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their genera, and added considerably thereto. Already (paragraphs 9 and 
10) the phenogamic genera and species endemic to the North Island, as far 
as known, have been enumerated ; and it now remains to show the well- 
developed New Zealand genera and peculiar species of the North Island, 
comprising those which mainly give that peculiar contour—tout-ensemble— 
to her vegetation, in order to the better contrasting of her botany with that 
of other lands. 
17. The phznogamie genera which are truly and pre-eminently New 
Zealand, are:—*Melicytus, Hoheria, Entelea, Melicope, Corynocarpus, Car- 
michelia, Carpodetus, Ackama, Ixerba, Aciphylla, Griselinia, Corokia, Tupeia, 
Alsewosmia, *Coprosma (also found in Tasmania, but here it has upwards of 
twenty-five species), Raoulia, Helophyllum, Colensoa, Geniostoma, Rhabdotham- 
nus, Teucridium, Nesodaphne, Knightia, Elatostemma, Earina, Adenochilus, 
Nematocerus, and *Phormium ;—yet, of these twenty-eight genera, scarcely 
half of the number are of that class which give the characteristic appearance or 
stamp to New Zealand botany. Of those which are more noticeable, several 
are either very local in area, or only occasionally met with. It is, then, to 
the distinct New Zealand species of genera which her botany has in common 
with other lands, that so much is due for characteristic vegetable appearance 
as well as for utility. At the same time, not a few of these will be found 
to be confined (so to speak) to the New Zealand botanical region. Among 
the more important and prominent of the species are the following :— 
Drimys axillaris Celmisia, 24 species 
Hymenanthera crassifolia Forstera, 2 species 
` Pittosporum, upwards of 10 — Diesophyibini 14 species 
Plagianthus, 2 species Myrsine, 5 species 
E rpus, 2 species Calceolaria, 2 species 
Aristotelia, 3 or 4 species Veronica, 40 species 
Pennantia corymbosa risia, 6 species 
Aleetryon excelsum Vitex litto 
Dysoxylum spectabile Myoporum let 
elargonium clandestinum novee-zealandi 
Coriaria, 3 or more species Trophis opaca (or Epicarpurus micro- 
Pomaderris, 3 species phyllus 
Discaria toumatou Pimelea, 10 species 
Clianthus puniceus Fagus, 5 species 
Ed ia grandiflora ` australis 
Acæna, 3 e f Libocedrus, 2 species 
Fuchsia, 2 s Podocarpus, 5 species 
Epilobium, pearly 20 species and well. ^ Dacrydium,3 les 
ked Phyllocladus, 2 species 
Haloragis, 4 species Rhipogonum parviflorum 
Metrosideros, 10 species Anthericum hookeri 
Leptospermum, 2 or more species Cordyline, 5 or more species 
Myrtus, 4 species Astelia, 5 species 
* Also found in Norfolk Island. 
