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Pohjcarpua tetraplujUinn, L. Common tlirougiiout the district. A remark- 

 able variety forming liemisiDlierical 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. 



HYPEKICINEiE. 



Hypericum androsmmnm, L. Hap]3y Valley ; Karori ; Ohariu ; etc. 

 perforatum, L. Karori; Porirua ; Wairara^Da ; etc. 

 humifusciim, L. Near Castle Point. 



MaXiVACE^E. 



Malva rotundifolia, L. Wellington ; AVairarapa, etc. ; Foxton ; Wanganui. 

 Lavatera arhorea, L. An occasional garden escape. 



LiNE.E. 



Linum usitatissimiun, L. Near an old ford of the Euamahunga, Haura- 

 rangahau, i^lentiful ; Wau'arapa. 

 Geeaniace^. 

 "^-Geranium robertianum, L. Tinakori Hill ; Kaiwarawara. 

 Pelargonium quercifoUum, Alton. A garden escape. 

 Erodium cicutarium, L. 

 var. triviale 

 var. jjilosum. Wellington ; East Coast ; Wairarapa ; Wanganui. 



SAPINDACEiE. 



Melianthus major, L. A garden escape, but able to maintain its joosition 

 when not disturbed by man. 

 Legtjminos^. 

 Ulex europicBUS, L. 

 Cytisus scoparius, Link. Common about Wellington and other places. 



hirsutus, L. (?) Karori, Wairarapa, Wanganui, and other places. 

 Occasionally planted for garden fences, etc. 

 Medicago satica, L. An agricultural escajpe, 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 s^jring, but 

 its twisted, burr-like legumes are anathematized by the 

 wool-grower. 

 maculata, Sibth. Near Wellington. 

 Melilotus officinalis, L. 



arvensis, Wallroth. 



