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HANDBOOK OF THE NEW ZEALAND FLORA; a 



Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand, and the Chal- 

 hum, Kennadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and M.icquarrie's Jslands. 

 By Dr. J. D. HOOKER, F.ll.S. Demy Svo, Part I., 475 pp., 16s. Pub- 

 lished under the auspices of the Government of that colony. 



[Part II. in the Press. 



A compendious account of the plants of New Zealand and outlying islands, 

 published under the authority of the Government of that colony. The pu - ( \\(, 

 Part contains the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Lycopods ; the Second Part, con- 

 taining the remaining Orders of Cryptogamia, or Flowerless Plants, with Index 

 and Catalogues of Native Names and of Naturalized Plants, will appear shortly. 



FLORA AUSTRALIENSIS a Description of the Plants of 



the Australian Territory. By GEORGE BENTHAM, F.ll.S. , President of the 

 Liuneaii Society, assisted by FERDINAND MUELLER, F.ll.S. , Government 

 Botanist, Melbourne, Victoria. Demy Svo. Vol. I. 566 pp., and vol. II. 

 530 pp., 20s. each. Published under the auspices of the several Govern- 

 ments of Australia. [Vol. III. nearly rcitili/. 



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 British Museum, iuchiding those hitherto unpublished of Banks and Solander, 

 of Captain Cook's first Voyage, aud of Browu in Flinders', but from the very 

 extensive aud more recently collected specimens preserved iu the Government 

 Herbarium of Melbourne, under the superintendence of Dr. Ferdinand MutlliT. 

 The descriptions arc written in plain English, and arc masterpieces of acciir,-icy 

 and clearness. 



FLORA HONGKONGENSIS; a Description of the Flow- 



ering Plants and Ferns of the Island of Hongkong. By GEORGE BEN- 



THAM, P.L.S. With a Map of the Island. Demy Svo, 550 pp., Ifi*. 



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 chiefly 

 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. GRISEBACH, F.L.S. Demy Svo, 80<> pp., 37*. 6rf. Published 

 under the auspices of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 

 Containing complete systematic descriptions of the Flowering Plants and 



Ferns of the British West Indian Islands, accompanied by an elaborate index of 



reference, aud a list of Colonial names. 



