1078 APPENDIX, 
Barisia viscosa Linn. Sp. Plant. 602; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 303. North*and South 
Islands: Abundant in fields in most districts. (Europe; West Asia; North 
Africa.) 
OROBANCHACEAR. 
Orobanche minor Sutt. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iv (1798) 179; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 309. 
Broom-rape. North and South Islands: Fields as far south as Nelson, most 
abundant in the Auckland District; parasitic on Trifolium, M edicago, Hypo- 
chaeris, &c. (Europe; West Asia; North Africa.) 
PLANTAGINACEAE. 
Plantago major Linn. Sp. Plant. 112; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 288. Greater Plantain. 
North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Roadsides and waste 
places, abundant. (Europe; North and West Asia to India: North Africa. ) 
Plantago media Linn. Sp. Plant. 113; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 289. North and South 
Islands: Fields and waste places, not common. (Europe; West Asia. ) 
Plantago lanceolata Linn. Sp. Plant. 113; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 289.  Ribwort. 
Kermadec Islands, North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands : 
Abundant throughout. (Europe; North and West Asia; and now naturalized 
in almost all parts of the world.) 
Plantago varia R. Br. Prodr. 424; Benth. Fl. Austral. vy, 139. North and South 
Islands: Sparingly naturalized in several localities between the East Cape and 
Banks Peninsula. (Australia. ) . 
Plantago hirtella H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii, 229; Asa Gray Syn. Fl. North Amer. 
ul, 392. North Island: Most shaded places, not uncommon. (California ; Mexico ; 
Chile. ) 
Plantago Coronopus Linn. Sp. Plant. 115; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 289. North and 
South Islands: Sandy and gravelly places, not uncommon. (Europe; West 
Asia ; North Africa.) 
RUBIACEAE, 
Galium palustre Linn. Sp. Plant. 105; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 193. North Island: 
Swamps near Mauku (Manukau Harbour), H. Carse/ (Europe; North and West 
Asia ; North Africa.) 
Galium Mollugo Linn. Sp. Plant. 107; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 194. North Island: 
Between the Manukau Harbour and the Waikato River, H. Carse! (Europe ; 
North and West Asia to the Himalayas; North Africa.) 
Galium Aparine Linn. Sp. Plant. 108; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 194. Goose-grass. North 
and South Islands: Hedges and waste places, not uncommon. (Europe; North 
and West and Central Asia ; North Africa.) 
‘Galium parisiense Linn. Sp. Plant. 108: G. anglicum Huds. ; Hook. £. Student’s Fl. 195. 
North and South Islands: Local. Whangarei, 7. Kirk; vicinity of Auckland, 
T. F.C. ; Motueka, R. J. Kingsley. (South Europe; West Asia to the Caucasus ; 
North Africa.) 
‘Galiwm verum Linn. Sp. Plant. 155. North Island: Maburangi, D. Ross! (Europe; 
temperate Asia.) 
Sherardia arvensis Linn. Sp. Plant. 102; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 195. Field-madder. 
North and South Islands: Fields and waste places, abundant throughout. (Europe ; 
West Asia to Persia ; North Africa.) 
CAPRIFOLIACEAE. 
Sambucus nigra Linn. Sp. Plant. 269; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 189. Elder. North 
and South Islands: A frequent garden escape, sometimes forming thickets, 
(Europe ; West Asia; North Africa.) 
Sambucus racemosa Linn. Sp. Plant. 386. South Island: Romahapa, south of Clutha 
River, G. M. Thomson. (Europe.) 
Leycesteria formosa Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 181; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 16. 
North and South Islands: A garden escape, sometimes spreading widely. Peel 
Forest, H. H. Allan. (Temperate Himalayas. ) 
VALERIANACEAR. 
‘Centranthus ruber DC. Fl. Fr. iv, 239; Hook. f, Student’s FI. 197. Spur-valerian. 
North and South Islands: A frequent garden escape. (South Europe; West 
Asia ; North Africa.) 
Valerianella olitoria Pollich, Hist. Pl. Palat. i, 30; Hook. f. Student’s Fl. 197. Lamb’s 
Lettuce. North Tsland : Roadsides and waste places, not : E : 
West Asia ; North Africa.) p » hot uncommon, (Europe ; 
