44 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. VII. — Florae Insularum Novce Zelandice Precursor; or a Spe-cimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cunningham^ Esq. [Continued from vol. i. p. 462.] CONVOLVULACE^E, Juss. 1. Calystegia, R. Br. 394. C. sepium. Br. Prodr. i. p. 483. A. Rich. FL Nov. Zel. p. 250. Rcem. and Sch. Syst. Veg. iv.p. 182. — Convolvulus sepium. L. Engl. Bot. t. 313. — C. Tugurionum. Forst. Prodr. n. 74. New Zealand (Middle Island). — 1773, G. Forster. (Northern Island), River Thames. — 1 827, D' Urville. Bay of Islands in marshy ground. — 1 826. A. Cunningham. Wytangy and Keri-Keri rivers. — 1834, R. Cunningham. 395. C. Soldanella. Rcem. and Sch. Syst. Veg. iv. p. 184. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 200. Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norf. p. 52.— Convolvulus Soldanella, L. Engl. Bot. t. 314. Pone incolarum Tolagae. D 'Urville. New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Tolaga Bay, east coast. — 1827, D' Urville. Shores of the Bay of Islands.— 1834, Rich. Cunningham. Obs. L'espece que M. R. Brown a decrite sous le nom de Calystegia re-niformis, ne differe en rien du C. Soldanella, Rich. loc. cit. conf. R. Br. Prodr. p. 484. 2. Ipomlea, Jacq. 396. I.pendula. R. Br. Prodr. i. p. 486. Endl Prodr. Fl. Norf. p. 52. Andr. Rep. 613. New Zealand (Northern Island). On the banks of the Hokianga river among fern ; also on the Kana-Kana river, Bay of Islands.— 1834, R. Cun-ningham. 3. Dichondra, Forst. Char. Gen. 397. D. repens. Forst. Prodr. n. 134. Br. Prodr. i.p. 491. Willd. Sp. PI. 1. p. 1353. Smith Ic. Ined. i. p. 8. t. 8. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 201. — Steripha reniformis. Banks and Sol. Mss. in Bibl. Banks. New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. 1826, Bay of Islands. — A. Cunningham. — 1834, R. Cunningham. GENTIANEiE, Juss. 1. Gentiana, L. 398. G. saxosa; corollis quinquefidis campanulatis, floribus longe pedun-culatis subumbellatis, foliis caulinis subremotis spathulatis carnosis glabris, radicalibus approximatis. Forst. Prodr. n. 132. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 202. Willd. Sp. PL 1 . p. 1357. New Zealand (Middle Island). On rocks washed by the sea, Dusky Bay. —1773, G. Forster.— -1791, A. Menzies.