Ewartia Sinclairii.

This plant has not hitherto been noted west of the Awatere River, but, like Celmisia Cockayniana and Helichrysum coralloides it grows as far west as Mt. B. J. and Mt. Schiza in the Bounds Range.

Eleocarpus dentatus var. obovatus.

Previously known only from Takaka. A single well-grown tree may be seen near the water's edge on the northern side of Kenepuru Sound.

Gentiana Astoni.

Hitherto known only from the Ure Basin. It grows in all limestone country from the Flaxbourne to the Clarence River and inland to the Camden and Chalk Ranges.

Haastia recurva var. Wallii.

Previously known only from Mt. Fyffe, but it is widespread over the mountains of the N.E. Botanical District as far west as Mt. Schiza. I have it from the Inland and Seaward Kaikouras, the Shingly Range, Blue Mt., etc. It may be the only form of the species in eastern Marlborough.

Helichrysum coralloides.

Formerly not known west of the Awatere River. It reaches Mt. B. J. and Mt. Schiza.

Korthalsella Lindsayi.

Not previously observed in the N.E. Botanical District. I have collected it in the valleys of the Leatham River and Canister Creek.

Korthalsella salicornioides.

This mistletoe is abundant in many localities in Marlborough when Leptospermum is plentiful. In the S.N. District it grows at Picton and at Waikawa, while in the N.E. District it smothers thousands of bushes of L. scoparium growing on the Wairau river-bed at the Wash Bridge. It occurs also in the valleys of the Waihopai, Awatere, and Ure Rivers and at Woodside Creek. There is no evidence here to support the contention of Miss Stevenson (1935, p. 186) that this is a moribund species. Hitherto it has not been recorded from the N.E. District.

Leucogenes leontopodium.

This species of eidelweiss is common on the Wairau and Bounds Ranges, but is absent from the mountains of the N.E. District.

Muehlenbeckia Astoni.

The known distribution of this plant in Marlborough has been recorded by Miss H. Jenkins (1931, p. 217). I have now to report it from the valley of the Winterton River, 30 miles south of previously known localities and at an altitude of 2000 feet. All previous records have been at or near sea-level.

Metrosideros Colensoi.

At the base of Mt. Fyffe. The most southerly record.

Olearia ilicifolia.

In subalpine scrub on Mt. Fyffe, and as a tree on Mt. Robertson, these being the first records of the species from the N.E. and S.N. Botanical Districts respectively. Cockayne (1906, pp. 361–374) overlooked this shrub on Mt. Fyffe.

Olearia lacunosa.

This shrub is plentiful on Mt. Riley and on Mt. Sunday. It has not formerly been observed either in Marlborough or in the S.N. District.

Olearia odorata.

The occurrence of this species both in the Awatere and Leatham Valleys marks another first record for Marlborough.

Pachystegia insignis var. minor.

Known to the writer only from the neighbourhood of Ohau Bluff and at Haldon Hills. The area of distribution as indicated by H. J. Matthews (see Cheeseman, 1916, p. 210) is misleading in that the plant has not been found anywhere near Blenheim so far as is known, notwithstanding the citation, “Marlborough, between Kaikoura and Blenheim.”

Pimelea Gnidia (?).

The plant so-called in Marlborough is very distinct from the North Island plant of that name. It grows abundantly on the ridge summits of the foothills of the Wairau Mts. in clay soils.

Pittosporum rigidum.

The presence of this plant in the Leatham Valley marks the first known occurrence east of the Wairau River.

Pratia perpusilla.

Margin of pool, Picton Swamp. This is the second record for the South Island and the first for the Sounds-Nelson District.

Nothopanax Edgerleyi.

Base of Mt. Fyffe. This is the first observed occurrence in the North-Eastern District of a species plentiful enough in the Sounds-Nelson District.

Rhopalostylis sapida.

The nikau palm ranges south in Marlborough to the lower flanks of Mts. Dobson and Riley, but no farther.

Senecio Lyallii.

This species invades the North-Eastern District as far north as the Hodder River.