1068 APPENDIX. 
Poterium Sanguisorba Linn. Sp. Plant. 994; Hook. f. Student’s Fl 128. Salad-burnet. 
North and South Islands: Roadsides and pastures, not uncommon on dry soils. 
(Europe; North and West Asia to India; North Africa.) 
Poterium polygamum Waldst. and Kit. Plant. Rar. Hung. i, 217, t. 198: P. muricatum 
Spach; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 129. Burnet. South Island: Near Lake Ellesmere 
and elsewhere on the Canterbury Plains, 7’. Kirk / (South Europe.) 
Sanguisorba officinalis Linn. Sp. Plant. 116; Potertwm officinale Hook. f. Student’s FI. 
129. Great Burnet. North and South Islands, local. Kawau Island, Buchanan ; 
sand-dunes at North Otago Heads, G. MW. Thomson. (North Europe; North and 
West Asia.) 
Rosa rubiyinosa Linn. Mant. 1, 564; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 131. Sweetbrier. North and 
South Islands: Abundant throughout; a very serious and troublesome weed. 
(Europe; North and West Asia to the Himalayas.) 
Rosa canina Linn. Sp. Plant. 492; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 182. Dog-rose. North and 
South Islands: f§oadsides and waste places, not uncommon. (Europe; North 
Asia ; North Africa.) 
Rosa multiflora Thunb. Fl. Jap. 214. North Island: Often lingering for years in 
deserted gardens, &c., but scarcely naturalized. (China; Japan.) . 
Crataegus oxyacantha Linn. Sp. Plant. 477; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 137. Hawthorn. 
North and South Islands: Scarcely naturalized, but young plants sometimes 
appear in the vicinity of planted hedges. (Europe; North and West Asia; North 
Africa. ) 
LEGUMINOSAE, 
Lupinus urboreus Sims Bot. Mag. t. 682; Watson Bot. Calif. i, 117. Tree-lupin. 
North and South Islands: Often planted to arrest drifting sands, and spreading 
in several localities. Is also firmly established in many stony river-beds of the 
eastern side of the South Island. (California.) 
Ulex europaeus Linn. Sp. Plant. 241; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 92. Gorse; Furze. North 
and South Islands, Chatham Islands, Stewart Island, Auckland Islands: Abundant 
throughout; in many districts a troublesome weed. (Europe; Canary Islands. 
and the Azores.) 
Cytisus scoparius Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. ii, 241; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 92. Broom. 
North and South Islands, Stewart Island: Plentiful in most districts, and in 
immense abundance in many of the stony river-beds of the South Island. (Europe ; 
North Asia ; North Africa.) 
Cytisus albus Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. ii, 241; DC. Prodr. ii, 153. White Broom. 
North and South Islands: An occasional garden escape, but well established and 
spreading in some localities. (South Europe.) 
Cytisus candicans Lam. Fl. Fr. ii, 623. North and South Islands: Waste places and 
story river-beds, not common. (South Europe; North Africa.) 
Medicago sativa Linn. Sp. Plant. 778; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 95. Lucerne; Alfalfa. 
Cultivated fields and waste places ; scarcely naturalized. (South Europe.) | 
Medicago lupulina I.inn. Sp. Plant. 778; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 95. Black Medick. 
North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, abundant throughout. (Furope ;. 
North and West Asia to india ; North Africa.) 
Medicago hispida Gaertn. Fruct. ii, 349: M. denticulata Willd. Sp. Plant. iii, 1414; 
Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 95. Toothed Medick. North and South Islands, Chatham 
Islands, Stewart Island: Cultivated fields and pastures, abundant throughout. 
(Iurope ; North and West Asia to India ; North Africa.) 
Medicago arabica Medic. in Vorles. Churpf. Phys. Ges. ii, 286: JM. maculata Willd. Sp. 
Plant. iii, 1412; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 95. Spotted Medick. North and South 
islands: Pastures and waste places, abundant throughout. (Europe; West 
Asia ; North Africa.) | 
Melilotus officinalis Lam. Fl. Fr. ii, 594; Benth. Ill. Handb. Brit. Fl. i, 193. Field- 
meltiot. North and South Islands: Sparingly naturalized in fields and waste 
places. (Kurope ; North and West Asia to India ; North Africa.) 
Melilotus arvensis Wallr. Sched. Crit. 391; Benth. Ill. Handb. i, 194. Field- 
melilot. North and South Islands, Chatham Islands: Roadsides and waste places 5 
plentiful, especially in sandy places near the sea. (Europe; North and West 
Asia ; North Africa.) | 
Melilotus alba Desf. in Lam. Eneycl. iv, 63; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 96. White Melilot. 
North and South Islands: Waste places, apparently rare. Napier, 7. Kirk, 
I’. F.C. ; Canterbury Plains, 7’. Kirk, J. B. Armstrong ; Ashburton, W. W. Smith, 
H. H. Allan, (Europe ; North and West Asia to India. ) 
