C. marata J. B. Armstr.

Eastern—in scrub, Mt. Brown, Upper Waipara River. Cheeseman (1925) says of this species—“South Island: Apparently common throughout.” A close examination of a considerable area in North Canterbury revealed the plant in only this one locality.

Convolvulus erubescens Sims.

Wellington—coastal cliffs, Tongue Point, Wellington Heads.

Eastern—not uncommon in tussock grassland on the coastal belt between the Waipara and Hurunui Rivers; Hawarden; Weka Pass; Waikari Valley; Upper Waipara River.

Coprosma rhamnoides A. Cunn.

Eastern—beech forest, Mt. Noble. e. 600m.; manuka scrub, Teviotdale Station near Waipara. The specimens were referred to this species rather than to C. polymorpha Oliver due to the coriaceous texture of the leaves and the lack of polymorphy which is evident in the specimens which occur in Marlborough.

C. rugosa Cheesem.

Eastern—in scrub, Scargill, Waikari Valley.

C. virescens Petrie.

Eastern—in scrub, Scargill.

Dichelachne sciurea (R. Br.) Hook.f.

Sounds—not uncommon on range between Kaitnna Valley and Waikakaho Valley. c. 450m.

Doodia media R. Br.

Wellington—forest remnant, Makino.

Dracophyllum urvilleanum A. Rich.

Sounds—scrub, Mt. Stokes. c.1,160m.; beech forest, Okaramio.

Dryopteris velutina (A. Cunn.) O. Kunze.

Sounds—coastal forest, Anokoha, Pelorus Sounds.

Edwardsia prostrata (Buch.) W. R. B. Oliver.

Eastern—common in exposed situations on hill country throughout North Canterbury. Considerable variation in the habit of this species was noted in the different localities where it occurred, and three marked forms were apparent—(a) a dense divaricate shrub forming mounds up to 0.5m. tall or prostrate sheets up to 1m. in diameter; (b) a divaricating shrub, mound forming at the base, from which a distinct trunk arises bearing a mass of divaricating branches at the extremity, the whole being 1.5 - 3.0m. tall; (c) on river flats in the area, a talls, divaricate shrubby form up to 3.5m. was not uncommon.

Epilobium microphyllum A. Rich.

Wellington—coastal cliffs, Sinclair Head. Wellington Harbour.

Eryngium vesciculosum Lab.

Eastern—swampy situation, Mt. Donald. c. 450m. This station is about 19 kilometres from the coast.

Festuca multinodis Petrie and Hack.

Sounds—coastal cliffs, Guard Pass, Forsyth Island.

Eastern—rocks near Mt. Oldham, Omihi Valley; calcareous sandstone cliffs, Waipara.

Fuchsia perscandens Cockayne et Allan.

Wellington—a small prostrate form of the species occurs on coastal cliffs and in windswept scrub, Sinclair Head, Wellington Harbour.

Eastern—not uncommon in scrub and amongst rocks, Happy Valley Station; Stoneyhurst Station; Pendle Hill; Blythe River; Waikari Valley; Weka Pass; Mt. Brown, Upper Waipara River.

Gahnia procera Forst.

Sounds—open hillsides, Kaituna Valley.

Geniostomd ligustrifolium A. Cunn.

Sounds—coastal forest, Saratoga, Pelorus Sounds.

Gentiana astoni Petrie.

Eastern—windswept north-west slopes, Mt. Donald, c. 490m.; in rocks along escarpment, North Deans Range, Waipara River, 500m. The occurrence of this species in the above habitats removes it from the list of local endemic species of the North Eastern District, and extends its range southwards by some 160 kilometres. At the time of discovery (June, 1941) plants were flowering profusely.

Gymnogramme leptophylla (Swartz) Desv.

Wellington—moist, shady bank, Seatoun.

Halorrhagis colensoi Skottsberg.

North Eastern—cliffs above Jed River near Gore Bay, Cheviot.

Hebe cheesemanii (Buch.) Cockayne et Allan.

Eastern—rock crevices, Mt. Noble, c. 1,060m.

H. raoulii (Hook.f.) Cockayne et Allan var. maccaskillii Allan.

Eastern—on rock faces, Mt. Noble, c. 600m.; in crevices of escarpment and amongst scrub, Mt. Brown; North Deans Range, Upper Waipara River.

Helichrysum selago (Hook.f.) Benth. var. acuta Cheesem.

Eastern—rock outcrops, Hayden Downs Station, Waitohi River.

Juncus maritimus Lam. var. australiensis Buchen.

Eastern—the forms present on the coast between the mouth of the Waipara River and the Amberley Beach locality differ from the normal forms in that the inflorescences are much compacted.

Lindsaya cuneata (Forst.f.) C. Christ.

Sounds—coastal forest and scrub, descending to sea-level, Te Puru, Pelorus Sounds.

L. linearis Swartz.

Wellington—common in manuka scrub, Eastbourne, Wellington Harbour.

Sounds—in manuka scrub, Te Puru; Pohuenui; Forsyth Island, Pelorus Sounds; Waitaria Bay; Taradale, Kenepuru Sounds; near Okaramio, Kaituna Valley.

Melicope ternata Forst.

Sounds—coastal forest, Te Puru; Saratoga; Okoha, Pelorus Sounds; Forsyth Island; Motu Ngarara.

Metrosideros scandens (Forst.) Druce.

Sounds—coastal forest, Te Puru; Anokoha; Beatrix Bay, Pelorus Sounds.

Microlaena polynoda Hook.f.

Wellington—forest remnants, Porewa; Arapata, Rangitikei River.

Sounds—coastal forest, D'Urville Island, J. H. McMahon; Motu Ngarara.

Muehlenbeckia astoni Petrie.

North Eastern—terraces near Chandler's Lagoon.

Eastern—terraces of Waiau River, between Rotherham and Waiau; Hurunui River west of Ethelton; near Scargill, Waikari Valley; terraces of Weka Creek from confluence with Waipara River to mouth of the Weka Pass; Waipara River from near foot of Mt. Brown to mouth of the river, with a concentration of plants in the vicinity of Waipara township. The distribution of the species in the South Island has been recorded by Miss Jenkins (1931) and W. Martin (1938), but there is no previous record of its occurrence in the Eastern District. It was found to be well dispersed in North Canterbury, and in the vicinity of Waipara township it occurs in greater quantity than in the type locality; the cited localities are all inland, at altitudes from 70–240 metres. The occurrence of the species at Waipara extends the range about 160 kilometres south of the previously recorded stations.

Myosurus novae-zelandiae W. R. B. Oliver.

Eastern—moist shingle, Waipara River.

Myrtus bullata Sol. ex A. Cunn.

Sounds—coastal forest, Te Puru; Beatrix Bay; Manaroa; Hopai, Pelorus Sounds; Kenepuru Heads; Waitaria Bay; Taradale; Portage; Nopera Bay, Kenepuru Sounds.

Nothochlaena distans R. Br.

Sounds—coastal cliffs, Picton, J. H. McMahon!

North Eastern—hills between Fairhall Creek and Omaka River, Blenheim; rocky situations, Lowry Peaks Range, near Waiau; hills between Mason River and Stanton River, Waiau.

Olearia cymbifolia (Hook.f.) Cheesem.

Eastern—in scrub, Mt. Noble, Upper Hurunui River.

Orthoceras strictum R.Br.

Sounds—not uncommon in scrub, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds; Kaituna Valley.

Ourisia caespitosa Hook.f.

Eastern—windswept north-west face, Mt. Noble, c. 1,000m.

Pachystegia insignis (Hook.f.) Cheesem.

North Eastern—rock outcrops, Lowry Peaks Range, Waiau; terraces of Leader River.

Paratrophis opaca (Banks and Sol.) Britton and Rendle.

Sounds—windswept islands, Forsyth Bay, Pelorus Sounds—here it assumes a prostrate growth habit; coastal forest, Motu Ngarara.

Peperomia urvilleana A. Rich.

Sounds—common on islands and larger reefs, Forsyth Bay, Pelorus Sounds.