414 Transactions. — Botany. 



The following species may be expected to occur in the district, and should 

 be carefully sought for : — 



Olearia forsteri, Hook. f. Gahnia hectori, T. Kirk. 

 Cehnisia munroi, Hook. f. ebenocarpa, Hook. f. 



Lobelia anceps, Thunb. rigida, T. Kirk. 



Dacrydium tvestlandiciim, T. Kirk. Uncinia Uptostachya, Eaoul. 



Cordyline banksii, Hook. f. Carex colensoi, Boott. 

 Astelia linearis, Hook. f. stellulata, Good. 



Phormium colensoi, Hook. f. Spinifex hirsutus, Labill. 



Cladium glonieratum, Br. Zoysia pungens, Willd. 



junceum, Br. Bromus arenarius, Labill. 



Naturalized Plants * 

 Eanunculaceje. 

 Ranunculus hulbosus, L. Oamaru, etc. 



Papaveeace^. 

 EschscJioltzia californica, Cham. Shingly shores of Lake Hawea. 



FUMAEIACE^. 



Fumaria muralis, Sond. Dunediu, etc. 



CEUCIFERiE. 



Barbarea p)rcecox, Br. Dunedin ; Livercargill ; Moeraki. 

 Sisymbrium officinale, L. 

 Capsella bursa-pastoris, DC. 

 Senebiera coronopus, Poiret. 

 didyma, Persoon. 

 Lepidium ruderale, L. Common by roadsides, etc. This is probably the 

 L. campestre of Mr. Thomson's list, a species only found in 

 cultivated land. 

 smithii, Hook. Eoadsides, Bendigo. 



Caeyophylle^. 

 Dianthus barbatus, L. On the sites of abandoned gardens. 

 Silene quinquevulnera, L. Not unfrequent ; probably the S. gallica of Mr. 



Thomson's list. 

 Stellaria graminea, L. Otago — D. Petrie ! 

 Arenaria serpyllifolia, L. Otago — D. Petrie. 

 Sagina procumbens, L. Near Invercargill ; Bluff Harbour. 

 Polycarpon tetraphyllum, L. Oamaru. 

 Spergula arvensis, L. 



* See Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. VH., 370. 



