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CATALOGUE OF NarURaALIZED PLANTS 
Observed in the Vicinity of Port Nicholson and other Localities 
in the Wellington Provincial District. 
NorE.—Those species not observed elsewhere in New Zealand are distinguished by 
an asterisk. 
RANUNCULACEJE. 
Ranunculus sceleratus, L. An anonymous writer in the “Educational 
Gazette," vol. I., p. 83, states that this species is found on 
the Porirua road. I have not scen Wellington specimens. 
acris, L. Kaiwarawara, ete. 
repens, L. Common in most places. 
bulbosus, L. Kaiwarawara. 
* hirsutus, Curtis. Old Porirua road—“ Educational Gazette,” 
I., p. 83, anonymous; R. bulbosus, L., is probably mis- 
taken for this species, which I have not seen in the colony. 
parviflorus, L. The typical form is common about Wellington, 
Otaki, Hutt Valley, Wairarapa, etc. ; it is easily distin- 
guished from R. australis, Br., by its comparatively robust 
habit. 
muricatus, L. Specimens supposed to have been collected 
near Wellington are in the herbarium of the Colonial 
Museum. 
* philonotis, Retz. Evans Bay, Hutt Valley, Otaki. 
* Aquilegia vulgaris, L. Ohariu; a garden outcast. 
PapavERACER. 
* Glaucium luteum,-L. Shingly shores of Port Nicholson; Lyall Bay; 
Island Bay; Makara; East Coast to Cape Palliser; sup- 
posed to have been introduced in the packing material of 
the patent slip machinery. 
Esschscholtzia californica, Cham. | By the sea, near Castle Point. 
FuuanIACEX. 
Fumaria muralis, Sonder. Common in cultivated land about Wellington ; 
Wairarapa, ete.; Wanganui. 
officinalis, L. Wellington; less frequent than the preceding 
species. 
CRUCIFERÆ. 
* Matthiola sinuata, Br. Castle Rock. 
Cheiranthus cheiri, L. Wellington, ete. ; a garden outcast. 
Nasturtium officinale. Br. 
var. siifolium. Abundant. 
Barbarea precor, Br, Wellington, etc. e 
