506 Transactions. — Botany. 



SCROPHULAEINE^ . 



Verbascum blattaria, L. 

 Veronica arvensis, L. 



Plantagine^. 

 Plantago major, L. 



„ lanceolata, L. 



Amaranthace^. 

 *Amaranthus deflexus, L. EuroiDe. 

 fAlternanthera sessilis, B. Br. Indigenous on the Auckland 



Peninsula. Found in many tropical and extra-tropical 



countries. 



CHENOPODIACEiE. 



Chenopodium album, L. 

 ■''- „ ficifolium, Ij. In great abundance (Europe). 



„ murale, L. 



tChenopodium ambrosioides, L. Possibly indigenous on the 

 Auckland Peninsula and in Taranaki, but not previously 

 observed in Wellington. 

 *Eoubieva multifida, Jio^. Buenos Ayres, Brazil, &c. 

 Atriplex deltoidea, Bab. 



POLYGONACE^. 



Polygonum convolvulus, L. 

 Eumex pulcher, L. 



„ obtusifolius. 



„ sanguineus, L., var. viridis. 



„ acetosella, L. 

 fEmex australis. Stein. South Africa. Naturalised in many 



warm countries. Has been collected in Auckland and 



Tauranga, bat soon dies out. 



EUPHOEBIACE^. 



Euphorbia peplus, L. 

 '■'■ „ owoWioMa,, Evfjl. Chili, Mendoza, Monte Video, &c. 



Urticace^. 

 Urtica urens, L. 



Cyperace^. 

 Cyperus vegetus, Willd. 



Gramine^. 

 '•'Paspalum dilatatum, Poir. Brazil, &c. 

 Panicum sanguinale, L. 

 fPanicum colonum, L. Naturalised in Auckland, but very 



rare at present. 

 ■j-Panicum crus-galli, L. This was very plentiful, but has 



completely died out. It is naturalised in Auckland. 

 '■'Setaria imberbis, B. et S. 



