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Speoies, Family, &c. Maori Name. English Name. Distribution. Beyond within New In Stewart Distribution. Remarks. SPERMOPHYTA— contd. Myktacbae. Leptospermum scoparium Forsfc. Metrosideros lucida (Forst. f.) A. Rich. hypericifolia A. Cunn. Manuka, kahikatoa Rata Red tea-tree .. Ironwopd, southern rata, mountain-rata Aus. End. N. C. S. Ch. N.C. S. Sub. Coastal scrub, forest, subalpine scrub Forest, subalpine scrub The so-called var. prostrata is also in great abundance, but, as shown in body of report, is merely a form depending on the environment. Principally in a belt near the shore, and in the upper forest and subalpine scrub. There is a form with white or cream-coloured flowers near Port Adventure similar to the one recorded by Kirk in the Otira Gorge and to another near the new Otira Hotel. Blooms at beginning of January. Fairly common, but much more abundant where forest has been partially cleared. Fairly common, especially in scrubby forest of river-valleys, where it is a small tree. Only noted on old dune bogs, Mason Bay. Slender climbing white rata End. N. C. S. Forest Myrtus pedunculata Hook. f. Rohutu Small-leaved myrtle End. N. C. S. Forest ■ Onagbaceae. Epilobium pallidiflorum Sol. Large white wil-low-herb Red . - stemmed willow-herb* Narrow - leaved . willow-herb Soft-leaved wil-low-herb Variegated wil-. low-herb Aus. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Bog . Billardierianum Ser. Aus. Wet ground junceum Sol. Aus. Heath. pubens A. Rich. Aus. N. C. S. Ch. c. s. .. Heath, forest pictum Petrie End. Heath. alsinoides A. Cunn. End. N. C. S. Ch.Sub.(?) N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Ch. N. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Heath. insvlare Haussk. .. Creeping marsh ! willow-herb Round -leaved willow-herb Forest willowherb End. Wet places rotundifolium Forst. f. End. Forest. Unnaeoides Hook, f. End. Forest. pedunculare A. Cunn. (and an unnamed var.) Long - stemmed willow-herb End. Heath, subal p i ne meadow A very distinct form, or perhaps sp. nov., with slender stems, small leaves, and very large and pretty flowers; grows in the subalpine meadow, but is much more abundant on the Longwood Range. Unfortunately, I have no material for drawing up a description. nerterioides A. Cunn. Wrinkled willowherb Short - stemmed willow-herb End. N. C. S. Ch. S. Heath. i var. minimum (Kirk) Cockayne End. Moist banks, wet sandy! ground Heath. Fairly common in places. novae-zelandiae Haussk. Fuchsia excorticata L. f. Pale-leaved wil-low-herb Native fuchsia End. N. C. S. Kotukutuku, konini = the fruit End. .. N. C. S. Sub. N. C. S. Forest • .. Fairly common. Colensoi Hook, f. .. ;. Shrubby fuchsia End. Forest Not abundant. Halorbhagaceae. Halorrhagis erecta (Murr.) Sehindler diffusa (Hook, f.) comb. nov. = H. tetragyna Hook, f. var. diffusa Hook. f. in Handb. N.Z. Flora, p. 65, 1864 uniflora Kirk micrantha (Thunb.) R. Br. Toatoa Tall haloragis .. Aus., Juan Fernandez End. Ker. N. C. S. N. C. S. Heath. Heath. Marsh-haloragis End. Aus., Mai., Himalaya M., China, Japan Aus., S.A. N. C. S.. N. C. S. Sub. Heath. Boggy ground, lowland Myriophyllum elatinoides Gaudich. propinquum A. Cunn, var. tenuifolium Sehindler. 1 Votschii Sehindler... Common watermilfoil N. C. S. River. •i :■ End. N. C. S. Biver. End. .. . N. C. S. Wet ground, lowland