454 Transactions,—DBotany, 
MonocoryLepons—continued. 
Panicum imbecille, Trin 
* Juthovanthum od. sehen, L 
* Phalaris canariensis, L. 
Dichelachne stipoides, Hook. f.: 
crinita, Hook. f. 
sciurea, Hook. f. 
Agrostis emula, Br. 
in c "i Br. 
Arundo ae 
Danthonia ndi Br. 
E chinopoyon ovatus, Palisot. 
“Uynodon dactylon, L. 
* Dactylis glomeraia, L. 
Doa imbecilla, Br. 
Apc F orst. 
a minor, 
"Evo sterii, Ji 
arenarius. 
* Festuca myurus, L. 
ütoralis, Dr. 
CRYPTOGAMIA. 
Hymenophyllum multifidum, Swartz. 
rarum, Dr. 
polyanthos, Bwa 
artz, 
. sanguinolentum 
demissum, Swartz. 
Trichomanes reniforme, Forst. 
humile, Forst. T EO. 
Adiantum ‘ies Wild. T.F.C. 
Cheilanthes sieberi, Hote, 
Pellea rotundifolia, For 
"teris equite, L., var. geared 
a, Br. 
epar. poss À. Cunn. 
Doodia media, ar 
wwa 
Asplentum ‘text, Porat, 
lucidum, Forst. 
Asplenium flabellifolium, Cav. 
alcatum, Lam. 
bulbiferum, Forst.  T.F.C. 
Jlaccidum, Forst. 
pA edu richardi, 
Nephrodium ylabellum, Dunt: 
l 'ulypodium grammitidis, Br. 
serpens, For 
cunninghamii, " Hook. 
pustulatum, Forst, 
illardieri, Dr. 
Nothochlena distans, Br. T.F.C. 
Botrychium ternatum, Swartz. T.F.C. 
Lycopodium billardieri, Spring. 
T'nesipteris forsteri, 
Psilotum triquetrum, Swartz. 
un 
et 
Arr. LXXII.—On the | eee of Fungus from New Zealand, 
By T. King, F.L.8. 
{Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 11th January, 1879.) 
In several striking characteristics Fungi bear a similar relation to all other 
plants to that borne by Insecta to all other animals. A larger number of 
plants 1s included in Fungi (regarded as a single order) than in any other 
group of similar value.* The largest number of similar animals is com- 
prised under Insecta. Each group exhibits a large amount of polymorphism 
and parasitism. Each contains many species injurious to man, aud but 
few from which he derives direct benefit. While other large groups of 
* This assertion is at variance with the comparative estimates of the number of 
mprised under different natural orders as stated in Botanical Text Books, but 
i warranted by the known results in countries where Fungi have been investigated with 
gome approach to completeness. In Great Britain, for instance, over 3,000 species of 
Fungi are known, considerably more than twice the number of Phænogams and Filicales 
put together. 
