APPENDIX. 1085 
NYCTAGINE. 
Mirabilis Jalapa, Linn. Sp. Plant. 177; Chois. in D.C. Prodr. xiii. 2, 429. 
Marvel of Peru. North Island: An occasional garden escape near Auck- 
land. (Tropical America.) 
ILLECEBRACE. 
Herniaria hirsuta, Linn. Sp. Plant. 218; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 334. Rwptwre- 
wort. North Island: Sandy flats north of the Manukau Heads, 7. F. C. 
(Europe; West Asia to Inaia.) 
AMARANTACE. 
Amarantus caudatus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 990; Moq. in D.C. Prodr. xiii. 2, 255. 
North Island: A garden escape in the vicinity of Auckland, not common. 
(Most warm countries.) 
Amarantus retroflecus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 991; Asa Gray, Man. 368. North 
Island: Waste places and gardens, not uncommon. South Island: Nelson, 
T. F.C. (Tropical America; and naturalised in most warm climates.) 
Amarantus hybridus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 990; Asa Gray, Man. 368. North 
Island: Waste places and gardens, common to the north of the Hast Cape. 
{Tropical America.) 
Amarantus Blitum, Linn. Sp. Plant. 990; Mog. in D.C. Prodr. xiii. 2, 263. 
North and South Islands: Roadsides and waste places, not uncommon as 
far south as Nelson and Westport. (Most temperate and warm regions.) 
Amarantus viridis, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. ii. 1405; Benth. Fl. Austral. v. 215. 
North Island: Waste places and gardens, not uncommon as far south as 
Wellington. (Most warm regions.) 
Teleanthera sp. North Island: Ballast at Aratapu, by the Northern Wairoa 
River. I have failed to precisely identify this, which is probably an intro- 
duction from South America. 
CHENOPODIACE. 
Chenopodiwm album, Linn. Sp. Plant. 219; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 336. Fat- 
hen. North and South Islands: Waste places and cultivated fields, an 
abundant weed. (HKurope; North and West Asia to India.) 
Chenopodium ficifolium, Smith Fl. Brit. i. 276; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 337. 
North Island: Ballast at Wellington, Kirk! (Hurope.) 
Chenopodium murale, Linn. Sp. Plant. 219; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 337. North 
Island: Waste places and roadsides, abundant. (EKurope; West Asia to 
India; North Africa.) 
Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 218; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 338. 
North Island: An occasional escape from cultivation. (Hurope; North 
Asia.) 
Roubieva multifida, Mog. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. ii. (1834) 292; D.C. Prodr, xiii. 
2,80. North Island: Ballast at Wellington, Kirk ! 
Beta vulgaris, Linn. Sp. Plant. 222. Beet. North Island: An occasional 
escape from cultivation. (Hurope; North and West Asia.) 
PHYTOLACCACES. 
Phytolacca octandra, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. ii. 631; Benth. Fl. Austral. v. 14 
Ink-plant ; Poke-weed. North Island: Roadsides and waste places, abundant 
in the Auckland District. (Tropical America.) 
POLYGONACEZ. 
Polygonum lapathifoliwm, Linn. Sp. Plant. 360; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 344. 
South Island: Ashburton, W. W. Smith. I have not seen New Zealand 
specimens. (Europe; North and West Asia to India; North Africa.) 
