388 Transactions. 



Family Chenopodiaceae. 



Rhagodia nutans R. Br. [L. C] 



Lyttelton Hills, amongst stones ; Governor's Bay ; Pigeon Bay, by 

 seaside : R. M. L. Sleepy Cove, between Long Bay and Stony Bay, and 

 doubtless elsewhere by the sea-coast : A. Wall. 



Chenopodium triandrum Forst. f. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 



Common in dry rocky ground. In specimens from the Lyttelton 

 Hills the perianth-segments numbered five. 



Chenopodium glaucum Linn. [J. F. A. ; J. B. A.] 

 Taylor's Mistake. 



Chenopodium carinatum R. Br. 



Above Heathcote Reservoir. Probably introduced. 



Atriplcx patula Linn. 



Heathcote : B. D, Cross. Ohinitahi ; Teddington. 



J. F. A. and J. B. A. give also {^)Chenopodimn ambiguum, which 

 possibly occurs. 



Salicornia australis Linn. 



Abundant in salt marshes. 



Suaeda maritima Dum. 



The beach, Le Bon's Bay ; Redclift's : A. W. 



Familv Aizoaceae. 

 Tefragonia expansa Murr. 



Abundant on coastal banks, but occasionally ascending to 1,000 ft. 

 on cliffs. 

 Tetragonia trigyna Banks & Sol. 



Less common than the preceding. Also ascending to 1,000 ft.. but 

 usually on the sea-coast. 

 Mesembryonthemum australe Sol. 

 Common on the sea-coast. 



Family Caryophyllaceae. 



*°Gi/psophila tubulosa Boiss. 

 Lake Forsyth : Kirk. 

 Stellaria parviflora Banks & Sol. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Common. A much depauperated form with only 3 or 4 stamens 

 occurs at the altitude of about 1 ,000 ft. on the southern face of Mount 

 Pleasant. 



Colobanthns Muelleri, Kirk. 



Common in similar places to the following species. 



Colobanthus Billardieri Fenzl. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 



Not uncommon in rocky places near the hilltops. 



(^)O. quitensis Bartl. is also recorded by J. B. A., and may occur. 



Spergidaria media Presl. 



Not uncommon on rocky coasts. Probably = S. marina var. rubra 



of J. B. A. 



Scleranthus biflorus Hook. f. [J. B. A. ; L. C] 

 In drv and rocky ground ; common. 



