378 DICOTYLEDONS AND CONIFERS 



20 years later. In 1882 Cheeseman says it is thoroughly estab- 

 lished in littoral situations, on sand-hills, etc., from Mongonui down 

 to Thames and Raglan. It does not persist, however, and in the 

 Manual {igo6) is only recorded as a " garden escape, but uncommon." 

 (Fl., Dec. to Feb.) Cockayne says of it that it "is abundantly 

 naturalised near Wellington, but the roots are no longer swollen to 

 any extent." 



RESEDACE^ 



Reseda Luteola, Linn. Dyer's Weed ; Weld 

 First recorded from "sand-hills below the block-house, Wan- 

 ganui" by Kirk in 1877, and later from the Taieri Plain, Otago, in 

 1 880, by the author. Cheeseman in the Manual (1906) states that it 

 is not uncommon in fields and waste places in both islands. In Marl- 

 borough it is common on roadsides, in company with Madia sativa. 

 Cockayne records it as common in Central Otago, and in the Waitaki 

 Basin from Omarama to Kurow. (Fl., Dec. to Jan.) 



Reseda lutea, Linn. Cut-leaved Mignonette 



Petrie gathered this about 30 years ago at the Sowburn in Central 



Otago. In the Manual (1906) Cheeseman records this as occurring 



in fields at Pukeroro, on the authority of J. P. D. Morgan. In 191 2 



it was found on the slopes of Mount Eden, Auckland, by F. Neve. 



Reseda alba, Linn. White Mignonette 

 First recorded in 1873 from Otago by the author as R. suffruti- 

 culosa ; later found by Bishop WilUams at Poverty Bay, and by Kirk 

 in Canterbury. I have met with it as a garden weed in Otago. 



CISTINEiE 

 Cistus sp. 

 This species is now (1918) growing wild at Puketeraki in Otago, 

 and is found in some gardens in Dunedin. The seed was brought 

 from Gallipoli by returned soldiers. 



VIOLACE^ 

 Viola tricolor, Linn. Pansy ; Heartsease 

 Probably introduced early last century. First recorded as a natural- 

 ised escape in 1871 by Armstrong from Canterbury, and by Kirk in 

 1877 as an occasional outcast from gardens. Cheeseman in the Mantud 

 (1906) says it occurs in both islands in cultivated fields and waste 

 places, local. Guppy records that the seeds of this species, after 

 lying a little time in water, were thickly covered with mucus, and 

 that they adhered to a feather, on drying, as firmly as if gummed. 



