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(b.) LIST OF THE INDIGENOUS SPERMOPHYTA AND PTERIDOPHYTA OF THE NEW ZEALAND DUNES— continued.

Species, 1'nmily, Ac. Maori Name. Distribut: English Name. Beyond ...... . Vew Zealand, .. ",'""» . or Endemic. -Now Zealand. Distributii in. ej i Plant Association of Dunes. Growth-form. Remarks. Orchidai BAB. Thelt/iiiitrii lomjifolia Forst. Orthocerat strictum R, Br. Microtis uni folia (Forst. f.) Reichcn. -Makail., Maikaika Common thelvmitra Ail. .. X., C, S., Ch., Sub. Aus. .. N., C. Onion-leaved orchid Aus.. Xorf. I. Ker., N, C, S., Ch. End. .. N. .. 3 2 2 Sand-hollow ; heath Heath Heath ; sand-hollow Grass-like, tuberous. Grass-like, tuberous. Rush-like, tuberous. PrasophyUum pumilum Hook. f. li Heath Shrub dune ': Rush-like, tuberous. On dunes quite a low tree a feu feet tall. Uhticacea e. Parietaria debilis Forst. f. Rewarewa Cos. .. Ker., N., C, S., Ch. New Zealand honey- End. .. X., C. suckle Herb, low, annual. Proteaceae. Knightia excelsa R. Br. Heath Tree, tall PoLYCiOXACEAE. Jiiimex neglectus T. Kirk Sea-shore dock .. End. .. C, S., Ch., Sub. 0 .Moving dune Herb, low, far-creeping .. Only on dunes of .Auckland islands. * Muehlenbeckia complexn (A. Cunn.) Meissn. Pohuehue End. .. N., C, S. .. 1 Grass dune ; shrub dune Shrub, low, dense or liane. Chenopodiaceae. Chenopodium glaucum L. var. ambiguum (R. Br.) Hook. f. Salsola Kali L. Oak-leaved goosefoot Aus. .. N., C, S. Cos. .. X., C, S. .. (i Sand-hollow Herb, prostrate, spreading. Not particularly common on dunes. Only occasionally on dunes. 0 Subshrub, low. Aizoaceae. Mesembrianthemiim australe Sol. Horokaka Ice-plant; pigsface.. Aus., Norf. I., Ker.. X., C, S., Lord Howe 1. Ch. Climbing New Zea- End. .. Ker.,N, C, S., land spinach Ch. Semi-stable dune near Subshrub, trailing and rooting Subshrub, semi-liane 0 Tetragonia trigyna Banks & Sol. 0 sea Grass dune Caryophyllaceae. *Scleranthus biflorus (Forst.) Hook. f. .. Kohukohu Aus. .. N., C, S. Sand-hollow Herb, of cushion-form. Ranunculaceae. Clematis marata J. B. Armstrong Ranunculus recens T. Kirk .. | End. .. N., C, S. .. End. .. C, S. :i o Heath Sand-hollow Liane, slender Herb, small, rosette-form Dunes of east Canterbury, climbing ever Discaria toumato '. Hitherto only found on dunes of western Wellington, Taranaki. and Southland, but not abundant. Not particularly common on dunes. * aemdis Banks & Sol. Shore-buttercup .. S.A. .. N., C, S., Ch., Sub. Sand-hollow Herb, small, with creeping underground stems, ro-sette-form Droseraceak. Drosera anricnlata Backh. Heath Liane, herbaceous, tuberous Only in north. I Climbing-sundew .. 1 Aus. .. N., C.