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22. ConvolvulacejE. 



43. Convolvulus septum, L. 



"Waste places on Sunday Island ; rare. New Zealand, 

 Australia, and most temperate and sub-tropical regions. 



44. Convolvulus soldanella, L. 



East coast of Sunday Island ; apparently not common. 

 New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, Australia, 

 and most extra-tropical sea coasts. 



45. Ipomoea palmata, Forst. 



Cliffs on the north side of Sunday Island ; not uncommon. 

 New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe's Island, Australia; 

 tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 



46. *Ipomcea pes-capra, Koth. 



Perfectly glabrous. Stems prostrate, trailing, sometimes 

 40 feet in length. Leaves 2-4 inches long, broadly-oblong 

 or orbicular, bluntly 2-lobed, thick and fleshy. Peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves, 1-3 -flowered. Calyx with 5 obtuse 

 sepals. Corolla campanulate, 1 inch long, pinkish. Cap- 

 sule large, nearly globose, f inch in diameter, 2-celled. 

 Seeds large, hairy. Abundant in the sandy bays and on 

 some of the cliffs of Sunday Island. Lord Howe's Island, 

 Australia, Polynesia, and the sea-coasts of most tropical 

 coun tries. 



23. Solanace^e. 



47. Solanum nigrum, L. 



Sunday Island ; most abundant, especially in cultivated 

 ground. Macaulay Island, not so plentiful. New Zealand, 

 Australia, Polynesia, and almost all tropical and temperate 

 countries. 



48. Solanum aviculare, Forst. 



Sunday Island ; by no means common. Macaulay Island, 

 a single specimen only. New Zealand, Norfolk Island, 

 Lord Howe's Island, Australia. 



24. ScROPHULARINEiE. 



49. Veronica salicifolia, Vahl. 



Cliffs on the east side of Sunday Island ; rare. New 

 Zealand. 



50. Veronica ligustrijolia, Vahl. 



Stated by Sir J. D. Hooker to have been collected by 

 McGillivray on Sunday Island. I did not observe it ; but 

 Mr. Bell informed me that a narrow-leaved " Koromiko" 

 occurred in a few localities, which will doubtless be this 

 species. New Zealand. 



