94 Floristik, Geographie, Systematik etc. 



briet' description of these is supplemented by a Short bibliography 

 of ecological works and British floras. W. G. Smith. 



Coekayne, L., New Zealand Plants and their stör y. 

 (Mackay, Wellington. 190 pp. 71 ill. 1910.) 



This the first attempt to describe the plant-lile of the New 

 Zealand biological region on ecological lines is an elementary and 

 populär book. But is has a value to the scientific plant-geographer 

 since the author, after considerable experience in the region, out- 

 lines the characteristic types of Vegetation. The reproduction of the 

 photographs of plants and plant-communities has also received spe- 

 cial attention, with excellent results, and the use of the botanical 

 names of the various plants enables those unfamiliar with local 

 names to follovv the descriptions proiitably. 



The first two chapters outline points of interest in the New 

 Zealand region and indicate how the story of the flora has been 

 brought together by botanists such as Banks, Solander, Colenso. 

 Hooker, Kirk and others. Special chapters (III — VII) are devoted 

 to the forests, the natural shrubberies, the coastal Vegetation, the 

 meadows, and the plants of fresh- water, swamps and bogs. In these 

 the chief ecological features are indicated with brief notes on many 

 plants of special interest occurring within the formations. Within 

 a few pages, the author Sketches graphically the Vegetation of the 

 outlying islands, mainly those to the south of New Zealand. 

 Since naturalised plants play a conspicuous part within the agricul- 

 tural districts, they have received attention (chap. IX) along with 

 several native species which have become weeds in cultivated land. 

 The life-histories of common plants, such as Cordyline auslralis, 

 Phormium tenax, Leptospermum scoparium, and native species of 

 Fuchsin are dealt with at greater length (chaps. X and XI). The 

 concluding chapter indicates how native plants may be studied 

 under cultivation in gardens. W. G. Smith. 



Dünn, S. T., Adinobotrys and Padbruggea. (Kew Bull. misc. Inf. 

 p. 193-198. 1911.) 



The new genus Adinobotrys is founded upon three species pre- 

 viously referred to Millettia, but which differ from the rest of that 

 genus in possessing one-seeded indehiscent pods, and two new spe- 

 cies A. filipes and A. myrianthus, all natives of the Malay Pen in - 

 sula and Archipelago. 



Miquel's genus Padbruggea is reestablished to contain its 

 original Single species and a second, previously referred to Millettia, 

 which form a group equally distinct from the latter genus and 

 allied to Adinobotrys. Numerous text figures indicate the appearance 

 of the fruit and the details of floral structure of the various species. 



S. T. Dünn. 



Dünn, S. T., A Revision of the genus Actinidia, Li ndl. 

 (Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXIX. 273. p. 394-410. 1911.) 



The genus is described, its history traced and its systematic 

 Position discussed. The 23 species are grouped into four new sections 

 Ampidliferae, Leiocarpae, Maadatae, Vestitae the geographica! distri- 



