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Distribution. Remarks. Species, Family, &c. English Name. Maori Name. Beyond Within New In Stewart 8PERMOPHYTA— eontd; Restionaceae. Leptocarpus simplex A. Rich, i Oioi .: Red rush :. End. ;. N. C. S: Ch. Swamp ;. Both in brackish and fresh water, very common ; follows course of old strait from head of Paterson Inlet to Mason Bay. Also the var. minor Hook, f., which seems to me not a true variety, but merely a depauperated form. Extremely abundant; Hypolaena lateriflora Benth. Aus. ;. N. C. S. Ch. Bogs ;. Cbntkolkpidaceab. Oaimardia ciliata Hook. f. .. — var. ligulata* T. Kirk Bog-pincushion End. End. .. C. S. Sub. S. Bog Common, Not mentioned by Cheeseman. Described by Kirk in Trane. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxiii, p. 442, with habitat Stewart Island, near Frazer Peaks.] Gaimardia setacea Hook. f... End. Bog. S. Juncaceae. J uncus pallidas R. Br. Giant rush Aus. N. C. S. Wet ground, forest clearings Wet ground Wet ground, near settleVery abundant where forest has been cleared, and on the increase. effusus L. bufonius L. Common rush .. Toad-rush Cos. Cos. temp. N. C. S. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. Common. planifolius R. Br. .. Flat-leaved rush Aus., S.A. N. C. S. Ch. Sub. C. S. Sub. ments. Wet ground antarcticus Hook. f. Antarctic rush.. End. Subalpine meadow, bogs. Wet ground, lowland. Bogs. Fairly common. ■ lampocarpiis Ehr. .. Jointed rush N. temp, region End. .. N. C. S. novae -zelandiae Hook. f. Luzula campestris D. C. var. Peiriana Buchen. Alpine rush as. .. End. End. n. a s. Sub. I cannot give the exact habitats of the species of Luzula, which I find impossible to identify during rapid work in the field. var. picta (A. . Rich.) Hook. f. var. auslralasica Buchen. var. migrata Buchen. -v&r.Banksiana (E. Mey) Buchen. n. a s. End. End. .. n. a s. Ch. n. a s. Ch. C.(?) S. Dog Island, on rocks. (No. 5394, herb, Cockayne) cited by Buchenau in " Pflanzcnreich" heft 25 (iv, 36), p. 91. End. Rocks Liliaceae. Rhipogonutn scandens Forst. Kareao, pirita, kakareo Nohi, puwatawata Supplejack Forests .. Very common, but chiefly on sides and bottoms of gullies. Very abundant. Not found north of the Thames mountains, in the northern province. A few plants occur near western end of Freshwater Valley, according to Mr. J. W. Murdoch. Very common from sea-level to summit of highest mountains. Rare ; open ground near base of Frazer Peaks. I am not sure that the Chatham Island plant is identical with this species. Common. Common ; frequently forms large patches to exclusion of all else. Luzuriaga marginata (Banks and' Sol.) Benth. and Hook. Cordyline austrcdis (Forst. f.) Hook. f. Snowberry, forest snowberry End. S. A. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Forest Ti, ti-kauka, tirahau, kouka, ti-whanake Cabbage - tree, palm lily End. .. N. C. S. Open ground, probably swampy Bog ; subalpine meadow Bog Astelia linearis Hook. f. Dwarf astelia .. End. C. S. Sub. S. Sub. subulata (Hook. f.) Cheesem. — nervosa Banks and Sol. Kakaha Sharp-leaved creeping astelia Bush-flax End. . . End. .. N. C. S. Ch.(?) Forest montana (Kirk) CockAlpine bush-flax End. .. as. .. Subalpine scrub, subalpine meadow Swamp .. ayne Phovmium tenax Forst. Harakeke, korari = the flower-stem Wharariki New Zealand flax Norf. Isld. N. C. S. Ch. Common in low-lying open ground, but not everywhere. Cookianum Le Jolis Hill-flax, moun-tain-flax End. N. C. S. Coastal rocks, subalpine meadow Bog, subalpine meadow Common on coastal rocks of Port Pegasus, but not noted in Paterson Inlet. Near sea-level, open ground, Port Pegasus ; reaches almost to summit of Mount Anglem. Common Very common in many parts ol valley of Freshwater River. Bulbinella Gibbsii* Cockayne End. S. Herpolirion novae-zelandiae Hook. f. . Aug. as. Bog