364 I'rof. von Ettingshausen — Neio Zealand Fossil Flora, 



Lrttirophi/llum may have been evolved from NesodapJine, likevrise 

 ApocynophyUum from Parsonsia, Aralia from ScTiefflera, Sapindus from 

 Alectryon, etc. On the contrary, we miss in the recent endemic flora 

 of New Zealand a considerable series of genera belonging to its Tertiary 

 flora, for instance : Lomariopsis, Sequoia, Araucaria, Seaforthia, 

 Gasuarina, Ilyrica, Alniis, Quercus, Ulmus, Planera, Ficus, Cinnamo- 

 mum, Dryandra, Piospyros, Aralia, Acer, Sapindus, Elceodendron, etc. 



According to the preceding statements, the principal results of my 

 memoir are as follows : — 



Firstly. — In New Zealand there exists a genetic relationship 

 between its Tertiary and its living flora. 



Secondly. — The Tertiary Flora of New Zealand contains the 

 elements of floras. 



Thirdly. — The Tertiary Flora of New Zealand is a part of that 

 universal Original-flora from which all living floras of the globe 

 descend. 



Fourthly. — In New Zealand only one part of its Tertiary Flora 

 has changed into its living flora, the other has become extinct. 



I proceed now to give a brief record of the fossil plants occur- 

 ring in the above-named localities. 



I. Of all the localities ascribed to the Tertiary formation, that of 

 Shag Point is the richest and most interesting. Of Cryptogamse two 

 species of Aspidium, and of Cycadece one specimen, betraying some 

 resemblance to Zamites tertiarius, Heer, have been found there. Of 

 Coniferse 10 species have been discovered there, belonging to 7 genera. 

 Of Monocotyledons one Caidinites species, and of Dicotyledons a 

 considerable series occur there, namely : — One Casiiarina species ; 

 two species of Myrica, the one allied to M. integrifolia, Ung., of the 

 European Tertiary Flora, the other similar to M. quercifolia, L., a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope ; one Alnus species, closely allied 

 to the European Tertiary, A. Kefersteinii, as well as to the Australian 

 Tertiary A. MacCoyi, M. ; four Quercus species, one of them related 

 to Q. macr anther a, native of the Caucasus, another allied to the 

 European Tertiary Q. lonchitis, Ung. ; two species of Fagus, the 

 one related to F. procera and F. alpina, both natives of Chili ; the 

 other very similar to F. Deucalionis, Ung., as well as to the North 

 American F. ferruginea. One Ulmus and one Planera species, both 

 analogous to species of the European Tertiary Flora ; one Fictis 

 species corresponding to F. lanceolata of the European Tertiary, and 

 to F. Burkei, m., of the Australian Tertiary Flora ; one Hedycarya 

 species, analogous to the Tertiary H. europece, as well as to the 

 Australian Tertiary H. Wiclcami ; one Cinnamomum species, closely 

 allied to C. polymoi-phum and to C. polymorphoides ; two Cassia 

 species, the one closely related to C. phaseolites and C. phaseoli- 

 toides, the other to C. Memnonia. Besides, species of the genera 

 Santalum, Diospyros, Aralia, Loranthus, Acer, and Carpolithes, their 

 analogues being represented in the Tertiary of Europe, North 

 America, and Australia having been found there. 



From the flora of the above-mentioned locality we may safely 

 conclude that it, and probably also the following localities belong to 



