(1) From the Sounds-Nelson Botanical District.

The following are the more noteworthy of some 58 species observed in the area of which no printed record is known to exist.

• Athyrium umbrosum—In taxad forest. Pukaka Valley; Onamalutu.

• Caladenia minor—Scrub margin. Parker's Bay (Queen Charlotte Sound).

• Carex Dallii—Red Hills.

• Carex stellulata—Red Hills near Summit tarns.

• Clematis marata—Top Valley; Pukaka Valley.

• Coprosma serrulata—Subalpine rocks. Mt. Richmond; Mt. Fishtail.

• Cotula linearifolia—At 5000 ft. Chrome Peak, Red Hills. Gathered only once previously from the Raglan Mts.

• Elaeocarpus dentatus var. obovatus—Kenepuru Sound. Previously known only from Takaka.

• Epacris alpina—In scrub near base of Red Hills, eastern side.

• Gymnogramme leptophylla—Side of Rarangi track near White's Bay cable station.

• Haastia Sinclairii—Mt. Fishtail, on shingle scree.

• Hebe Gibbsii—Mt. Z. on Wairau Mts.

• Korthalsella salicornioides—Waikawa, Picton.

• Leptolepia novae-zealandiae—Onamalutu, margin of watercourse in forest.

• Leucogenes leontopodium—Mt. Fishtail; Mt. Richmond; on rock at 5000 ft.

• Melicytus micranthus—Tua Marina; Rai Valley; in swamp forest.

• Nothoclaena distans—White's Bay, on track to cable station.

• Olearia ilicifolia—Summit of Mt. Robertson.