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the Lower Tertiary. As many species of this flora are closely 

 allied, or at least analogous to Eocene species, I refer it to the 

 Eocene Period. 



II. From Dunstan the following species are now before us : — One 

 Lomariopsis species, analogous to L. hilinica from the Eocene strata 

 of Kutschlin, near Bilin, and related to L. triquetra, a native of 

 Nepal ; the Aspidium species which has also been collected from the 

 preceding locality; and one Seaforthia species, analogous to S. 

 Mellingii of the fossil Flora of Eibiswald, and to S. rohusta, K. 

 Brown, living in Australia. 



III. From Landslip Hill the following came : — The Sequoia species 

 also found at Shag Point ; one DryophyUum species, being analogous 

 to D. lineare from the Eocene Flora of Sezanne ; two ApocynopTiyllum 

 species, the one corresponding to A. Jielveticum of the European 

 Tertiary, and to A. MacKinlayi of the Australian Eocene Flora, the 

 other related to A. Taherncemontana of the fossil Flora of Radoboj ; 

 one i?Z«ode>icZron-species corresponding to E. heJvetieum of the 

 European Tertiary Flora and E. cur tip end alum, a native of Norfolk 

 Island. 



IV. At Malvern Hill I., the following species have been found : — ■ 

 An Araucaria and a Dammara species, both also occurring at Shag 

 Point; a Myrica, representing the widely-spread Tertiary Myrica 

 lignitum ; a Qiiercus-species coming also from Shag Point ; a Fagus 

 corresponding to F. WilTcinsoni of the Australian Tertiary ; a Planera 

 which appears also at Shag Point and at Murderer's Creek; a 

 CissopJiyllum, approaching the genera Cissites and AmpelopJiyllum. 



Y. At Racacliflf Gully the following fossil plants have been found : 

 — An Alnus and a Quercus, both also occurring at Shag Point ; a 

 Sapindus, corresponding to S.falcif alius of the Euro23ean, and to S. 

 caudatus of the American, as well as to S. Gossei of the Australian 

 Tertiary Flora. 



VI. From Weka Pass, a Daphnophyllum-s-pecies, related to D. ellip- 

 ticum, Heer, has been collected. 



VII. At Amuri a fragment of wood has been discovered. I referred 

 it to Dammara Oweni, a species occurring also at Shag Point and at 

 Malvern Hills I. 



VIII. At Murderer's Creek the following fossils have been obtained : 

 A Quercus, a Planera, a Cinnamomum, and a Cassia, all also collected 

 from the preceding localities I. — V.; a Bryandra, closely related to 

 D. acutiloba of the European and to D. Benthami of the Australian 

 Tertiary Flora. 



Taking into consideration that although only a few species have 

 been found at each of the localities Nos. II. — VIII., the plurality of 

 the species is common to them, especially to Shag Point, we may 

 conclude that their flora is to be referred to the same period, being 

 already determined as Eocene. 



The strata containing remains of Dicotyledons in New Zealand 

 having been collectively called the " Cretaceo-Tertiary Formation," I 

 have pointed out that some of the strata must be referred only to the 

 Tertiary, and the others only to the Cretaceous formation. Whilst 



