VON Ettingshausex. — Fos.'iU Flora of Xcic Zealand. 239 



I. Of all the localities ascribed to the Tertiary formation 

 that of Shag Point is the richest and most interesting. Of 

 Cryptogamui two species of Aspidium, and of Cycadeie a 

 specimen betraying some resemblance to Zamites tertiarius, 

 Heer, have been found. Of Coniferai we have ten species, 

 belonging to seven genera. Tliey are fully enumerated in the 

 table affixed below. 



Of Monocotyledons one CauUniks, and uf Dicotyledons a 

 considerable series, occur tliere, as follow: One Casuarina ; 

 two species of Myrica, the one allied to 3/. inlcgrifoUa, Ung., 

 of tlie European Tertiary flora, the other similar to J\L quercl- 

 folia, Linn., a native of the Cape of Good Hope; one Alnus, 

 closely related to the European Tertiary A. kefersteinii, as 

 well as to the Australian Tertiary A. maccoyi ; four Quercus, 

 one of them allied to Q. macranthera, native of the Caucasus, 

 another related to the European Tertiary, Q. lonchifis, Ung. ; 

 two species of Fagus, the one related to F. procera and F. 

 alpina, both natives of Chili, the other very similar to F. 

 deiicalionis, Ung., as well as to the North American F. 

 ferruginea ; one Uhnus and one Planera, both analogous to 

 species of the European Tertiary flora ; one Ficus, a species 

 correspoudii:g to F. lanccolala , of the European Tertiary, and 

 to F. burJcei, of the Australian Tertiary flora ; one Iledycarya, 

 analogous to the Tertiary II. c.uropa, as well as to the Aus- 

 tralian Tertiary, H. loickami ; one Cinnnmommn, closely 

 allied to C. polyuioiphum and C. polyi)iorphoides ; "two Cassia, 

 the one closely related to C. phaseolites and C. pliascolitoides, 

 the other to C. mcmnonia. Besides, species of tlie genera 

 Santalum, Diospyros, Aralia, Loranthus, Acer, and Carpo- 

 lithcs, have been found there, their analogues being repre- 

 sented in the Tertiary of Europe, North America, and Aus- 

 tralia (as specified in the subjoined table). 



From the flora of the above-mendoned locahty we may 

 safely conclude that it, and probably also the following locali- 

 ties, belong to the Lower Tertiary. As many species of this 

 flora are closely related or at least jinalogoiis to Eocene 

 species, I refer it to the Eocene period. 



II. From Dunstan the following species are now before 

 us: A LoDiarlopsis analogous to L. hilinica from the Eocene 

 strata of Kutschlin, near Bilin, and related to L. iriquetra, a 

 native of Nepal ; an Aspidium, v.hich has also been collected 

 from the preceding locality; and a ScaforlJiia, analogous to 

 ,S'. melliiigii of the fossil floi-a of lilibiswald, and to ,S'. rohusia, 

 R. Brown, living in Australia. 



III. From Landslip Hill the following an; derived : 

 Sequoia, also found at Shag Point ; a DryopJiylluni, being 

 a,tialogous to D. lineare, from the Eocene flora of Sezanne ; 

 two Apocynophylhon, the one corresponding to A. l/clveticuin, 



