288 Transactions.— Botany. 
CoxNvoLvULACEE. 
Ipomea batatas, L. Deserted Maori plantations, etc., often lingering for 
many years. (Tropics.) 
Cuscuta epithymum, Murr., var. trifolii. Not uncommon in clover fields in . 
the Waikato district, where it first appeared. (S. Europe.) 
SOLANACEÆ. ; 
Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill. A garden escape of short duration. (Tropical 
America.) 
Solanum tuberosum, L. Often lingers for a time in fields where it has been 
cultivated. (S. America.) 
» marginatum, L.f. A garden outcast near Auckland. A large 
clump existed for many years in Alten Road, but is now 
nearly destroyed. (Tropical Asia and Africa.) 
»  sodomgum, L. Common on the volcanic hills of the Auckland 
Isthmus, etc., and also noticed at Mongonui, Bay of Islands, 
and in the Waikato. (S. Europe and N. Africa.) 
* č „ auriculatum, Ait. Noticed in one or two places about Auckland ; 
and I bave received specimens from Mahurangi soles by 
Mr. Moat. (Tropical S. America.) 
Physalis peruviana, L. Warm sheltered localities through the district, but 
not so common now as fifteen or twenty years back. (Tropical 
S. America.) 
» alkekengi, L. Included in Mr. Kirk’s list. I have not seen it in a 
naturalized condition. (S. Europe.) 
Capsicum annuum, L. A fugitive garden escape. (Tropics.) 
* Nicandra physaloides, Gertn. Waste places about Auckland. Scarce at 
present. (S. America.) 
Lycium chinense, Mill. Waste places, hedges, roadsides, etc., pretty fre- 
quent about Auckland, and in most of the country townships. 
(Tropieal Asia.) 
Datura stramonium. Waste places, yards, ete., near Auckland, but not 
common. (Tropical Asia ?) 
Nicotiana tabaccum, L. An occasional escape from cultivation. (Tropical 
America.) 
ScRoPHULARINES. 
Verbascum thapsus, L. Volcanic hills, etc., near Auckland; Matamata, 
plentiful in 1879. (Europe.) 
= blattaria, L. Waste places and pastures, Auckland to Waikato. 
(Europe.) 
e sp. Fields near Henderson, not observed else- 
where, 
