POLYGONEiE 469 



In 1919 he records it from Kaipara, and adds: "this species appears 

 to be of uncertain occurrence in New Zealand, and never lingers long 

 in any one locality." 



NYCTAGINEiE 



Mirahilis Jalapa, Linn. Marvel of Peru 

 First recorded by Cheeseman in 1882 as a garden escape near 

 Auckland. It does not seem to spread. 



ILLECEBRACE^ 



Herniaria hirsuta, Linn. Rupture-wort 



Reported by Cheeseman as occurring on sandy flats north of the 

 Manukau Heads. 



AMARANTACE^ 



Amarantus caudatus, Linn. 



First recorded by Kirk in 1869 in the Auckland district. Cheese- 

 man in 1882 states that it is occasionally seen about gardens, but is 

 hardly naturalised. 



Amarantus retroflexus, Linn. 



First recorded by Kirk in 1869 in the Auckland district. Cheese- 

 man in 1882 reports it from the streets of Auckland, and waste places 

 and gardens in the suburbs, not common. In the Manual (1906) it 

 is said to be not uncommon in waste places and gardens in the North 

 Island, and also to occur in Nelson. 



The only flower visitor in Europe was Musca domestica. 



Amarantus hybridus, Linn. 

 First recorded by Cheeseman in 1882 as abundant in waste places 

 about Auckland; also at the Thames and in most of the country 

 townships in the Auckland district, and as becoming a troublesome 

 weed in gardens in rich or highly-manured soils. In the Manual 

 (1906) it is stated to be "common to the north of the East Cape." 



Amarantus Blitum, Linn. 

 First recorded in 1869 by Kirk as occurring in the Auckland 

 district, in 1877, as a rare fugitive weed in Wellington gardens, and 

 again by Cheeseman in 1882 from waste places and streets of Auck- 

 land, but not nearly so common as the preceding. In the Manual 

 (1906) it is reported as not uncommon on roadsides and in waste 

 places as far south as Nelson and Westport. 



Amarantus viridis, Linn. 

 Recorded in Hooker's list of 1864 as occurring at the Thames. 

 In 1869 Kirk found it in a solitary locality at the Thames. Later 



