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determined only, so that 175 indigenous species are accepted in my list.) 

 In vols, vii to ix of the Fragmenta, issued between 1870 and 1875, Mueller, 

 either alone or conjointly with C. Moore, published the descriptions of 

 thirty-two new species of plants from Lord Howe Island. 



1863-78. G. Bentham, Flora Australiensis. London. The first volumes 

 contain very few plants recorded from Lord Howe Island, only twenty 

 appearing in the first five volumes (1863-70), sixteen in vol. vi (1873), and 

 seventy-six in vol. vii (1878). One hundred and twelve names are thus 

 given by Bentham as Lord Howe Island plants, of which four are indicated 

 as being introduced. (I have omitted three species and transferred three 

 to the list of introduced plants, thus leaving 102 indigenous species.) 



1882. J. B. Wilson, Report on the Present State and Future Prospects 

 of Lord Howe Island. Sydney. The island was visited officially on the 

 4th April, 1882, by the Hon. J. B. Wilson and a party of observation in 

 the " Thetis." The volume is illustrated by seventeen photographic views 

 and two maps. At page 17 is a " Beport on the Geology," by H. Wilkin- 

 son. A list of the timbers of the island is given, eighteen specific names 

 being mentioned. At page 28 is a " Report on the Vegetation," by J. Duff. 

 Interesting information is given of twelve of the principal forest-plants of 

 the island. 



1889. Lord Howe Island: its Zoology, Geology, and Physical Characters. 

 Memoir No. 2, Australian Museum, Sydney. This volume consists of the 

 reports on the collections made by a party, despatched by the Australian 

 Museum to Lord Howe Island, in August-September, 1887. It is illustrated 

 by seven plates and four maps. In Report No. 5, " The Physical and 

 Geological Structure of Lord Howe Island," by R. Ethe ridge, there is a 

 short general account of the vegetation ; while the same author, in Report 

 No. 1, " The General Zoology of Lord Howe Island," makes some remarks 

 about the Ficus and four species of palms found on the island. 



1893. C. Moore and E. Betche, Handbook of the Flora of New South 

 Wales. Sydney. At page 518 there is a " List of Lord Howe and Norfolk 

 Island Plants excluded from the Descriptive Part of the Flora." Lord 

 Howe Island is credited with sixty-seven species, one of which, Marsdenia 

 tubulosa, I treat as identical with M. rostrata. 



1893. R. Tate, "The Geographic Relations of the Floras of Norfolk 

 and Lord Howe Islands," Macleay Memorial Volume, p. 205. The author 

 discusses the relationships of the genera and species, regarding "Lord Howe 

 Island as a companion outlier to Norfolk Island of the New Zealand 

 region." Tate's list is a compilation which unfortunately contains many 

 mistakes. Altogether 207 species are listed as occurring in Lord Howe 

 Island. (I reduce his list to 189 indigenous species by transferring four to 

 the list of introduced plants, omitting thirteen, and reducing Marsdenia 

 tubulosa to the synonymy of M. rostrata.) 



1896. J. Daveau, "Dichogamie Proterandre chez le Kentia (Howea) 

 Belmoreana," Journ. Botanique. 



1896. W. B. Hemsley, " The Flora of Lord Howe Island," Ann. Bot. x, 

 p. 22. This is the most complete account of the plants of Lord Howe 

 Island that has yet appeared. Besides a list of the species, giving references 

 and distribution, there is a discussion on the origin of the flora. Hemsley's 

 list contains 210 names, besides Pandanus sp. indet. (and, in a supplement- 

 ary note, two names taken from Tate's list). (I have transferred five of 

 Hemsley's species to the list of introduced plants, omitted eleven altogether, 

 and consider Marsdenia tubulosa the same as M. rostrata. This leaves 193 



