400 DICOTYLEDONS AND CONIFERS 



uncommon in the neighbourhood of gardens, deserted homesteads, 

 etc., where it can scarcely expect to become fully naturalised." In 

 1912 Cheeseman records it (on the authority of H. Oakley) as occur- 

 ring wild at Waipu, and threatening to become a nuisance. 



Indigofera vtscosa, Lam. 



First recorded by Kirk as occurring in the Auckland district in 

 1870. Cheeseman says (1906), "has been noticed as a garden escape 

 near Auckland, but is scarcely naturalised." 



Galega officinalis, Linn. Goat's Rue 



According to Cheeseman this was found in the Manawatu river 

 bed by H. J. Matthews about 1900. It occurs on the silt in the river, 

 from whence it has spread considerably, down stream and into the 

 adjacent county. 



Robinia Pseud-acacia, Linn. Locust tree, False Acacia 

 First recorded by Kirk in 1869 as going wild in the Auckland 

 district. In 1870 he states that "it is abundantly naturalised at 

 Taupiri, Rangiriri, and other places" (in the Waikato), "it already 

 forms coppices in many localities." In the Wellington district in 1877, 

 he calls it "a mere garden or plantation escape, increasing rapidly 

 by suckers where undisturbed." In the Manual (1906) it is stated to 

 be naturalised in various localities between Auckland and the Upper 

 Waikato. The hive-bee fertilises this flow'er in Europe. 



Coronilla varia, Linn. 



First recorded by Cheeseman in the Manual (in 1906) as a garden 

 escape in the vicinity of Nelson. 



Onobrychis sativa, Lam. (O. vici&folia, Scop.) Sainfoin 



First recorded in 1871 by Armstrong as naturalised in Canterbury. 

 In the Manual (1906) it is stated to occur in both islands as an 

 occasional escape from cultivation, but scarcely naturalised. (Fl., 

 Dec. to Jan.) 



Ornithopus perpusillus y Linn. Bird's-foot 



First recorded in 1906 by Cheeseman as occurring in newly-sown 

 grass paddocks at Brookby, Auckland. 



Vicia tetrasperma, Mcench. (Onobrychis gemella, Crantz). 



Slender Tare 



First mentioned in Hooker's list in 1864. In the Manual (1906) 

 it is said to be not uncommon in roadsides, hedges, etc., in both 



