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NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Handbook of the New Zealand Flora ; a Systematic Description of the 
Native Plants of New Zealand, and the Chatham, Kermadec’s, Lord 
Auckland’s, Campbell s, and Macquarrie's Islands. By J. D. Hooker, 
M.D., F.R.S., etc. Lovell Reeve. 8vo. 186 
Until the appearance of this Handbook, Dr. Hooker's * Flora Nove- 
Zelandiæ, which formed a portion of the author's botany of the Ant- 
arctic voyage, was the most complete enumeration that had as yet been 
published of the plants of New Zealand. But the ‘ Flora Novæ-Zelandiæ ’ 
consists of two large quarto volumes, admirable in a library, but little 
suited for being carried about in the baggage of the travelling natu- 
ralist, amongst. the unexplored wilds of the country of the Maoris. The 
present handbook, by its shape and portability, is a far better travel- 
ling companion, and by its lower price is placed within the reach of all 
those who could not afford to purchase the larger and earlier Flora of the 
authors. We are indebted, it appears, to Dr. Knight, F.L.S., Auditor 
General, and other gentlemen interested in the natural history of the 
islands for suggesting the present publication and obtaining the neces- 
sary funds for it, including a liberal remuneration for the author's 
services. 
The Handbook may be regarded as a second revised edition of the 
* Flora Novæ-Zelandiæ, with the illustrations left out, and all the new 
discoveries of Messrs. Haast, Travers, Sinclair, Rough, and other 
zealous botanists added. It will therefore prove acceptable to even 
those who already possess the quarto work. In Part L, now before 
us, we have six new genera and 140 new species, a list of which will 
at once show the real value of the additions. 
Ranunculus Lyallii, H. f. Lepidium sisymbroides, HF: 
R. Traversii, H. f. Nothothlaspi (gen. nov. Crucifera- 
R. Buchanani, H. f. rum) rosulatum, H., 
R. Haastii, H. f. Viola Lyallii, H. f. 
R. erithmifolius, H. f. Pittosporum patulum, H. f. 
R. sericophyllus, H. f. Stellaria Roughii, H. J: 
R. Sinclairi, A. f. Colobanthus acicularis, H. f. 
R. gracilipes, JJ. f. Hectorella (gen. nov. Portulacearum) 
R. pachyrrhizus, H. f. spitosa, H. f. 
Sisymbrium Nove-Zelandie, HF Hoheria Sinclairii, H. f. 
Braya Novæ-Zelandiæ, 4. f. Aristotelia Colensoi, H. f. 
