322 Ti'ansactions. — Botany. 



Plantago major, L. — Common in cultivations. 



„ lanceolata, L. — Common amongst grass on both islands. 



Polygonum aviculare, L. — Only seen in old cultivations on the main island ; 

 not common. (Possibly introduced from the main land, but most pro- 

 bably indigenous, T.IC) 



Rumex ohtusifolius, L. — Chiefly in grass fields on Pitt Island ; supposed to 

 have been introduced from Tasmania. 



R. axetosella, L. — Common all over the islands, and in all soils. 



Phalaris canariensis, L. — Chiefly on Pitt Island. 



Diclielachne crinita, Hook. f. — Common ; chiefly in old cultivations on Pitt 

 Island. (Certainly indigenous, and has increased in a remarkable manner 

 ■with the progress of agriculture in the North Island, T.K.) 



Holcus lanatus, L. — Chiefly in swamps on main island. 



Poa anmta, L. — Chiefly on Pitt Island, about old tracks. 

 „ ^jra^i3?iS25, L., var. suh-ccerulea. — Common on Pitt Island; not noticed else- 

 where. 



Dactylis glomerata, L. — In a few places on main island ; common on Pitt 

 Island. 



Bromus unioloides, Humb. — Most common on Pitt Island. 



Lolium perenne, L. — Common on both islands. 



Art. XLII. — Notes on the Flora of the Lake District of the North 

 Island. By T. Kirk, F.L.S.* 



[Read before the Auckland Institute, 24:th June and 22nd July, 1872.] 



Tauranga. 

 The immediate vicinity of the township of Tauranga presents but few plants 

 of interest to the botanist. The naturalized grass Cynodon dactylon, the 

 doab-grass of India, forms a dense sward, and during the excessive drought of 

 the last season afforded a good supply of herbage when other kinds were 

 scorched up. Carduus marianus is abundant on the cliffs, and in many places 

 the sweet-briar forms troublesome thickets. Plantago coronopus is established 

 in one spot on the beach, the only instance so far as I am aware of its 

 naturalization in the colony. 



Between Matapihi, on the opposite side of the harbour, and Otupapora 

 the neglected cultivations of the Maoris are literally covered with (Enothera 



* This j)aper embodies the resiilts of an examination of the natural vegetation and 

 agricultural capabilities of the district, made by the author for the Geological Survey 

 Department in the autumn of 1872, See also N. Z. Gazette, l^o. 43, 4th Sept., 1872, for 

 ofhcial report. — Ed. 



