Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 257 



segmentis petiolulatis ovatis subsinuatis subbijugis cum imparl reniformi 

 caule debili, siliquis erectis. DC. Prodr. i. p. 153. — Sisymbrium hetero- 

 phyllum. Forst. Prodr. n. 250. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. ;?. 310. Willd. Sp. 

 PI. iii.j9. 505. 



New Zealand (Northern Island).— 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. In humid 

 woods among ferns on the Kana-Kana river, Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cun- 

 ningham. 



3. Alyssum, DC, L. 



627. J. maritimvm, caulibus basi suffruticosis procumbentibus, foliis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis subincanis, siliquis ovalibus glabris stylo brevi api- 

 culatis. DC. Prodr. I p. 161. Willd. Sp. PL in. p. 459.— A. halamifolium. 

 L. Curtis Mag. 101. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Sandy shores of the Bay of Islands. — 

 1833, A. Cunningham. 

 An species indigena ? 



4. Lepidium, R. Br., DC. 



628. L. oleraceum, siliculis ovatis acutiusculis, foliis glabris elliptico-ob- 

 longis profunde serratis, superioribus integris apice subserratis. DC. Prodr. 

 i. p. 207. Forst. Prodr. n. 248. Willd. Sp. PI. iii. ^.437. J. Rich. Fl. Nov. 

 Zel. p. 310. t. 35. 



Eketara, indig. D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Shores of the 

 Bay of Islands. — 1826, 4. Cunningham. (Middle Island), shores of Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound. — 1773, G. Forster. 



Brassica sativa (rather oleracea, L.) and Raphanus sativus, L. are 

 enumerated by M. Ach. Richard in his * Essai d'une Flore de la 

 Nouvelle Zelande,' although he admits them not to be indigenous, 

 but originally introduced by European visitors, and like the potato, 

 had become generally wild on the Northern Island, as well in the 

 drier woods as in the waste grounds in the environs of native villages. 



MAGNOLIACE^, Z)a 

 Drimys, Forst., D.C. 



629. D. axillaris, foliis oblongis utrinque acuminatis, pedicellis unifloris. 

 DC. Prodr. i. p. 78. Forst. Gen. Char. t. 42. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 

 290.— Wintera axillaris. Forst. Prodr. n. 229. Willd. Sp. PI. ii. p. 1240. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks, Damp shady 

 forests on the Kana-Kana and Hokianga Rivers. — 1826, A. Cunningham. — 

 1833, R. Cunningham. 



RANUNCULACE^, Juss. 

 1, Ranunculus, L. 



630. R. rivularis, foliis glabris longe petiolatis 3-partitis, partitionibus 

 cuneiformibus apice incisis, caule natanti-reptante, pedunculis oppositifoliis 

 unifloris, petalis lanceolatis remotis unguiculatis. DC, Prodr. i. p. 34, Banks 

 et Sol. Ms. in Bihl. Banks. 



