572 Transactions. — Botany. 



Plantago lanigeea, Hook. f. — Not uncommon, but local on 

 mountains of C. and N.W. Old Man Eange ; Hector 

 Mountains; Mount Pisa; &c. (4,000ft .-5,500ft.). 



Plantago spathulata. Hook. f. — Not rare on moist uplands 

 of C. and N.W. Naseby ; Mount St. Bathan's; moun- 

 tains of Lake District. Ascends to 3,000ft. 



Plantago kaoulii, Decaisne. — Common in moist lowlands. 



Chenopodium teiandrum, Forst. — Common on E. and S. 

 coasts ; rare inland. Cromwell ; Ophir ; &g. 



Chenopodium urbicum, L. — Common by waysides, &c. 



•Chenopodium glaucum, L., var. ambiguum. — Common at sea- 

 side, and in saltish stations inland. Dunedin ; Oamaru ; 

 Roxburgh ; Cromwell ; Maniototo Plains ; &c. 



Chenopodium carinatum (?), Br. — Kawarau Eiver. My speci- 

 mens have two stamens, a condition not rare in Australian 

 forms of the species. Probably introduced. 



Chenopodium detestans, T. Kirk. — Common in dry lowlands 

 of C. and N. Maniototo Plain ; Cromwell ; Lake Hawea; 

 &c. 



Su^da maritima, Dumortier. — Common by salt lagoons of 

 E. and S. coasts. 



Atriplex patula, L. — Common by waysides, &c. 



Atriplex billardieri. Hook. f. — Sandy shores of Paterson's 

 Inlet. 



Atriplex buchanani, T. Kirk. — Common in saltish stations of 

 C. and W. ; rare near E. coast. Green Island Beach ; 

 Maniototo Plain ; Ida Valley ; Alexandra ; Cromwell ; &c. 



Salsola australis, Br. ('?). — Otiake Eiver; Lowburn ; Ban- 

 nockburn. Spreading rather rapidly, and most likely in- 

 troduced. 



Salicornia indica, Willd. (?). — Abundant on low flats near 

 the sea on the E. and S. 



ScLERANTHUS BiFLORUS, Hook. f. — Abundant up to 4,000ft. 



Polygonum aviculare, L. — Abundant by waysides and on 

 edges of fields. Most likely introduced. 



MuHLENBECKiA ADPRESSA, LabilL — Abundant in valleys of 

 C. andN.E. Lake District ; Kurow ; Sowburn ; &c. 



Muhlenbeckia complexa, Meisner. — Abundant in bush and 



scrub. 

 Muhlenbeckia axillaris. Hook, f . — Lower Waitaki Valley ; 



Maniototo Plain ; throughout the Clutha Valley ; Lake 



District ; &c. 



