1062 APPENDIX. 
NYCTAGINACEAE. 
Mirabilis Jalapa Linn. Sp. Plant. 177; Chois. in DC. Prodr. xiii, 2, 429. Marvel of 
Peru. North Island: An occasional garden escape near Auckland. (Tropical 
America. ) 
CHENOPODIACEAR. 
Beta vulgaris Linn. Sp. Plant. 222. Common Beet. North Island: An occasional 
escape from cultivation. (Europe ; North and West Asia.) 
Chenopodium album Jann. Sp. Plant. 219; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 336. Fat-hen ; 
Goosefoot. North and South Islands: A most abundant weed in cultivated land, 
(Europe ; North and West Asia to India.) . 
Chenopodium ficifolium Sm. Fl. Brit. i, 276; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 337. North Island : 
Bailast at Wellington, 7’. Kirk. (Kurope.) 
Chenopodium murale Linn. Sp. Plant. 219; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 337. Wadll-goosefoot. 
North Island: Roadsides and waste places, abundant. (Kurope; West Asia to 
India ; North Africa.) 
Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus Linn, Sp. Plant. 218; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 338. Good 
King Henry. North and South Islands: An occasional escape from cultivation. 
Onehunga, 7’. Ff. C.; Nelson, R. J. Kingsley / Christchurch, J. B. Armstrong. 
(Europe ; North Asia.) 
AMARANTACEAE, 
Amarantus caudatus Linn. Sp. Plant. 990 ; Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii, 2,255, Occasionally 
seen as a garden escape in the vicinity of Auckland, but scarcely naturalized. (Most 
warm countries. ) 
Amarantus retroflexus Linn. Sp. Plant. 991; Asa Gray Man. 368, North and South 
Islands: Waste places and gardens, not uncommon as far south as Timaru, 
(Tropical America ; and naturalized in most warm countries.) 
Amarantus Blitum Linn. Sp. Plant. 990; Mog. in DC. Prodr. xiii, 2, 263. North and 
South Islands: Roadsides and waste places, common as far south as Nelson and 
Westport. (Most temperate and warm countries.) 
Amarantus viridis Linn, Sp. Plant. ed. ii, 1405; Benth. Fl. Austral, v, 215. (Most 
warm regions, ) 
AIZOACEAE, 
Mesembryanthemum edule Linn. Syst. ed. x, 1060; Harv, and Sond. Fl. Cap. ii, 412, 
North Island: Often planted to check the advance of drifting sands, and spreading 
in several localities, especially near New Plymouth. (Cape Colony.) 
PHYTOLACCACEAR, 
Phytolacca octandra Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. ii, 631; Benth. Fl. Austral. v, 14. Ink-plant ; 
Pokeweed. North Island: Roadsides and waste places, abandoned bush clearings, 
&c.; a common and troublesome weed. (Tropical America.) 
PORTULACGACEAR, 
Portulaca oleracea Linn. Sp. Plant. 445; Benth. Fl. Austral. i, 169. Purslane. North 
Island: Abundant in warm dry soils as far south as the East Cape, rarer from 
thence to Cook Strait. (All warm climates.) 
Claytonia perfoliata Donn. ex Willd. Sp. Plant. 1186; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 70. North 
and South Islands: A garden escape, but not common. Karori, Wellington, J. 8. 
Tennant / Cheviot, Haast ! near Dunedin, G. M. Thomson ; Invercargill, Cockayne. 
(North-west America.) | 
Calandrinia caulescens H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi, 78, t. 526. North and South 
Islands: Cultivated fields, rare and local. Otahuhu, 7. F. C. ; near Christchurch, 
T’. Kirk ; near Dunedin, G. M. Thomson. (Peru.) 
CARYOPHYLLACEAR, 
Dianthus Armeria Linn, Sp. Plant. 410; Hook. f, Student’s Fl. 53. Deptford Pink. North 
and South Islands: Pastures and waste places, not common. Near Auckland 
and fields near Hamilton, 7’. F.C. ; tussock land in Marlborough and Canterbury, 
Cockayne; near Christchurch, J. B. Armstrong. (Europe; West Asia to the 
Caucasus. ) 
Dianthus barbatus Linn. Sp. Plant. 409. Sweet-william, North and South Islands: 
A garden escape, not common. (Europe.) 
