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Thames. It has also been reported from Greymouth by Helms. In 

 19 1 5 Carse reports it from Mongonui County. 



GRANATE^ 



Punica Granatum. Pomegranate 



Polack (183 1-37) recorded pomegranates as cultivated in European 

 gardens to the north of the Thames River. 



ONAGRARIE^E 



(Enothera biennis, Linn. Evening Primrose 



First recorded in 1879 i^ Canterbury by Armstrong. In 1882 

 Cheeseman reports it as occurring, but not commonly, near Auckland 

 and Hamilton, and in abandoned Maori cultivations near Matamata. 

 In the Manual (1906) it is stated to occur, but not commonly, by 

 roadsides and in waste places in both islands. (Fl., Jan. to Feb.) 

 In Europe the flowers are visited by Apis mellifica, Bombus terrestris, 

 B. lucorum and B. hortorum. 



(Enothera odorata, Jacq. Evening Primrose 



First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864 as CE. stricta. In 1868 

 Kirk reports it as forming a compact turf on the sands at Matauri 

 Bay, North of Auckland; and in 1870 as chiefly confined to volcanic 

 hills where it is abundant. In 1877 he recorded the species from 

 Wairarapa and Wanganui. In 1882 Cheeseman reports it as common 

 throughout Auckland Province in light soils, especially on sandy flats 

 near the sea. Common on some of the river beds in the Canterbury 

 Plains. (Fl., Jan. to March.) 



(Enothera tetraptera, Cav. 



Cheeseman records this as first seen as a garden escape near 

 Auckland in 1878. It does not seem to have been met with anjrwhere 

 else^. 



CUCURBITACEiE 

 Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser. Gourd ; Hue 



Banks, in his Journal of Cook's first voyage (1773), records in the 

 native plantations " a plant of the cucumber kind, as we judged from 

 the seed-leaves which just appeared above ground " ; and later on he 

 adds: "they also cultivate gourds, the fruits of which serve to make 

 bottles, jugs, etc." 



According to the traditions of the east coast natives the hue was 



' In 1879 Armstrong recorded (Enothera grandiflora from Canterbury. 



