462 DICOTYLEDONS AND CONIFERS 



uncommon on roadsides and waste places from Auckland to the 

 Waikato in 1882. In the Manual (1906) it is reported abundant 

 throughout both islands. It is extremely common where sheep camp. 

 In Europe the flowers are visited by Apis mellifica and Bombus 

 terrestris. 



Stachys germanica, Linn. Woundwort 



First recorded from Ashburton by W. W. Smith in 1903. Not 

 found since. 



Stachys palustris, Linn. 



First recorded by Kirk from Wanganui in 1877. There is no later 

 report. 



Stachys arvensts, Linn. 



First recorded in Hooker's list in 1864. In 1877 Kirk reported 

 it as common in cultivated ground at Wellington. Reported by 

 Cheeseman in 1882 as a troublesome weed in the Auckland district 

 in cultivated ground. It appears to be confined to the North Island 

 where it is abundant in cultivations. 



Stachys annua, Linn. 



First recorded from Ashburton in 1903 by W. W. Smith. Not 

 collected since. 



Teucrium Scorodonia, Linn. Wood Sage 

 Recorded by Armstrong in 1879 as occurring in South Canterbury 

 and by W. W. Smith in 1903 from Ashburton County. 



Galeopsis Tetrahit, Linn. Hemp-nettle 

 Reported by Cheeseman as occurring in waste places near Otahuhu, 

 Auckland, in 1881. 



Lamium purpureum, Linn. Purple Dead-nettle 

 First recorded by Kirk as occurring in cultivated ground at Wan- 

 ganui in 1877; then by Armstrong in Canterbury in 1879. W. W. 

 Smith also records it from Ashburton. 



Lamium album, Linn. White Dead-nettle 

 First recorded by Armstrong in 1871 from Canterbury. In 1906 

 the Agricultural Department report it from Tarata, Taranaki, and 

 wrongly call it cat-mint. It grows somewhat freely in Dean's Bush, 

 Christchurch^. 



1 In 1879 Armstrong records two Labiates as occurring among the naturalised 

 plants of Canterbury, viz., Lamium amplexicaule, Linn., the Henbit dead-nettle; 

 and Lamium macidatum, Linn. They have not been reported by any later collector. 



