A. Cunn. —.— spicatus R. Br. Black-pine Gramin BAH. Microlaena avenacea Hook.- f. .. — polynoda Hook. f. JJichelachne crinita Hook, f. .. Galamagroslis Forsleri Steud. Triselum, anlarcticum Trin. Danthonia semiannularis R. Br. (probably several varieties) pilosa R. Br. var. Arundo conipk.ua Forst. f. Poa caespitosa Forst. f. Golensoi Hook. f. imbecilui Forst. f. Fesluca novae-zealandiae Cockayne mullinodis Petrie Agropyron scabrum Beauv. var. Forest rice-grass Long-haired plume-grass Toothed bent-grass Shining oat-grass Common oat-grass Hairy oat-grass New Zealand reed Silver-tussock Blue-tussock Weak poa Tussook-fesoue Drooping-foseuc Blue-grass Forest. Forest. Tussock pasture. Tussock pasture. Rock. Rock ; tussock pasture. Tussock pasture. Hillsides, in open. Tussock pasturej rook. Tussock pasture. Shaded rock. Tussock pasture. Shaded rock. Tussock pasture. Tootoe