LABIATE 461 



Salvia Verbenaca, Linn. Wild Sage 



Cheeseman reports of this species in 1882 that it "appeared by 

 a roadside in the suburbs of Auckland some years ago, but seems to 

 have become extinct." In the Manual (1906) he reports it from 

 "waste places near Auckland," on the authority of Kirk. 



Nepeta Cataria, Linn. Cat-mint 



First recorded by T. Kirk in his list of Great Barrier Island plants 

 in 1867. Reported from vicinity of Auckland and the Waikato by 

 Cheeseman in 1882. In the Manual (1906) it is stated to occur, but 

 not commonly, in waste places and on roadsides in the Auckland 

 provincial district. Specimens have also been received from Nydia 

 Bay, Marlborough, from Mr E. F. Paton. 



In Europe the flowers are visited by Bombus terrestris. 



Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. Ground Ivy 



Recorded from the vicinity of Wanganui by Kirk. The seeds of 

 this species become mucilaginous when wet, according to Guppy. 



Cedronella triphylla, Moench. 



Reported by Cheeseman in 1882 as a garden escape: "This has 

 become very abundant on the lava streams around Mount Eden 

 (Auckland), forming dense clumps many feet in diameter and 

 3-4 feet high." In the Manual (1906) it is reported by Cheeseman 

 as occurring in waste places near Auckland, and by Kirk from near 

 Wellington. Cockayne says it is fairly common in damaged semi- 

 coastal forest near Wellington. 



Prunella vulgaris, Linn. Self-heal 



First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864. One of the most abundant 

 and widespread naturalised plants in New Zealand. It is particularly 

 common on poor, rather sterile land, and is best coped with by 

 manuring the ground, and so improving the herbage. 



Guppy states that the nutlets of this species emit mucus when 

 wetted, and adhere firmly to feathers on drying. Darwin also found 

 that the seeds were often found in hardened earth taken from the 

 feet of birds, and he thinks the plant depends mainly on this mode 

 of dispersion. 



In Europe the flowers are visited by Apis mellifica, Bombus lapi- 

 darius, B. terrestris, B. hortorum and B. subterraneus . 



Marrubium vulgare, Linn. Horehound 



First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864, and by Kirk in 1877 from 

 Foxton, Wairarapa, etc. In the Auckland district reported as not 



