380 DICOTYLEDONS AND CONIFERS 



Polygala vulgaris, Linn. Milkwort 



Collected on the open ground above Waitati, near Dunedin, by 

 Miss Eileen Woodhead, in November, 1917. Presumably introduced 

 from Britain. 



CARYOPHYLLE^) 



Dianthus prolifer, Linn. (Tunica prolifera, Cheeseman) 

 First recorded as a garden escape at Ashburton by W. W. Smith 

 in 1903. 



Dianthus Armeria, Linn. Deptford Pink 



First recorded in 1882 from the Waikato district by Cheeseman. 

 Perhaps Silene Armeria recorded by Armstrong from Canterbury in 

 1879, * s tne same species. In the Manual (1906) it is stated to occur 

 in both islands in pastures and waste places, but not commonly. 

 Cockayne reports it as fairly common in montane tussock-land in 

 Marlborough and Canterbury. (Fl., Dec. to Jan.) 



Dianthus barbatus, Linn. Sweet-william 



First recorded in 1871 by Armstrong from Canterbury. It is 

 occasionally found as a garden escape in many districts. (FL, Nov. 

 to Jan.) 



Saponaria Vaccaria, Linn. 



First recorded in 1870 by Kirk as occurring in the Auckland 

 district. Later reported in the Manual (1906) on Kirk's authority 

 from "Cultivated fields near Auckland and Wellington." (FL, Dec. 

 to Jan.) 



Silene inflata, Sm. Bladder-campion 



First recorded from the neighbourhood of Auckland by Kirk in 

 1870. In Cheeseman's Manual (1906) it is stated to occur, but not 

 commonly, in both islands in cultivated fields, roadsides, etc. I have 

 met with it from Whangarei to Dunedin. 



Silene conica, Linn. 

 Reported by Petrie to occur in Otago. 



Silene gallica, Linn. Catchfly 



First recorded from Otago in 1873 by the author. It is now 

 common in every part of New Zealand in roadsides and waste places. 

 (FL, Oct. to Jan.) 



Silene quinquevulnera. Linn. 



First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864, but no doubt introduced 

 much earlier. It is one of the commonest weeds in the country. One 

 of Drummond's Wellington correspondents stated that he had known 

 it since 1855. (FL, Oct. to Jan.) 



