ROSACES 407 



(Kerner states that it is mainly distributed by the seeds adhering 

 along with earth to the feet of birds.) 



Alchemilla arvensis, Scop. Parsley Piert 



First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864. Kirk also records it from 

 Wellington in 1877. In the Manual (1906) Cheeseman reports it as 

 occurring in waste places and fields in both islands, "often abundant 

 in light dry soils." (Fl., Oct. to Feb.) 



Agrimonia Eupatoria, Linn. Agrimony 



Recorded by W. W. Smith in 1903 as occurring in Ashburton 

 County. 



Accena ovina, A. Cunn 



First observed by H. B. Kirk, and by Buchanan in 1877 in the 

 neighbourhood of Wellington. Observed by the author on the hills 

 above the Taieri Plain in 1890; the Agricultural Department reported 

 it as spreading freely in 1897, and six years later W. W. Smith 

 recorded it as very abundant in the hills of S. Canterbury, and be- 

 coming a great nuisance to sheep-owners owing to the manner in 

 which the seed-heads adhere to wool. In the Manual (1906) Cheese- 

 man says it is not uncommon in fields and waste places in both 

 islands. Cockayne reports it as one of the common roadside weeds 

 of lowland Marlborough. (Fl., Dec. to Feb.) 



Poterium Sanguisorba, Linn. Salad Burnet 

 First recorded in 1876 from Kawau by Buchanan, then by Kirk 

 in 1877 from hills near Castle Point. Cheeseman in the Manual (1906) 

 reports it as occurring in dry pastures in both islands, but not com- 

 monly. (FL, Dec. to Jan.) 



Poterium polygamum, Waldst. and Kit. Burnet 

 Reported by Kirk as occurring near Lake Ellesmere and elsewhere 

 on the Canterbury Plains. 



Poterium officinale, Hook. f. Great Burnet 

 Buchanan reported this from Kawau in 1876. It has not been 

 recorded again from there. It is now growing abundantly on the 

 sand-dunes at (North) Otago Heads. 



Rosa canina, Linn. Dog Rose 



Introduced much earlier, but first recorded as a naturalised plant 

 in Hooker's list in 1864. Cheeseman in the Manual (1906) reports 

 it as not uncommon on roadsides and in waste places. 



The flowers are fertilised in Europe by Apis mellifica. (Fl., Nov. 

 to Jan.) 



