APPENDIX. 1071 
OXxALIDACEAR. 
Oxalis cernua Thunb. Diss. Oxal. 14; Harv. and Sond. FI. Cap. i, 348. North and South 
Islands: A troublesome weed in gardens and waste places as far south as Taranaki 
and Nelson; less abundant farther south. (South Africa.) 
Oxalis variabilis Jacq. Oxal. 89; Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. i, 331. North Island: 
An occasional garden escape near Auckland, not common. (South Africa.) 
Several other species of Oxalis have been noticed as garden escapes, but they 
do not persist. 
TROPAEOLACEAE. 
Tropacolum majus Linn. Sp. Plant. 345; DC. Prodr. i, 683. Indian Cress. North 
and South Islands: Gardens, waste places, railway embankments, &c.; a common 
weed as far south as Wellington and Nelson. (Peru.) 
LINACEAE. 
Linum marginale A. Cunn. ex Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii, 169; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
i, 283. North and South Islands: Generally distributed in fields and waste places 
from the North Cape southwards ; most plentiful in the North Island. (Australia.) 
Linum usitatissimum Linn. Sp. Plant. 277; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 78. Common Flaz. 
North and South Islands: An occasional escape from cultivation, but does not 
persist. (Europe; West Asia to India.) 
Linum galliccum Linn. Sp. Plant. 401; DC. Prodr. i, 423. Fields and waste places as 
far south as the East Cape, not uncommon. (South Europe; North Africa.) 
Linum catharticum Linn. Sp. Plant. 281; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 78. Purging-flax. 
North and South Islands: Fields and waste places. Near Tauranga, 7. F. C.; 
vicinity of Nelson, R. J. Kingsiey; common near Ashburton, W. W. Smith, 
H. H. Allan; vicinity of Dunedin, G. M. Thomson. 
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE. 
Tribulus terrestris Linn. Sp. Plant. 387; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India, i, 423. North Island : 
On shingle at Port Ahuriri, Napier, F. Hutchinson ! (A common tropical weed.) 
POLYGALACEAE. 
Polygala myrtifolia Linn. Sp. Plant. 703; Harv. and Sond. Fi. Cap. i, 83. North 
Island: Not uncommon as a garden escape. Mongonui County, A. Carse/ in 
several localities in the vicinity of Auckland, 7. F. C.; near Napier, Colenso / 
(South Africa.) i 
Polygala virgata 'Thunb. Prod. Pl. Cap. 120; Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. i, 85. North 
Island: Probably a yarden escape. Among fern and Leptospermum scrub at 
Mangatete, near Awanui, H. Carse/ edge of forest at Kaitaia, Mrs. Foley! in 
several places near Kihikihi, V. 47. Lethbridge! (South Africa.) 
Polygala vulgaris Linn. Sp. Plant. 703; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 50. Muilkwort. South 
Island: Open ground at Waitati, near Dunedin, Miss H. Woodhead. (Europe; 
North and West Asia; North Africa.) 
EUPHORBIACEAE. 
Euphorbia heltoscopia Linn. Sp. Plant. 459; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 356. Sun-spurge. 
North and South Islands: Roadsides and waste places, not uncommon. (Europe; 
North and West Asia to India and Japan.) : 
Euphorbia Peplus Linn. Sp. Plant. 456; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 358. Milk-weed. 
Kermadec Islands, North and South Islands, Chatham Islands, Stewart Island : 
Gardens and waste places, a most abundant weed. (Europe; North and West Asia : 
North Africa.) 
Huphorbia Lathyris Linn. Sp. Plant. 457; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 359. Caper-spurge. 
North and South Islands: Waste places in rich warm soils, not common, (South 
Europe.) 
Euphorbia hypericifolia Linn. Sp. Plant. 454; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 249. North 
Island: Streets of Auckland; once well established, now nearly extinct. (Tropics 
of both hemispheres.) 
Huphorbia ovalifolia Engelm. ex Klotsche and Garcke in Abh. Akad. Berl. (1860) 26, 
North Island: Ballast at Wellington, 7’. Kirk / (Temperate South America.) 
Euphorbia segetalis Linn. Sp. Plant. 657. North Island: On sand-dunes near Tauroa, 
near Ahipara. (South Europe; North Africa.) 
