Contents. 



vn 



. II. — Botany. 



Art. 



XXXVII. The Algs of New Zealand : their Characteristics 

 and Distribution. By Robert M. Laing, B.Sc. .. 

 XXXVIII. On the Preparation and Preservation of Botanical 

 Specimens. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. 

 XXXIX. On New Forms of Celmisia, Cass. By T. Kirk, 

 F.L.S. 

 XL. A Revision of the New Zealand Gentians. By T. 

 Kirk 

 XLI. On the New Zealand Species of Gunncra, L. By T. 



Kirk 

 XLII. Descriptions of New or Remarkable Plants from the 



Upper Waimakariri. By T. Kirk 

 XLIII. Description of New Grasses from Macquarie Island. 



By T. Kirk 

 XLIV. A Revision of the New Zealand Species of Coloban- 

 • thus, Bartling. By T. Kirk 



XLV. Notes and Reminiscences of Early Crossings of the 

 romantically - situated Lake Waikaremoana, 

 County of Hawke's Bay, of its Neighbouring 

 Country, and of its peculiar Botany ; performed 

 in the Years 1841 and 1843. By W. Colenso, 

 F.R.S., F.L.S. (Lond.), &c. .. 

 XLVI. Phtenogams : A Description of a few more Newly- 

 discovered Indigenous Plants ; being a Further 

 Contribution towards the making known the 

 Botany of New Zealand. By W. Colenso 

 XLVII. A Description of Two New Ferns and One New 

 Lycopodium, lately detected in our New Zealand 

 Forests. By W. Colenso 

 XLVIII. An Account of the Finding of Two Australian 

 Plants, hitherto unnoticed, here in New Zealand. 

 By W. Colenso 

 XXXIX. On New Zealand Mosses. By T. W. Naylor Beckett, 

 F.L.S. 

 L. Description of New Native Plants. By D. Petrie, 

 M.A., F.L.S. 

 LI. On the Presence of some Noxious Weeds in Nelson 



District. By R. I. Kingsley 

 LII. Botanical Notes : Plants new to 

 &c, from West Wanganui. By 

 LIII. Notes on New Zealand Mosses : 



By Robert Brown 

 LIV. Notes on New Zealand Mosses : 

 chum. By Robert Brown 

 LV. On the Growth of Ferns ; and on a New Fern now 

 first reported. By H. C. Field 



PAGES 



297-318 



318-327 

 327-330 

 330-341 

 341-348 

 349-353 

 353-354 

 354-359 



Nelson District, 

 R. I. Kingsley .. 



Genus Grimmia, 



Genus Orthotri- 



359-382 



383-399 



399-401 



401-402 

 403-405 

 405-406 

 407 

 407-409 

 409-421 

 422-446 

 446-450 



III. — Geology. 



LVI. On the Hawke's Bay Pleistocene Beds and the 



Glacial Period. By H. Hill, F.G.S. .. ..451-476 



LVII. On the Occurrence of Moa Footprints in the Bed of 

 the Manawatu River, near Palmerston North. 

 By H. Hill.. .. .. .. .. 476-477 



LVI1I. The Nuhaka Hot Springs. By H. Hill . . . . 478-479 



