370 Transactions. — Botany. 



Shymhrhim officinale, L. Abnudaiit. 

 Brassica oleracea, L. 



napus, L. 



?'fflj5a, L. 

 Sin apis nigra, L. 



arvensis, L. 

 Alyssum maritimum , L. Miramar ; Pitone. 

 Cocldearia armoracia, L. A garden outcast. 

 Capsella hicrsa-j/astoris, DC. Common. 

 Senehiera coronopiis, Poiret. 

 S. (lidijma, Persoon. Spreading rapidly, and apparently more permanent 



in its hold than &'. coronoims. 

 Lepidium ruderale, L. Abundant, widely diffused by sheep. 

 Fiaphamis sativus, L. Abundant in many places, especially on the railway 

 line between Kaiwarawara and Pitone. 



EESEDACEiE. 



* Pieseda luteola, L. On sand-hills below the block-house, Wanganui. 



VlOLACE^. 



Viola odorata, L. Ohariu ; possibly planted. 



tricolor, L. An occasional outcast from gai'dens. 

 /3. arvensis. Cultivated land, etc. 



VlTACEiE. 



Vitis vinifera, L. Occasionally found near the sites of abandoned home- 

 steads. 



Caeyophylle^. 

 Silene quinquevulnera, L. Wellington ; Hutt ; East Coast ; ¥/airarapa ; 

 Lower Eangitikei ; Wanganui, etc. 

 ■'' noctiflora, L. Karori Koad ; Wellington. 



* Lychnis coronaria, L. Karori Eoad; Porirua Valley ; etc. 

 Cerastium glomeratum, Thuill. 



triviale, Link. 

 Stellaria media, With. 



Arenaria setyyllifolia, L. Near Wellington ; East Coast. 

 Sagina apetala, L. Mount Victoria ; Miramar ; Hutt, etc. 



procumhens, L. Common about Wellington ; Eimutaka Mountains ; 

 Wairarapa. 

 Spergula arvensis, L. Wellington; Wairarapa; etc. 

 Spergularia rubra, St. Hilau'e. Thorndon ; Miramar. 



