APPENDIX. 1061 
URTICACEAR. 
Urtica urens Linn, Sp. Plant. 984; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 362. Small Nettle. North 
and South Islands: Waste places, not common. (Europe; North and West 
Asia ; North Africa.) 
Urtica dioica Linn. Sp. Plant. 984; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 362. Common Neétle. North 
and South Islands: Roadsides and waste places, not comnion. (Europe; North 
and West Asia to India ; North Africa.) | 
PROTEACEAE. 
Hakea acicularis R. Br. Prodr. 383; Benth. Fl. Austral. v, 54. North Island: 
Often planted for hedges in the Auckland District, and frequently spreads. 
(Australia. ) 
Hakea saligna Knight Prot. 108. North Island: Vicinity of Waihi, #. R. Green. 
(Queensland; New South Wales.) 
POLYGONACEAR. 
Polygonum lapathifohum Linn. Sp. Plant. 360; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 344. North 
and South Islands: Ditches and roadsides, apparently increasing. In immense 
abundance in the lower part of the Awanui River flats, H. Carse !/ Hauraki Plains, 
W. Godfrey! New Plymouth, W. W. Smith ; vicinity of Ashburton, H. H. Allan. 
(Europe ; North and West Asia to India ; North Africa.) 
Polygonum Persicariva Linn. Sp. Plant. 361; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 345. North and 
South Islands: Ditches and roadsides, common in drainage areas. (Europe ; 
North and West Asia ; North Africa.) 
Polygonum Hydroprper Linn. Sp. Plant. 361; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 345. Water- 
pepper. North and South Islands: Ditches and waste places. Hauraki Plains, 
B.C. Aston! Gisborne, Bishop Williams / near Feilding, and river-bed at Ashbur- 
ton, H. H. Allan! (Kurope; North and West Asia to India and Java; North 
America. ) 
‘Polygonum Convolvulus Linn. Sp. Plant. 364; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 364. Black 
Bindweed. North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, not uncommon. 
(Europe ; North and West Asia to the Himalayas ; North Africa.) 
Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib. Exer. li, 435; F. esculentum Moench Meth. 290. Suck- 
wheat. North and South Islands: An occasional escape from cultivation, not 
commmon, (North and Central Asia ; now cultivated in most parts of the world.) 
Rumex obtusifolius Linn. Sp. Plant. 325; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 347. Common Dock. 
North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Plentiful throughout. 
(Europe ; North and West Asia; North Africa.) 
Rumex pulcher Linn. Sp. Plant. 336; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 348. Fiddle-dock. North 
and South Islands: Fields and waste places, abundant. (KEurope; West Asia ; 
North Africa.) 
Rumex limosus Thuill. Fl. Par. ed. ti, 182; R. palustris Smith FI. Brit. i, 394. North 
Island: Near Wellineton, Buchanan. South Island: Canterbury, J. Bb. Arm- 
strong. (Europe; North Asia.) ) 
Rumex crispus Linn. Sp. Plant. 335; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 349. Curled Dock. North 
and South Islands: Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Vields and waste places, 
abundant. (Kurope; North Asia; North Africa.) 
Rumex sanguineus Linn. Sp. Plant. 334; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 349. North and South 
Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Fie!lds and waste places, abundant 
throughout. The form with the veins of the leaves green, not red (R. viridis 
Sibthorb) is the one most abundant in New Zealand. (Europe; West Asia.) 
Rumex conglomeratus Murr. Prodr. Gotting. 52; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 349. Clustered 
Dock. North and South Islands: Roadsides and waste places, not common. 
(Europe: West Asia ; North Africa.) 
Rumex ucetosa Linn. Sp. Plant. 337; Hook. f. Student’s FI. 350. Sorrel. North and 
South Islands: Fields and waste places, not uncommon. (Europe; North and 
West Asia ; North Africa.) 
Rumex acetoselia Linn. Sp. Plant. 338; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 351. Sheep's Sorrel. 
Kermadec Islands, North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands, 
Auckland Islands: Pastures and cultivated fields; a most abundant and trouble- 
some weed. (Europe; North and West Asia; North Africa; and introduced 
elsewhere. ) | 
Emex australis Steinh. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. ii, 198; Benth. Fl. Austral. v, 262. Three 
cornered Jack. North and South Islands: Near Auckland and in the Bay of 
Plenty, T. F. C.; vicinity of Wellington, 7. Kirk! near Parkhurst, Kaipara, 
H. P. Mcleod! Westport, W. Townson! vicinity of Oamaru, H. H. Allan! 
(Australia.) 
