specimens communicated by Mr. D. Petrie and Mr. G. M. Thomson, to whom I have great pleasure in expressing my thanks. The chief interest of the following list consists in the corrected views it affords of the relative proportion of Glumiferœ, especially of the cyperaceous section, to other phænogams in the south; the Gramineœ are increased one-fourth and the Cyperaceœ nearly doubled as compared with Mr. Buchanan's Catalogue, in which the latter form less than one-twentieth of the entire number of flowering plants, a striking contrast to the ordinary proportion in the North Island which is one-tenth. The present list shows that the actual proportion in Otago is one-thirteenth, and that the small disparity which really exists is chiefly due to the deficiency in Cladium and Schœnus, which, although abundant in the north, are represented in Otago by a single species of the former and two of the latter. On the other hand all the New Zealand Carices are found in Otago with the exception of C. chlorantha, Br., C. colensoi, Hook. f., and C. stellulata, Good.; the last two will certainly be found within the district, but the first is restricted to the North Island where it is very local. I hope to consider the chief points of interest in the distribution of Otago plants in a future paper. It is a subject for regret that we know so little of the flora of Stewart Island and the Snares, which exhibit features of great importance. Little as we know of both, the flora of Stewart Island shows a connection between the peculiar plants of the south-west coast of Otago on one side, and those of the Chatham Islands on the other—while that of the Snares shows a connection with the Auckland Islands and the Chathams, apparently more close than that with the nearest portion of the main land. I venture to suggest to the members of the Otago Institute the propriety of making arrangements for the systematic investigation of the flora and fauna of these little known portions of their district. Ranunculaceæ. Clematis hexasepala, DC. Bluff Harbour. afoliata, Buch. Waitaki Valley—J. Buchanan. Ranunculus hirtus—Banks and Sol. β. supinus. Valley of the Dart. ternatifolius, T. Kirk. R. trilobatus, “Trans. N.Z.I.,” p. 547, not of Kit. Catlin River. nanus, Hook. Otago—J. Buchanan! D. Petrie! Above Lake Harris—T.K.