Portulacaceae.

Portulaca oleracea Linn. Purslane. Recorded only from the North Island, this species has been noted in the southern and eastern

parts of the South Island. Occurs as a weed of tobacco and tomato fields and waste places at Nelson, Motueka, Appleby, Richmond, Riwaka; on gravel ballast of railway lines at Picton, Blenheim, Parnassus, Spotswood, Waiau-ua River, Mina and Waipara; appears to be a true ballast plant in Marlborough and North Canterbury. Noted in waste land, Kaiapoi, A. M. Forbes!