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Veronica Anagallis, L, Distribution — East Coast, Colenso. General in 

 Britain. 



Chenopodiace^. 



Ghenopodium urbicum, L. Distribtition — North and South Islands ; ex- 

 tremely local. 



Ghenopodium glaucum, L., var. ambiguum. Distribution — common on the 

 coasts. 



Sumda maritima, Dumort. Distribution — general on the coasts. 



Atriplex patula, L. Distribution — East Coast, Golenso. In Britain general. 



POLYGONE^. 



Polygonum Tninus, Huds., var. decipiens. Distribution — general. 

 P. aviculare, L. Distribution — general. The var. Dryandri, which is local 

 in the North Island, occurs in immense abu.ndance in Canterbury and Otago. 



IjRTICEiE. 



Parietaria debilis, Forst. Distribution — ^general. 



Typhace^. 



Typha latifolia, L. Distribution — general. The male and female catkins 

 are often separated. 



T. angustifolia, L., has not been found in the colony. 



Sparganium, simplex, L. Distribution — North Island. Britain general. 



Naiades. 



Lemna m,inoo', L. Distribution — Noi'th and South Islands, but local. In 

 Britain general. 



L. gibba, L. Distribution — North Island, East Coast, Golenso. England. 



Potamogeton natans, L. Distribution — general. Two forms ai"e confused 

 under this name — ^the ordinary P. natans, in which submerged leaves are 

 wanting, and a form with large submerged leaves, which is the more common 

 of the two, and respecting which full information is desirable. Young states 

 of this have been mistaken by myself and others for P. lieteropliyllus, Schreb., 

 which has not been found in New Zealand. 



P. polygonifolius, Pourrett. Distribution — North Island, Great Omaha, 

 and Papakura. 



P. gramineus, L. P. ochreatus, Baoul, which is equally distinct from 

 P. compressus, Sm., and P. grarnineus, " L.," has been mistaken for this; it is 

 found at the Bay of Islands (Colenso), Waikato, Thames {T.K.), and Banks 

 Peninsula (Raoul), 



