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List B. — New Zealand Plants found now in Hagley Park. 



Monocotyledons. 

 Gramiiieae : 



Danthonia semiannularis, Poa caespitosa, Alejwcurus geniculatus. 

 Cyperaceae : 



Eleocharis acuta, E. Cunninghamii, Schoenus pauciflorus, Carex virgata, 

 C. secta, C. inveisa, C. ternaria, C. lucida. 

 Juncaceae : 



J uncus pauciflorus, J . ejfusu^s, J . hufonius, 

 (Jrchidaoeae : 



{Microtis porrifolia.) 

 Polygonaceae : 



*Mnehlenbeck ia complexa . 

 Crassulaceae : 



Tillaea Sieberiana. 

 Ranunculaceae : 



^Ranunculus hirtus. 

 Rosaceae : 



Acaena novae-zelandiae. 

 Leguminosae : 



*Carmichaelia suhulata. 

 Oxalidaceae : 



Oxalis corniculata. 

 Callitrichaceae : 



Callitriche verna. 

 Onagraceae : 



^{Epilohium Billardierianum), *E. rot undi folium, E. nummidarifolium, 

 ^E. nerterioides, (E. novae-zelandiae). 

 Haloragaceae : 



*Haloragis erecta [H. alata in CheeReman's Manual of N .Z. Flora]. 

 Uinbelliferae : 



Hydrocotyle novae-zelandiae, H. nioschata, *H. asiatica. 

 Convolvulaceae : 



Dichondra repens. 

 Campanuiaceae : 



*{Pratia angulata), *WaMenbergia gracilis. 

 Compositae : 



Gnaphaliurn luteo-album., *(t. japonicuni, Cotula australis, C. dioica, 

 '''Erechtifes prenanthoides. *{E. quadridentata). 



A comparison of these two more or less complete lists reveals some 

 rather interesting changes. The only grasses common to tlie two are the 

 tussock Poa caespitosa and Danthonia semiannularis ; the others of list A 

 are not recorded in list B, though it is possible that the species of Agrostis 

 may have escaped notice. The little species Poa Lindsagi has estalilished 

 itself on the edges of the old native section. It cannot be definitely stated 

 in this case whether it is reasserting itself or whether it has been introduced 

 with some of the plants that have been transplanted from other parts. It 

 may possibly be the same as the " poa with purple glumes " mentioned in 

 list A. The Cyperaceae are represented in list A by three species, including 

 only two sjoecies of Carex, against five species in list B. The Juncaceae, 

 again, have five representatives in list A and only three in list B. two of theiu 



