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List of the Indigenous Vascular Plants—continued.

Species, &c. Popular Name. Life-form. Remarks. PODOOARPACEAE (PODOCABP Family. Podocarpus ferrvgineus Don. .. Miro.. .. .. Tall tree .. .. Only in rain-forest of crater. Dacrydium cupressinum Sol. .. Rimu .. .. Tall tree .. .. Only in rain-forest of crater. Phyllocladus glaucus Carr .. Toatoa .. .. Small tree .. .. Rain-forest of crater, and one specimen seen in the shrubland. Gramineae (Grass Family). Arundo conspicua .. .. Toetoe .. .. Very large tussock-grass .. Not seen by me ; most • likely at junction of mountain and shrubland of plateau. Cypebaceae (Sedge Family). Schoenus brevifolius R. Br. .. Common beaked rush .. Medium-sized rush-like tus- Onlyone specimen seen ; sock may be S. Tendo. Gahnia gahniaeformis (Gaud.) Heller Dwarf gahnia .. Small tufted grass-like Fairly common, but plant only in good light. setifolia (A. Rich.) Hook. f. Common gahnia .. Largo grass-like tussock .. j Only in rain-forest of crater ; identification not certain. Liliaceae (Lily Family). Rhipogonum scandens J.R. et G. Supplejack .. .. High - climbing, winding, Only in rain-forest of Forst. woody climber crater; not seen by me. Cordyline Banksii Hook. f. .. Ti-ngahere .. .. Tuft-shrub up to medium- Here and there. sized tree Dianella intermedia Endl. . . Turutu .. .. Medium - sized creeping Not common. grass-like plant Astelia Cunninghamii Hook. f. .. Kowharawhara .. Massive tussock-like perching Rare. plant Phormium tenax J.R. et G. Forst. New Zealand flax .. Massive very tall Iris-like Common in places. tussock plant Orchidaceae (Orchid Family). Orthoceras structum R.Br. .. Mamaika .. .. Medium - sized . tuberous Rare. orchid Thelymitra longifolia J.R. et G. Maikulcu .. .. Medium-sized tuberous Rare; identification not Forst. orchid certain. Peoteaceae (Peotea Family). Persoonia torn A. Cunn. .. Toru .. .. Small ovoid-headed tree .. Common and rapidly increasing. Knightia exce.Ua R.Br. .. .. Rewarewa .. .. Tall fastigiate tree, but the Here and there. slender, long, narrowleaved juvenile is the Rainbow Mountain form Loranthaceae (Mistletoe Family). Loranthus micranthus Hook. f. .. Common mistletoe .. Woody parasite .. Only one specimen seen; identification uncertain. Saxieraoaoeae (Saxifrage Family). Quinteria serrata A. Cunn. .. Tawheowheo .. .. Small tree, but only the Fairly common on upper dense shrub-form as yet part of mountain, on Rainbow Mountain ' CraONIACEAE (CUNONIA FAMILY). Weinmannia racemosa .. .. Kamahi .. .. Tall tree, but as yet only a Common throughout. dense shrub on Rainbow Mountain, except in rainforest of crater Rosaoeae (Rose Family). Rubns australis Forst. f. .. Bush-lawyer .. .. Woody scrambling climber Not seen by me. Acaena Sanguisorbae Vahl var. Piripiri .. .. Far-spreading semi-woody Only on side of track; pusilla Bitter ; mat plant nothing to do with the true vegetation. Coriariaoeae (Tutu Family). Goriaria arborea Lindsay .. Tree-tutu .. .. Small tree or tall shrub .. Here and there. Thymelaeaceae (Pimelea Family). Pimelea prostrata (Forst. f.) Willd. Common pimelea .. Small mat-like shrub .. Not common.