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List of the Indigenous Pteridophytes and Spermophytes -continued.

Distribution. Species. Family, &c. Maori Name. English Name. New/Sancl, W »>™ *™ In Stewart or Liidemic. Zealand. Island. Remarks. SPERMOPHYTA— contd. Umbellifebae— contd. Aciphylla intermedia (Hook, f.) End. s. Dunes, blown sand on rock, banks near sea Common, but only to south and west of the island. var. oblongifolia* Kirk aromatica (Hook, f.) End. S. Probably the Solanders plant may be referred here. Not common. flabellata{Kirk)* Cockayne End. End. C.S. .. S. Subalpine meadow Cliffs and rocks of coast and inland Local, but fairly common in its station. Confined to south and west of island. CoENACEAE. Griselinia Uttoralis Kaoul .. Kapuka, papaumu Broadleaf End. Forest, sub. scrub Frequently epiphytic. N. C. S. Ericaceae. Gaultheria antipoda Forst. f. var. erecta Cheesem. -— var. depressa Hook. f. perplexa Kirk Tawiniwini Erect snowberry End. Aus. N. C. S. c. s. Forest, subalpine scrub Subalp ine meadow Heath .. Fairly common. Rare. Narrow - leaved snowberry End. as. .. Fairly common in its station. Epacbidaceae. Pentachondra pumila (Forst. f.) R. Br. Aus. N. C. S. Open and b °ggy ground Forest, subalpine scrub Open and boggy ground Heath .. Lowland to subalpine. Only on Thames mountains of northern province. Common. Styphdia acerosa Sol. Mingimingi, ngohungohu Sharp - leaved heath Aus. N. C. S. empetrifolia (Hook, f.) Diels End. N. C. S. Sub. Lowlands to subalpine. Common. Fraseri (A. Cunn.) F. Muell. Archeria Traversii Hook, f. var. australis T. Kirk Dracophyllum Menzi esi4 Hook. f. Patotara, totara Dwarf heath .. Aus. N. C. S. Moderately common. End. End. 8. S. Subalpine scrub Subalpine scrub Only observed by Kirk ; probably very rare ; Mount Anglem. Only noted on Mount Anglem, where it is fairly common on the moraine. Abundant. I longifolium (Forst. f.) R. Br. Inanga Grass-tree End. c. s. Sub. Coastal scrub, forest, subalpine scrub Heath(?) Urvilleanum A. Rich. var. Lessonianwm (A. Rich.) Cheesem. Smaller grass-tree End. a s. This is given in Cheeseman's Manual. Kirk also referred plants growing at head of Paterson Inlet to D. Urvillanum and D. scoparium, but I am not at all sure but that the plants in question are not merely small examples of D. longifolium. From almost sea-level to the subalpine zone. The bog-form is much reduced in size. Fairly common on the mountains throughout and on any open ground near Pert Pegasus. Abundant from almost sea-level to the tops of the mountains. Blooms in January and early February. Pearsoni* Kirk Pearson's needle- ' leaved heath End. S. Subalp ine scrub, bogs polilum (Cheesem.) Cockayne Cushion - forming j heath End. S. Bog, subalpine scrub Mybsinaceae. Rapanea Urvillei (A. D. C.) ' Mez. Suttonia chathamica (F. Muell.)| Mez. Mapau, tipau Red mapau, matipo or maple Chatham Island matipo End. N. C. S. Forest .. Common. Matipo End. (?) S. Cb, Scrub near shore Abundant at Wilson Bay. One plant or so at Old Neck. Possibly introduced. Leaves smaller than in type, but in shade and on seedlings are typical. It is hard to see why the Maoris should have introduced this plant, but it is suspicious, seeing that the thickets are on old dunes where was a Maori settlement. Said also to be on Ruapuke. Abundant. divaricate, (A. Cunn.) Hook. f. nummularia Hook. f. Weeping-matipo Creeping-matipo End. End. N. C. S. Sub c. s. .. Subalp ine scrub, forest Open and boggy ground, subalpine Not common.