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A Systematic Account of the Plants collected in New Caledonia and tho 



Isle of Pines by Prof, R, H< Compton, M.A., in 1914. — Part I. 

 Flowering Plants (i\ngiospernis). By A, B. Renule, D.Sc, F.B.S., 



F.L.S., F. G. Bakeil F,L.S., and Spencer Le M. Moore. B.Sc<, F.L.S. 



(Platks 13-240 

 ,;Read 2iid P^ebruary, 1920.] 



Introduction. 



The collection of wliicli the following' is a systematic account was made by 

 Prof. II. H. Conjpton in New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines during 1914^ 

 with tlie aid of grants from tho Rojal Society, the Percy Sladen Trust Fund, 



and the AVorts Travellinir Fund of Camhrido'c University. Collecting 



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dealing with 



materials were also provided by the Cambridge Botany School and the 

 British Museum, Natural History. 



The S{)ecimens collected have been presented to the British Museum, where 

 the greater part have been determined. 



Prof. Compton hopes later to publish a paper or papers 

 tlie New Caledonian vegetation from the sfandjtoints of Ecology and 

 Geographical Distribution. A considerable quantity of material was pre- 

 served in a condition suitable for morphological and anatomical research, 

 and several papers are foreshadowed ou tliese aspects of some of the 

 Interesting forms iu which the Flora of New Caledonia is so extraordinarily 



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rich. A general account, including a description of the geology, topography, 

 and climate of tlie Islands lias been communicated by Prof. Compton to 



the Roval Ccoiiraphical Societv 



The various groups have heen elaborated as follows : — Flowering Plants : 

 Angiosperms by Dr. A. B. Rendle (Monocotyledons), Mr. E. G. Baker 

 (Polype talons Dicotyledons), and Mr* Spencer Moore (Sympetalous and 

 Apetalous Dicotyledons); Gymnosperms and Ferns hy Prof. II. II. Compton; 

 Mosses by M. Theriot ; Hepatics by Prof. J. B. Farmer ; Characea? by 



Mr. J. Groves; Marine Algte by Mr. A. Gepp ; Frosh-water Alga? by 

 Dr. Nellie Carter ; Fungi by Miss E. M. Wakefield ; Lichens by Miss A. 

 Lorrain Smithy and Mycetozoa by Miss G. Lister. 



At Prof. Compton's request I undertook the task of arranging the material 



for publication. 



The present paper conhiins a systematic account of the angiospermous 

 Flowering Plants^ and enumerates 830 species, 230 of which are new ; and 



* ** New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines." By R. II. ComptoUj M.A, Geographical 

 Journal, xliv. No. 2, Feb. 1917. 



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