Ptilota formosissima, Mont. Pandorea traversii, J. Ag., n. g. Griffithsia sonderiana, J. Ag., n. sp. antarctica, J. H. and Harv. gracilis, Harv. Or an allied species in a sterile state. Ballia brunonis, Harv. scoparia, Harv. Caulerpa furcifolia, J. H. and Harv. Codium tomentosum, Ag. adhŒrens, Ag. Bryopsis prolifica, J. Ag. Ulva rigida, Ag.

Art. XXXVIII.—Notes on the Flora of the Province of Wellington, with a List of Plants collected therein. By John Buchanan, of the Geological Survey of New Zealand. [Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 16th January, 1874.] The following list of plants has been determined from specimens chiefly collected in the southern portion of the Province of Wellington. The district now under notice may be defined as south of a line drawn between the Wanganui River on the west and Castle Point on the east. The surface features of this area will be found to present two main lines of watershed with a north and south axis, the altitudes ranging up to 5,000 feet. The relative area of bush and open land are, according to Mr. J. T. Stewart, nearly equal, * Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. II., Art. XLVIII., “On the River System of the South Portion of the Province of Wellington,” by J. T. Stewart. the bush being more confined to the western range, while the great central river basin and hills of the eastern range are comparatively open land, and covered by a vegetation of fern, grass, and low-growing plants, little having as yet been done to improve upon the primitive condition of the country, except partial clearing by fire. The river basins of this district are well adapted for agriculture; the inorganic matter from the wear of rocks, brought down by the streams from mountain ranges of a varied geology, with the added organic matter of a luxuriant natural vegetation—the accumulation of ages—present all the elements of a fertile soil. The extension of pasture is the main object at present in clearing land, but where bush is cleared for this purpose the rough and slovenly method usually adopted does not produce a first-class pasture, although bush soil is capable of growing excellent crops of either roots or cereals. On the extensive hill lands of the eastern division of the district, however,