Micrargeria filiformis Hutch. et Dalz. (Tropical Africa). Manuka scrubland near Te Aroha, North Island, C. Christensen!; T. L. Lancaster! Veronica Anagallis L. (Eurasia, North Africa, North America). Damp ground by Manawatu River, near Ashhurst. Was collected by Colenso in Hawke's Bay, but has not since been observed there. Veronica hederaefolia L. Ivy-leaved speedwell (Eurasia). Cultivated land at Owaka, Otago, A. Paterson! Veronica scutellata L. Marsh speedwell (Eurasia, North Africa). Ponds by the Makino River, near Feilding, North Island. Caprifoliaceae. Lonicera japonica Thumb. Honeysuckle (China, Japan). Margins of damaged forest in several localities in North Island. Compositae. Carthamus lanatus L. Saffron thistle (Europe). Near Masterton, D. Freeman!; near Wanganui, J. B. Hogg!; near Hamilton. (See N.Z. Journ. Agric. 48: 1934: 42.) Centaurea melitensis L. Malta thistle (Europe, North Africa). Recorded in 1895 by Kirk for Canterbury, where it persists in several localities. Established in rough grasslands at Castle Point, Wellington, and has been collected near Feilding, North Island, and Nelson, in South Island. Cirsium palustre (L) Scop. Marsh thistle (Eurasia). Recorded by the Department of Agriculture in 1911 for Westland and Southland. Damp pastures by Tiritea Stream, near Palmerston North, V. D. Zotov! (See N.Z. Journ. Agric. 48: 1934: 42.) Eupatorium glandulosum HBK (Mexico). Established and aggressive in part of the Auckland province, especially about Whangarei, the Coromandel Peninsula, and on Rangitoto Island. (For this and the next species see N.Z. Journ. Agric. 46: 1933: 162). Eupatorium riparium Regel. Mist flower (Mexico). Has escaped from gardens and established itself in several localities in the Auckland province. Helenium puberulum DC. (North America). This is the species recorded by Cheeseman for “Waste places at Tapotopoto Bay, North Cape district,” as H. quadridentatum Labill., from which, however, it is quite distinct. Has now spread in pasture land over a good deal of the North Auckland Peninsula. Senecio elegans L. (South Africa). On sandy shores about Wellington Harbour. Collected also along Mahurangi River, North Auckland, near its mouth, by C. M. Smith! Senecio spathulatus A. Rich. (Australia). Waste places about Auckland City, especially near harbour.