376 Transactions.— Botany. 
to occur at Pipitea Point, I cannot but think erroneously, 
as so conspicuous a plant would, of necessity, have 
attracted the attention of local botanists. 
* palustris, Sm. Pipitea Point—J. Buchanan ! (1872) ; now extinet. 
erispus, L. 
sanguineus, L. Te Aro, etc. 
p. viridis. 
conglomeratus, Murr. Pipitea Point.—Anonymous in ** Educational 
Gazette," I., p. 146. It is probable that starved specimens 
of R. viridis have been mistaken for this. 
acetosella, L. 
THACEÆ. 
Amaranthus blitum, L. A fugitive weed in gardens ; rare. Wellington. 
CHENOPODIACEÆ. 
Beta cycla, Auct. Hutt-road. 
Chenopodium album, L. 
viride, L. 
murale, L. 
Atfiplex angustifolia, Sm. 
erecta, Huds. 
* deltoidea, Bab. Te Aro; Evans Bay. 
EvPHORBIACEX. 
Euphorbia helioscopia, L. Cultivated land; Pitone, etc. 
peplus, L. 
lathyris, L. A garden escape. The Hutt. 
Unmniczx. 
Urtica urens, L. Foot of Paikakariki Hill. 
dioica, L. Near Wellington. 
Ficus carica, L. Occasionally found on the sites of abandoned gardens. 
CANNABINEJE. 
* Humulus lupulus, L. Happy Valley; near Porirua, etc. 
Tripe&. 
Sisyrinchium chilense, Hook. Hills about Wellington. 
Iris germanica, L. 
susiana, L. Not unfrequent on the sites of abandoned homesteads, etc. 
* pseudacorus, L. "The Hutt. 
Agave americana, L. Near deserted homesteads, ete. 
ÁAROIDEX, 
Richardia africana, Kunth. The Hutt; probably planted. 
