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-i I Species, Family, &c. Maori Name. Distribution. English Name. Beyond New Zealand, or Endemic. llemarks. Within New In Stewart Zealand. Island. i SPERMOPHYTA— zontd. Ckitcifebae— contd. Lepidium oleraceum Forst. f. var. acutidentatum Kirk. tenuicaule T. Kirk .. Cook's scurvy- End. grass N. C. S. .. Not noted by me. Oh. Sub. Droseraceae. Dr.ose.ra stenopetala Hook, f. Shore-cress .. i End. 8ubantarctic sun- End. dew Alpine sun-dew Aus. Spoon-leaved stin- Aus. dew F o r k e d-leaved Aus. sun-dew 8. . . Gravelly Not seen on Stewart Island ; cornshore mon on Dog Island, Centre Island, and Ruapuke. I also saw another Lepidium, but not in flower, which might be the var. australe T. Kirk, a plant I do not know. C. S. Bog .. Fairly common. Sub. Arcluri Hook. spathulata Labill. .. End. Avis. Aus. SUD. C. S. .. Bog .. Common. N. C. S. Bog .. Fairly common C. S. Sub. c. s. .. N. C. S. binata Labill. Aus. N. C. S. Bog .. Fairly common. N. C. S. Ceassulaceae. , Crassula moscliata Forst. f. .. Shore stonecrop S.A. S.A. 0. S. Ch. Coastal rocks, Common. Grows in water also on Sub. open spaces Dog Island, in coastal scrub C. S. Oh. Sub. diffusa (T. Kirk) ( = Tillaea diffusa T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. | Inst, xxiv, 424, 1891) End. C.S. .. End. .. C.S. .. .. Not noted by mo, but easily overlooked. Saxifbagaceae. Garpodetus serratus Forst. . . Putaputawheta, piripiriwhata, ; kaiweta New Zealand End. hawthorn N. 0. S. Forest .. Common. End. .. N. 0. S. Forest PlTTOSFOBAGEAE. Piitosporum Golensoi Hook, f. : Rautawhiri Colenso's pittos- End. porum End. C. S. .. Forest .. Common. Has leaves larger, more glossy, and more uniform in shape than the plant of the volcanic plateau of the North Island. N. C. 8. Forest, sub- Extremely common. Extends in alpine scrub northern province of New Zealand to Thames forests. Commences to bloom beginning of October. N. C. 8. J Forest .. Not very common in virgin forest; more abundant where it has been cut into. Begins to bloom beginning of October. N. C. S. Forest .. Rare in virgin forest; very plentiful where forest is partially cleared. N. C. S. Forest .. Rare. Near Thule Bay, Paterson Inlet; Mason Bay. 0. S. .. Forest Cttnoniaceae. Weinmannia racemosa L. f... Kamahi, towai End. End. N. C. 8. Forest, subalpine scrub RoSACEAE. Rubiis australis Forst. f. Tataramoa Bush-lawyer .. End. End. .. N. C. 8. Forest schmidelioides A.Ounn. Rose-leaved law- End. End. .. N. C. S. Forest ■ y er A. Cunn. var. coloratus Kirk subpauperatus Cockayne Geum leiospermum Petrie . . Potentilla anserina L. var. anserinoides (Raoul) T. Kirk Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk White-leaved End. lawyer Narrow-1 e a v e d End. lawyer End. .. End. .. End. End. .. (?)N. C. Forest (out- Rare. S. skirts) ■ ' 0. S. .. Bog .. Rare. Freshwater River valley. N. C. S. Bog .. Rare. Ch. N. C. S. (?)N. C. S. 0. 8. .. N. 0. S. Ch. Forest Forest (outskirts) Bog Bog i End. Silverweed . . I End. Sanguisorbae Vahl. ■ Piripiri, hutiwai Red piripiri, red End. New Zealand burr Biddy-biddy, Aus., Tris-Biddy-bid, New tan da Zealand burr Cunha End. .. Aus., Tristan da Cunha N. C. S. Heath .. Common. Ch. NO. S. Heath, forest- Probably introduced into the New Sub. Zealand subantarctic islands, the var. antarctica being there the plant of the primitive formations. N-. C. S. Heath, wet Common. Sub. ground N. C. S. Ch. N.C. S. Sub. Heath .. Heath, forest Geraniaceae. Geranium microphyllum Hook. f. Small-leaved End. cranesbill, slender geranium Short-flowered Aus., S.A. cranesbill End. .. N. C. S. Sub. Heath, wet ground sessilifl'Orvm Cav. . Aus., S.A. N. C. S. Dunes .. Confined to dunes. Much more J robust, pilose, and branching f than the type. Leaves somewhat glaucous, never darkcoloured ; petioles stout, rather long, reaching in cultivation more than 7 cm. Flowers white ; peduncles elongate after flowering, and reach in cultivated specimen 5'5 cm. and more. Also on dunes coast of Foveaux Strait, South Island. If constant from seed, should have a name. N. C. S. Dunes