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FLORA OF TROPICAL AFRICA. By Dantet Oxtver, 
F.R.S., F.L.S. Vol. I., 20s. Published under the authority of the First 
Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works. 
This important and much-needed work embodies the researches of a long list 
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Gardens, Kew, and other museums, for many years past. The present volume 
contains the Orders Ranunculucee to Connaracee. 
HANDBOOK OF THE NEW ZEALAND FLORA; a 
Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand, and the Chat- 
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Part contains the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Iiycopods; the Second the re- 
maining Orders of Cryptogamia, or Ylowerless Plants, with Index and Cata- 
ogues of Native Names and of Naturalized Plants. 
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FLORA AUSTRALIENSIS; a Description of the Plants of 
the Australian Territory. By Grorce BentuaM, F.R.S., President of the 
Linnean Society, assisted by FERDINAND MUELLER, F.R.S., Government 
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The descriptions are written in plain English, and are masterpieces of accuracy 
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under the auspices of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 
Containing complete systematic descriptions of the Flowering Plants and 
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