Kirk. — On the Naturalized Plants of Port Nicholson. 375 



Mimidus hdeus., L. Abundant in swampy or moist places about Wellington ; 

 Karori : Obariu ; Wairarapa. 

 moscliatus, L. Kaliumingi ; East Coast. 

 Digitalis "purpurea, L. Obariu. 



Veronica agrestis, L. Not unfrequent in cultivated land. Makara ; Te 

 Ore, etc. 

 buxhaumii, Ten. Karori-road ; East Coast. 

 arvensis, L. 

 serpyllifolia, L. 



Labiat^e. 

 Mentha dentata, L. Horokiwi Valley. 



viridis, L. Karori ; Kaiwarawara ; Obariu ; Wairarapa. 

 Stachgs arvensis, L. Common in cultivated ground. 

 palustris, L. Wanganui. 



* Nepeta glechoma, Bentb. Wanganui. 

 Marrubium vulgare, L. Foxton ; Wairarapa, etc. 

 Prunella vulgaris, L. 



* Lamium purpureum, L. Cultivated ground. Wanganui. 



VERBENAOEiE. 



Verbena officinalis, L. Porirua ; Pakuratabi ; Wairarapa. 



Primulace^. 

 Anagallis arvensis, L. 



Plantag-ine^. 

 Plantago major, L. 



media, L. A single specimen observed near tbe outlet of Adelaide- 

 road drain, Te Aro beacb. — J. Bn,chanan. 



■'^varia, E. Br. Tbis plant bas for several years maintained a 

 struggling existence in Boulcott- street, Wellington, but 

 appears doomed to speedy extinction from tbe progress of 

 street improvements. 



lanceolata, L, 



coronopm, L. Te Aro beacb ; Kilbirnie. 



PoLYGONE^. 



Polygonum persicaria, L. Near Wellington. — J. Buchanan ! 



convolvolus, L. Cultivated land. Te Ore. 

 Bumex oblnsifulius, L. 



pulcher, L. Not unfrequent about Wellington ; tbe Hutt, etc. 

 '''maritimus, L. Tbe " golden dock " is stated, on anonymous 

 autbority in tbe "Educational Gazette," I., p. 46 (1874), 



