NEW COLONIAL FLORAS. 
HANDBOOK OF THE NEW ZEALAND FLORA; a 
Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand, and the Chat- 
ham, Kermadee’s, Lord Auckland’s, Campbell’s, and Macquarrie’s Islands. 
By Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.R.S. Demy 8vo. Part 1., 475 pp., 16s. Pub- 
lished under the auspices of the Government of that colony. 
A soe eerie account of the plants of New Zealand and outlying islands, 
lle under the authority of the Government of that colony. The present 
art contains the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and ii beg oie the Second Part, 
containing the remaining Orders of Cryptogamia, or Flowerless Plants, with 
te and Catalogues of Native Names and of Naturalized Plants, will appear 
shortly. 
_ FLORA AUSTRALIENSIS; a Description of the Plants of 
the Australian Territory. By Grorcr BrenTHam, F.R.S., President of the 
Linnean Society, assisted by Ferprvanp Mvezisr, F.R.S., Government 
Botanist, Melbourne, Victoria. Demy 8vo. Vol. I. 566 pp., and Vol. IT, 
530 pp., 20s. each. Published under the auspices of the several Govern- 
ments of Australia. Vol. III. in the press. 
Of this great undertaking, the present volumes, of more than a thousand 
closely-printed pages, comprise about one-fourth. The materials are derived 
not only from the vast collections of Australian plants brought to this country 
by various botanical travellers, and preserved in the herbaria of Kew and of the 
British Museum, including those hitherto unpublished of Banks and Solander, 
of Captain Cook’s first Voyage, and of Brown in Flinders’, but from the very 
extensive and more recently collected specimens preserved in the Government 
Herbarium of Melbourne, under the superintendence of Dr. Ferdinand Mueller. 
The descriptions are written in plain English, and are masterpieces of accuracy 
and clearness. 
FLORA HONGKONGENSIS; a Description of the Flow- 
ering Plants and Ferns of the Island of Hongkong. By Gzorer Brnruam, 
P.L.S. With a Map of the Island. Demy 8vo, 550 pp., 16s. Published 
under the authority of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies. 
The Island of Hongkong, though occupying an area of scarcely thirty square 
miles, is characterized by an extraordinarily varied Flora, partaking, however, of 
that of South Continental China, of which comparatively little is known. The 
number of Species enumerated in the present volume is 1056, derived chiefl 
from materials collected by Mr. Hinds, Col. Champion, Dr. Hance, Dr. Harland, 
Mr. Wright, and Mr. Wilford. 
FLORA OF THE BRITISH WEST INDIAN ISLANDS. 
By Dr. Grisrsacu, F.L.S. Demy 8vo, 806 pp., 37s. 6d. Published under 
the auspices of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 
Containi lete systematic descriptions of the Flowering Plants and 
Hane of t the Britis ‘West Indian Islands, accompanied by an elaborate index of 
reference, and a list of Colonial names. 
