1086 APPENDIX. 
Polygonum Persicaria, Linn. Sp. Plant. 361; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 345. 
North and South Islands: Ditches and roadsides, not common. (Europe ; 
North and West Asia to India; North Africa.) 
Polygonum Hydropiper, Linn. Sp. Plant. 361; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 345. 
Water-pepper. North Island: Hast Cape district, Bishop Williams ! 
(Europe; North and West Asia to India and Java; North America.) 
Polygonum Convolvulus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 364; Hook. f. Student’s Fi. 347. 
Black Bindweed. North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, no: 
uncommon. (HKurope; North and West Asia to the Himalayas; North 
Africa.) 
Fagopyrum esculentum, Moench, Meth. 290; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India, v. 55. 
Buckwheat. North and South Islands: An escape from cultivation. 
(North and Central Asia; now cultivated in most parts of the world.) 
Rumex obtusifolius, Linn. Sp. Piant. 335; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 347. Common 
Dock. North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Plenti- 
ful throughout. (Hurope; North and West Asia; North Africa.) 
Rumex pulcher, Linn. Sp. Plant. 336; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 348. Fiddle 
Dock. North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, abundant. 
(Europe; West Asia; North Africa.) 
Rumex palustris, Smith, Fl. Brit. i. 394; Hook. f. Student’s FJ. 349. North 
Island: Near Wellington, Buchanan. (Europe; North Asia.) 
Rumez crispus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 335; Hook. f. Student’s F1.349. Cwrled Dock. 
North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Fields and 
waste places, abundant. (Hurope; North Asia; North Africa.) 
Rumex sanguineus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 334; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 349. North 
and South Islands, Stewart Island: Fields and waste places, abundant 
throughout. The form with the veins of the leaves green, not red 
(BR. viridis, Sibthorp), is the one most abundant in New Zealand. (Hurope; 
West Asia.) 
Rumex conglomeratus, Murr. Prodr. Gotting. 52; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 349. 
North Island: Roadsides and waste places near Auckland and Wellington, 
not common. (HKurope; West Asia; North Africa.) 
Rumex acetosa, Linn. Sp. Plant. 337; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 350. Sorrel. 
North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, not uncommon. 
(Europe; North and West Asia; North Africa.) 
Rumex acetosella, Linn. Sp. Plant. 338; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 351. Sheep's 
Sorrel. Kermadec Islands, North and South Islands, Stewart Island, 
Chatham Islands: Pastures and cultivated fields, a most abundant and 
troublesome weed. (Hurope; North Asia; North Africa; and introduced 
elsewhere.) 
Emez australis, Steinh. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Sér. ii. (1838) 195; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
v. 262. North and South Islands: Near Auckland and in the Bay of 
Plenty, T. F.C.; vicinity of Wellington, Kirk! Westport, Townson ! 
(Australia.) 
PROTEACE, 
Hakea acicularis, R. Br. Prodr. 383; Benth. Fl. Austral. v. 54. North Island: 
Often planted for hedges in the Auckland District, and frequently spreads. 
(Australia.) 
EVUPHORBIACE, 
Euphorbia helioscopia, Linn. Sp. Plant. 459; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 356. Sun 
Spurge. North and South Islands: Roadsides and waste places, not un- 
common as far south as Canterbury. (Europe; North and West Asia to 
India and Japan.) 
Euphorbia Peplus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 456; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 358. Miik- 
weed. Kermadec Islands, North and South Islands, Stewart Island, 
Chatham Islands: Waste places, gardens, &c., an abundant weed. 
(Europe ; North and West Asia; North Africa.) 
