26 Dr. Wagner on the Habits of the Macroscelides Rozeti. 



Kaho, incolis. jR. Cunn. — Nao vulgo ab incolis dicitiir. D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 17C9, Sir Jos. Banks. On bare rocks 

 on the islets of the Bay of Islands, &c. — 1826, A. Cunningham. (Middle 

 Island.)— 1773, G. Forster. Astrolabe Harbour.— 1827, D'Urville. 



CARYOPHYLLE^. 



1. Arenahia, L. 



609. A. media, L. DC. Prodr. i. p. 401. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 315. 

 — A. marina. Engl. Bot. t. 958. 



Note-noho ab incolis vulgo sub nomine cognoscitur. D'Urville. 

 New Zealand (Middle Island). Frequent on rocks near the sea-coast. 

 Astrolabe Harbour.— 1827, D'Urville. 



2. Stellaria, L. 



S. media, Sm. Fl. Brit. p. 473. DC. Prodr. i. p, 396. Engl. Bot. t. 537. 

 — Alsine media, L. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 316. 



Kai/caha, indigenis. D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Frequent in open grounds, distant 

 from any European settlement, apparently indigenous, in the country be- 

 tween Waimate and Hokianga. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



ELATINEiE, Camhess. in Mem. du Mus. (1829.) 

 Elatine, L. 

 Calyx 3 — 4 partitus persistens inferus. Petala 3 — 4. Stamina 3 — 6 — 8. 

 Styli 3 — 4, breves. Capsula 3 — 4 valvis, 1 — 4 locularis, polysperma. 

 Semina cylindrica, longitudinaliter sulcata, transversimque striata pla- 

 centis centralibus affixa. 



610. E. } gratioloides, glabra, foliis oppositis subsessilibus obovatis obtusis 

 venosis, floribus alternis axillaribus sessilibus. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In a bog at Tauraki, Hokianga river. 

 • — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Herha glabra, caules repentes radicantes. Folia opposite, lato-obovata, 

 obtusa, prope modum sessilia, decurrentia integerrima vel subrepanda, minu- 

 tissime asperata. StipulcB nullae. Flores nondum vidi, sed expositione 

 fructus judicans sessiles, axillares, alterni. Calyx 3-partitus, persistens, la- 

 ciniis subrotundis, obtusis, concavis. Capsula depressa, umbilicata, 1-locu- 

 laris, polysperma. Semina oblonga, cylindracea, longitudinaliter tenuiter 

 striata, transversim sulcata. 



[To be continued.] 



V. — Note on Macroscelides Rozeti *. By Dr. Moritz 



Wagner, t 



This curious small insect-eater inhabits the western portion 



of the province of Algiers, It has hitherto been discovered 



* Established by Duvernoy in the * Mem. de la Soc. d'Hist. Nat. de Stras- 

 bourg,' i. p. 2. 



t Translated from Wiegmann's Archiv. First part, 1 839. 



