Var. frondosum, Kirk, l.c.—Stout, fleshy, much branched. Leaves large, 2–5 in., broadly oblong or cuneate-oblong, serrate.

Var. acutidentatum, Kirk, l.c.—Branches slender, leafy. Leaves 1–2 in., oblong-or linear-spathulate, acutely toothed towards the tip.

North Island: Var. frondosum: Banks and Solander; Three Kings Island, Little Barrier Island, Cuvier Island, T. F. C. Var. acutidentatum: Shaded and rocky places near the sea; once plentiful, but now fast becoming scarce. South Island: Queen Charlotte Sound, Banks and Solander! Nelson Harbour, Kirk! Banks Peninsula, Armstrong; Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Catlin's River, Petrie! Stewart Island: Kirk. Auckland Islands: Bolton, Kirk! Chatham Islands: H. H. Travers, Cox! Nau. November–March.

Best known as "Cook's scurvy-grass." The entire plant has a heavy disagreeable smell and hot biting taste. It was originally discovered by Banks and Solander during Cook's first voyage, and at that time must have been abundant, for Dr. Solander speaks of it as "copiose in littoribus marinis," and Cook states that boat-loads of it were collected and used as an antiscorbutic by his crew. It is now quite extinct in several of the localities he visited, and is fast becoming rare in others. Its disappearance is due to cattle and sheep, which greedily ear it down in any locality they can reach. The figure in the unpublished Banksian plates represents var. frondosum; but the specimens in the set of Banks and Solander's plants presented to the colony by the Trustees of the British Museum all belong to var. acutidentatum.

South Island: Queen Charlotte Sound and Astrolabe Harbour, A. Richard; Pelorus Sound, J. Rutland! Kenepuru, J. Macmahon.

Mr. Kirk appears to have founded this species on A. Richard's plate, quoted above, and on a single specimen collected by Mr. Rutland in Pelorus Sound. Judging from this scanty material, there appears to be little to separate it from L. oleraceum var. acutidentatum, except the slightly winged pod notched at the summit. But some of Mr. Petrie's Otago specimens of L. oleraceum show a minute notch, as also do those collected by Mr. Cox on the 'Chatham Islands. I much fear that the species is of doubtful validity.

North Island: Auckland—Sea-cliffs to the north of the Manukau Harbour, rare, T. F. C. Wellington—Maritime rocks at the entrance to Port Nicholson, Miss Kirk! October–February.

This is allied to L. oleraceum, but can be readily distinguished by the slender often prostrate habit, the long petioles of the radical leaves, their crenate margins, and by the notched pods. My specimens from the north of the-Manukau Harbour are suberect; Mr. Kirk's are mostly prostrate.

South Island: Otago—Saline situations in the Maniototo Plains, Petrie! December–January.

An exceedingly well marked little plant, not closely allied to any other.

North Island: Auckland—Mercury Bay, Banks and Solander! shores of the Manukau and Waitemata Harbours, kirk! T. F. C.; Rangitoto Island,. T. F. C. South Island: Near Westport, W. Townson! November–January.

This appears to be an exceedingly local plant, and is fast becoming extinct in the few habitats at present known. It is well characterized by the procumbent habit, lateral racemes, and diandrous flowers.

South Island: Otago — Usually near the sea; Oamaru, Hampden, Awa-moko, Weston, Orepuki, Petrie! Stewart Island: Dog Island; Ruapuke, Kirk! November–January.

A distinct but highly variable species, easily recognised by the minute orbicular pods. Mr. Kirk's L. australe is a state with the stems more erect than usual, and with more numerous cauline leaves.

Var. dubium, Kirk, l.c. — Taller, much more hairy, almost scabrid; branches few, long, lax. Cauline leaves shorter and broader, pinnatifid. Petals present in the male flowers.

South Island: Otago—Kawarau River, Cromwell, Petrie! Var. dubium: Near Duntroon, Petrie! November–December.

Allied to L. Matau, with which it entirely agrees in the flowers and pods. It differs in the greater size, branched leafy habit and almost glabrous leaves, which are much larger and have long and narrow toothed pinnse. The var. dubium has a distinct appearance, but barely seems entitled to specific rank.

South Island: Otago—Alexandra South, Gimmerburn, Petrie! November–December.

Best recognised by the strict habit, scabrid and coriaceous leaves, short dense racemes, and apetalous dicecious flowers.

South Island: Canterbury—Broken River district, Haast, Enys! Kirk!' T. F. C.; Mackenzie Plains, J. F. Armstrong; Lakes Tekapo and Pukaki, T. F. C.; Lake Ohau, Haast. Otago - Waitaki Valley, Lake Wanaka, Buchanan! Kurow, Petrie! Altitudinal range 800–3000 ft. December–January.

A distinct species, at once separated from the two preceding by the more depressed habit, lax racemes, and ovate-rhomboid pods. The stout cylindrical root often descends for distances altogether out of proportion to the short stems. Mr. Enys on one occasion showed me specimens nearly 4 ft. in length.