4i6 DICOTYLEDONS AND CONIFER.^ 



Pimpinella saxifraga, Linn. Burnet-saxifrage 

 Reported by Kirk in 1869 as occurring in the Auckland district. 

 It has failed to establish itself, and has not been recorded again. 



Scandix Pecten-Veneiis, Linn. Shepherd's Needle; Venus 's Comb 

 First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864, and frequently recorded 

 as occurring in various parts of New Zealand. W. W. Smith stated 

 that it was very abundant about Ashburton in the eighties, but had 

 become rare by 1903. Cheeseman in the Manual (1906) records it 

 as occurring in waste places in both islands, but far from common. 

 (Fl., Dec. to Feb.) 



In Europe the flowers are visited by Eristalis tenax. 



Anthriscus cerefolium, Hoffm. Chervil 

 Recorded in Hooker's list in 1864 as Cheerophyllum cerefolium. 

 Has not been observed since. 



Anthriscus vulgaris, Pers. Beaked Parsley 

 This species is found at Wyndham, Otago, and has been forwarded 

 to me by Mr Warden (19 17). 



Charophyllum temulum, Linn. Chervil 



First recorded in 1908 by me in the neighbourhood of Dunedin, 



where it occurred as an escape from cultivation. It does not seem 



to increase. 



Fceniculum vulgar e, Mill. Fennel 



First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864, and frequently since then. 

 It is one of the commonest weeds of waste ground in New Zealand, 

 especially in the neighbourhood of towns, but is much more abundant 

 in the North Island than in the South. (Fl., Jan. to April.) 



Included in the Second Schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act of 

 1900, by Special Gazette Notice of 26th May, 1904 ; and in the Third 

 Schedule (Noxious Seeds) by Gazette Notice of loth November, 1904. 



Ligusticum scoticum, Linn. Lovage 

 Found as a garden escape by the author in Dunedin in 1905 ; still 

 occurs about the Town Belt, but is not spreading. 



Peucedanum sativum, Bentham. Parsnip 

 In 1773 Captain Cook sowed parsnips in his garden clearings in 

 Queen Charlotte Sound. They were probably re-introduced at the 

 Bay of Islands by the missionaries about 1820 or earlier, and were 

 given by them to the Maoris, for an officer of the brig 'Hawes,' 

 walking towards Tauranga in 1828, noticed them growing in the 

 native cultivations. Cheeseman speaks of it in 1906 as " an occasional 



