26 Dr. Wagner on the Habits of the Macroscelides Rozetl. 



KaJio, mcoWsi. R. Cunn. — iV«o vulgo ab incolis dicitur. D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. On bare rocks 

 on the islets of the Bay of Islands, &c. — 1826, A. Cunningham. (Middle 

 Island.)— 1773, G. Forster. Astrolabe Harbour.— 1827, 2)' C/rvi/^e. ■ 



CARYOPHYLLEiE. 



1. Arenaria, L. 



609. A. media, L. DC. Prodr. i. p. 401. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. j9. 315. 

 —A. marina. Engl. Bot. t. 958. 



Note-noho ab incolis vulgo sub nomine cognoscitur. D'Urville. 

 New Zealand (Middle Island). Frequent on rocks near the sea-coast. 

 Astrolabe Harbour. — 1827, D'Urville. 



2. Stellaria, L. 



S. media, Sm. FL Brit. p. 473. DC. Prodr. i. p. 396. Engl. Bot. t. 537. 

 — Alsine media, L. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 316. 



Kaikaka, indigenis. D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Frequent in open grounds, distant 

 from any European settlement, apparently indigenous, in the country be- 

 tween Waimate and Hokianga. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



ELATINE.E, Camhess. in Mem. du Mus. (1829.) 

 Elatine, L. 

 Calyx 3 — 4 partitus persistens inferus. Petala 3 — 4. Stamina 3 — 6 — 8. 

 Styli 3 — 4, breves. Capsula 3 — 4 valvis, 1 — 4 locularis, polysperma. 

 Semina cylindrica, longitudinaliter sulcata, transversimque striata pla- 

 centis centralibus affixa. 



610. E. } gratioloides, glabra, foliis oppositis subsessilibus obovatis obtusis 

 venosis, floribus alternis axillaribus sessilibus. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In a bog at Tauraki, Hokianga river. 

 — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Herha glabra, caules repentes radicantes. Folia opposita, lato-obovata, 

 obtusa, prope modum sessilia, decurrentia integerrima vel subrepanda, minu- 

 tissime asperata. Stipules nuWss. Flores nondum vidi, sed expositione 

 fructus judicans sessiles, axillares, alterni. Calyx 3-partitus, persistens, la- 

 ciniis subrotundis, obtusis, concavis. Capsula depressa, umbilicata, 1 -locu- 

 laris, polysperma. Semina oblonga, cylindracea, longitudinaliter tenuiter 

 striata, transversim sulcata. 



[To be continued.] 



V. — Note on Macroscelides Rozeti *. By Dr. Moritz 



WAGNER.f 



This curious small insect-eater inhabits the western portion 



of the province of Algiers. It has hitherto been discovered 



* Established by Duvernoy in the * Mem. de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat. de Stras- 

 bourg,' i. p. 2. 

 t Translated from Wiegmann's Archiv. First part, 1839. 



