Art. IV.—Unrecorded Habitats for New Zealand Plants.

Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 42, 1909, Page 26

Art. IV.—Unrecorded Habitats for New Zealand Plants. By Bernard Cracroft Aston, F.I.C., F.C.S. [Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 1st September, 1909.] Ranunculus sericophyllus, Hook. f. Bold Peak, Kinloch, Wakatipu. Lepidium oleraceum, Forst. Snares; Antipodes Island; Titahi Bay; Ohau Bay, near Wellington. Lepidium tenuicaule, T. Kirk, var. minor. Titahi Bay, Wellington. Hymenanthera obovata, T. Kirk., var. Titahi Bay, Wellington.    This Mr. Cheeseman considers is an intermediate form between H. crassifolia and H. obovata. Claytonia australasica, Hook. f. Enderby Island, Auckland Islands. Aristotelia Colensoi, Hook. f. Colac Bay, Southland. Carmichaelia grandiflora, Hook. f. Bold Peak, Kinloch, Lake Wakatipu. Tillæa multicaulis, Petrie. Bluff Hill, Southland. Tillæa debilis, Col. Happy Valley Beach, Wellington. Gunnera dentata, T. Kirk. Lowther, near Lumsden. Gunnera arenaria, Cheesem. Fortrose, Southland. Fuchsia excorticata, Linn. f. Head of Laurie Harbour, Auckland Island. Aciphylla Traillii, T. Kirk. Top of Rock and Pillar Range. Apium prostratum, Labill. Antipodes Island. Aciphylla, sp. Mount Holdsworth; Quoin; Mount Hector. Panax anomalum, var. microphyllum. Sandymount, Otago. Pseudopanax ferox, T. Kirk. Green Island; Taieri Gorge; Gore; Chifden. Coprosma microcarpa, Hook. f. Tararua Mountains, Day's Bay, Wellington. Coprosma Buchanani, T. Kirk. Fruit translucent, white, globose. Happy Valley beach, Wellington. Coprosma virescens, Petrie. Clifden (Waiau River).

Coprosma rubra, Petrie. Clifden; Tapanui; Mount Holdsworth. Craspedia uniflora, Forst. Mount Dumas, Campbell Island. Helichrysum bellidioides, Willd., var. prostratum. Mount Hector, 5,000 ft. Celmisia hieracifolia, Hook. f., var. oblonga. Mount Alpha (Tararuas), 4,600 ft. Sènecio Greyii, Hook. f. Little Mukumuku cliffs, Palliser Bay. Taraxacum officinale, Wigg. Indigenous form, Campbell Island. Cyathodes pumila, Hook. f. Blue Mountains, Otago, 3,000 ft. Cyathodes Colensoi, Hook. f. Common under bog-pines, Blue Mountains, Otago, 3,000 ft.; Quoin (Tararuas), 3,900 ft. Samolus repens, Pers. Eweburn, Maniototo Plain. Myosotis Astoni, Cheesem. Mount Holdsworth. Calceolaria repens, Hook. f. Maungatiriri River; Hutt Gorge. Mazus radicans, Cheesem. Bluff, Southland. Veronica odora, Hook. f. Port Ross, Enderby Island; Norman Inlet, Enderby Island. Euphrasia zealandica, Wettst. Mount Hector. Ourisia sessilifolia, Hook. f. Takitimos, 4,000 ft. Teucridium parviflorum, Hook. f. North Otago Heads; Clifden. Muehlenbeckia, nov. sp. Wainui-o-mata mouth, Orongorongo, Wellington. Peperomia Endlicheri, Mig. Titahi Bay; Evans Bay, near Wellington. Pimelia sericeo-villosa, Hook. f. Ben Lomond, Lake Wakatipu, 4,000 ft. Paratrophis Banksii, Cheesem. Wainui-o-mata mouth. Corysanthes oblonga, Hook. f. Port Ross, Auckland Island. Corysanthes rivularis, Hook. f. Norman's Inlet, Laurie Harbour, Auckland Island. Thelymitra, nov. sp. Bluff Hill, Southland.

Thelymitra pachyphylla, Cheesem. Bluff Hill, Southland. Pterostylis foliata, Hook. f. Kaitoke. Pterostylis barbata, Lindl. Kaitoke. Adenochilus gracilis, Hook. f. Under Fagus at 1,000 ft. on Maungtaua, Otago. (This habitat was attributed to Mr. Petrie in the “Manual.”) Gastrodia sesamoides, R. Br. Tauherinikau Valley. Uncinia, sp. Port Ross, Auckland Island. Paspalum Digitaria, Poir. Sydney Street, Wellington. Microlæna avenacea, Hook. f. Auckland Island. Poa incrassata, Petrie. Flowers January, Campbell Island. Poa Tennantia, Petrie. Snares Island. Poa Astoni, Petrie. Snares Island. Poa antipoda, Petrie. Port Ross, Auckland Island. Poa aucklandica, Petrie. Summit of hill above Camp Cove boat depot, Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island. Poa oraria, Petrie. Snug Cove, Doubtful Sound. (A new tussock-grass.) Deschampsia gracillima, T. Kirk. Port Ross, Auckland Island. Deschampsia Chapmanii, Petrie. Port Ross, Auckland Island. Atropis antipoda, Petrie. Antipodes Island. Atropis stricta, Hack. Enderby Island; Auckland Island. Deyeuxia Forsteri, var. Lyallii, Kunth. Enderby Island; Auckland Island. Deyeuxia setifolia, Hook. f. Port Ross, Auckland Island. Asperella lævis, Petrie. Snug Cove, Doubtful Sound.