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Callixene parviflora, Hook. f. Dun Mountain range; Wairau Valley. Cordyline australis, Hook. f. Abundant below 2,000 feet alt.; usually in river valleys. " banksii, Hook. f. Near Nelson; Motueka Valley; Graham River. " hookeriana, Kirk. Sources of the Takaka River, alt. 3,000–3,500 feet. Dianella intermedia, Endl. Nelson and vicinity; Moutere; Motueka; Spooner's Range; Buller Valley. Astelia cunninghamii, Hook. f. “Aorere Valley, Travers” (Handbook). " linearis, Hook. f. Dun Mountain; Mount Arthur plateau. " nervosa, Sol. Abundant in subalpine localities. Arthropodium candidum, Raoul. Maitai Valley; Wairau Valley; Mount Arthur plateau; Buller Valley. Anthericum hookeri, Col. Common in subalpine and alpine swamps. Phormium tenax, Forst. Abundant. Ascends to 5,000 feet on Mount Arthur. " colensoi, Hook. f. Abundant. Herpolirion novæ-zealandiæ, Hook. f. Mount Arthur plateau, 4,000–5,000 feet, most abundant. Palmeæ. Areca sapida, Soland. Wakapuaka, T.F.C.; Lower Takaka Valley, Aorere Valley, abundant, J. Heath. Junceæ. Juncus vaginatus, Br. Nelson; Foxhill; Lake Rotoiti; Buller Valley. " australis, Hook. f. Wairau Valley. " maritimus, Lam. Nelson Harbour and shores of Blind Bay. " communis, E. Mey. Abundant throughout the district. " planifolius, Br. Nelson, Motueka, etc. " bufonius, L. Abundant through the district. Ascends to 4,000 feet on the Mount Arthur plateau. " sp. (Allied to J. prismatocarpus, Br.) Motueka Valley. " scheuzerioides, Gaud.? Mount Arthur plateau, alt. 4,500 feet. Specimens immature, and perhaps not really belonging to this species. " novæ-zealandiæ, Hook. f. Common in subalpine localities. " articulatus, L., var. lamprocarpus. Not uncommon. Foxhill; Motueka; Motupiko; Moutere; Wairau Valley; Buller Valley; Mount Arthur plateau, ascending to 4,500 feet. Rostkovia gracilis, Hook. f. Mount Arthur; Mount Peel; Raglan Mountains; mountains above the Wairau Gorge, ascending to 6,000 feet. Luzula campestris, DC. Abundant throughout the district. " oldfieldii, Hook. f. Wairau Gorge.