Kmx.—On the Naturalized Plants of Port Nicholson. 371 
Polycarpon tetraphyllum, L. Common throughout the district. A remark- 
able variety forming hemispherical masses of deep green 
foliage, leaves always opposite, and solitary axillary cymes, 
with less conspicuous bracts than in the ordinary form, is 
abundant on the sands near Cape Palliser. 
HYPERICINEE. 
Hypericum androsemum, L. Happy Valley ; Karori ; Ohariu ; etc. 
perforatum, L. Karori; Porirua ; Wairarapa ; etc. 
humifuscum, L. Near Castle Point. 
MarvACEX. 
Malva rotundifolia, L. Wellington; Wairarapa, etc.; Foxton; Wanganui. 
Lavatera arborea, L. An occasional garden escape. 
LisEx. 
Linum usitatissimum, L. Near an old ford of the Ruamahunga, Haura- 
rangahau, plentiful; Wairarapa. 
GERANIACEX, 
* Geranium robertianum, L. "Tinakori Hill; Kaiwarawara. 
Pelargonium quercifolium, Aiton. A garden escape. 
Erodium cicutarium, L. 
var. triviale 
var. pilosum. Wellington ; East Coast; Wairarapa; Wanganui. 
SAPINDACEX. 
Melianthus major, L. A garden escape, but able to maintain its position 
when not disturbed by man. 
Lzevurwosx. 
Ulex europeus, L. 
Cytisus scoparius, Link. Common about Wellington and other places. 
hirsutus, L. (?) Karori, Wairarapa, Wanganui, and other places. 
Occasionally planted for garden fences, ete. 
Medicago sativa, L. An agricultural escape, but, except on calcareous soils, 
appears to die out in a few years. 
lupulina, L. 
denticulata, Willd. The black and toothed medicks are alike 
frequent throughout the district; the first is a valuable 
fodder plant; the toothed medick is useful in spring, but 
its twisted, burr-like legumes are anathematized by the 
wool-grower. 
maculata, Sibth. Near Wellington. 
Melilotus officinalis, L. 
arvensis, Wallroth. 
