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LineoR. 

 Linum angustifolium, Huds. (Narrow-leaved pale Flax). First 

 observed this summer here in Napier. 



Hypericmea. 



Hypericum androsamum , Linn. (Tutsan ; Park-leaves). One 

 fine plant only here at Napier, in my field ; first observed at 

 Christmas, 1884, bearing flowers and fruit. 



Umbellifera. 



Torilis nodosa, Sm. (Knotted Hedge Parsley). One small 

 plant only seen, and that in a very strange out-of-the-way spot 

 for a foreign weed to be found in, at the base of a high cliff, side 

 of the River Mangatawhainui, Seventy-mile Bush ; 1884. This 

 little plant gave me some trouble ; for, on my first meeting with 

 it (young and leaves only), I supposed it to be Daucus brachiatus, 

 Sieber, (an indigenous common northern plant that I had never 

 met with in these parts,) or, something new ; so I watched it 

 carefully. On a subsequent visit I procured a tiny bit in flower, 

 and on a still later visit its curious fruit, when I soon found out 

 what it was. 



RubiacecB. 



Galium aparine, L. (Goose-grass, or Cleavers). This fine 

 species of Galium grows strongly here at Napier. First noticed 

 in 1884. 



CompositacecB. 



Crepis pulchra, Linn. (Small flowered Hawk's Beard). 

 Sparingly in my field at Napier. 



Crepis tectorum, Linn. (Smooth Hawk's Beard). With pre- 

 ceding ; this plant becomes a biennial in New Zealand. At first 

 I had supposed this plant to be a sp. new., from its large size and 

 woody stems, and being a perennial. 



HypochcBris glabra, Linn. (Smooth Cat's-ear). With pre- 

 ceding ; first noticed in 1884. 



Lapsana communis, Linn. (Common Nipple-wort). In one 

 spot only, in an open grassy glade in a thick wood, south of the 

 River Mangatawhainui, near Norsewood ; first noticed in 1883. 



Arctium lappa, Linn. (Burdock ; Clot-Bur). I first saw 

 this plant in 1882, in a dense and unfrequented part of the 

 Seventy-mile Bush. There was only one plant of it, a young 

 one, having 2-3 large prostrate leaves resembling rhubarb. I 

 could not tell what to make of it ! I gazed on it with astonish- 

 ment, much like Robinson Crusoe on seeing the print of a 

 human foot in the sand ! I had seen nothing like it in New 

 Zealand. [To the best of my recollection I had never seen the 

 burdock growing in England.] I visited that one plant several 

 times during the first six months, with great expectations, but 



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