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gaps would again be seen, the transitions being so rapid that the eye could not 
follow them. At times the phenomenon would become as it were fixed, and 
no perceptible alteration could be noticed for the space of a quarter of an 
hour. The upper edge maintained the same level throughout, except when 
occasionally a clump of trees would be drawn up to several times their height. 
5. Further Notes on the Nativity of Polygonum aviculare, L., in New 
Zealand ; in reply to Mr. Travers,” by T. Kirk, F.LS. (See Transactions, 
p. 315 
