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Lithospermum arvense, Linn. Sp. Plant. 132; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 279. 
Corn Gromwell. North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, 
plentiful. (Kurope; North and West Asia to India; North Africa.) 
Echium vulgare, Linn. Sp. Plant. 139; Hook. f. Student’s FJ. 276. Viper’s 
Bugloss.. North and South Islands: Roadsides and waste places, local. 
(Europe; North Asia; North Africa.) 
Echium plantaginewm, Linn. Mant. ii. 202; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 276. 
North Island: Waste places, rare. Vicinity of Auckland, 7. F. C.; ballast 
at Wellington, Kirk! (South Europe; North Africa.) 
CONVOLVULACE. 
Ipomea batatas, Poir. Encycl. vi. 14. Kumara. North Island: Introduced by 
the Maoris from Polynesia, and still largely cultivated by them. It often 
lingers for some time in deserted plantations. (Native country uncertain ; 
now cultivated in all warm climates.) : 
Convolvulus arvensis, Linn. Sp. Plant. 153; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 284. Smaller 
Bindweed. North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, not un- 
common. (EKurope; North and West Asia to India; North Africa.) 
Cuscuta racemosa, Mart. Reise. Bras. i. 286, var. Chiliana, Engelm. Cusc. 505 ; 
C. Hassiaca, Pfeiff. in Bot. Zeit. i. (1843) 705; Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xx. 
(1888) 182. South Island: Fields in the Canterbury Provincial District, 
parasitic on lucerne, knot-grass, &c. (Chili ; from whence it has been carried 
to North America and Europe.) 
Cuscuta Hpilinwm, Weihe, in Archiv. Apoth. viii. (1824) 54; Hook. f. Student’s 
Fl. 285. Flax Dodder. South Island: Has been recorded from the 
Canterbury District, but I have seen no specimens (Europe: East Asia.) 
Cuscuta Hpithymum, Murr. Syst. ed. xiii. 140; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 285. 
Lesser Dodder. North and South Islands: From Auckland to Foveaux 
Strait, abundant in many places, and parasitic on a great variety of plants, 
including many indigenous species. Mr. Kirk’s C. nove-zealandie@ (Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xx. (1889) 183, name only) appears to be identical with it. The 
var. Trifolii (Clover Dodder), which usually attacks clover, is also in- 
troduced. (Europe ; North Asia.) 
SOLANACEA, 
Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. viii. n. 2; D.C. Prodr. xiii. 26. 
Tomato. North and South Islands: An occasional garden escape of short 
duration. (Tropical America.) 
Solanum tuberosum, Linn. Sp. Plant. 185; D.C. Prodr. xiii. 31. Potato. 
North and South Islands: Often lingers for a time in places where it has 
been cultivated. (South America.) 
Solanwm marginatum, Linn. f. Suppl. 147; D.C. Prodr. xiii. 370. North 
Island: A garden outcast near Auckland. (Tropical Africa.) 
Solanum sodomewm, Linn. Sp. Plant. 187; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 458. Dead- 
sea Apple. North Island: From the North Cape to the Upper Waikato, on 
warm dry soils and on sand-dunes, not uncommon. (South Europe; 
North Africa.) 
Solanum auriculatum, Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. i. 246; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 450. 
North Island: Waste places in the vicinity of Auckland, increasing. 
(Tropical America; and widely naturalised in warm countries.) 
Physalis peruviana, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. ii. 1670; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 466. 
Cape Gooseberry. North Island: An escape from cultivation in warm dry 
soils, not common. (South America.) 
Nicandra physaloides, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 237; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 465. 
North Island: Waste places in the vicinity of Auckland, scarce. (Peru.) 
Lycium chinense, Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. vili. n.5; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 467. 
North and South Islands: Waste places and roadsides, not uncommon. 
(China.) 
