vi. Contents. 



II. — Botany. 



' fAGES. 



Aet. XXIV. On the Flowering Plants of Stewart Island. By T. Kirk, F.L.S. 213—228 



XXV. On the Ferns and Fern Allies of Stewart Island. By T. Kirk . . 228—234 



XXVI. New Species of Plants. By T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., Curator of 



the Auckland Museum . . . . . . . . . . 235 — 236 



XXVII. A Description of some newly-discovered and rare Indigenous 

 Plants ; being a further Contribution towards the making 

 known tbe Botany of New Zealand. By W. Colenso, F.L.S. 237—265 



XXVIII. A List of Fungi recently discovered in New Zealand. By W. 



Colenso .. .. .. .. .. .. 265—269 



XXIX. Description of new Species of Native Plants. By D. Petrie, M.A. 269—271 



XXX. Description of three new Species of Uncinia. By D. Petrie . . 271 — 272 



XXXI. Description of a new Species of Carmichcelid, with Notes on the 



Distribution of the Species native to Otago. By D. Petrie . . 272 — 274 



XXXII. On the Botany of Te Aroha Mountain. By J. Adams, B.A. . . 275—287 



XXXIII. Description of a new Species of Erigeron. By J. Buchanan, F.L.S. 287—288 



XXXIV. Notes on Loranthus fieldii, Buchanan. By H. C. Field ; com- 



municated by Dr." Buller . . . . . . . . 288—290 



XXXV. Notes on the Occurrence and Habits of some of our New Zealand 



Plants. By W. S. Hamilton . . . . . . . . 290—293 



XXXVI. On the Punui of Stewart Island, Aralia lyallii, n. s. By T. Kirk, 



F.L.S. .. .. .. .. ,. 2f'3— 297 



XXXVII. Description of a new Species of Fagus. By T. Kirk . . . . 297—298 



XXXVIII. Notes on the New Zealand Beeches. By T. Kirk . . . . 293—306 



III. — Geology. 



XXXIX. On the Age of the Orakei Bay Beds near Auckland. By Captain 



F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. .. .. .. .. ..3(7—313 



XL. Descriptions of new Tertiary Shells. By Captain F. W. Hutton, 



F.G.S. .. .. .. .. .. .. 313—332 



XLI. On the Geological Structure of the Southern Alps of New Zealand, 

 in the Provincial Districts of Canterbury and Westland. By 

 Professor Julius von Haast, C.M.G., Ph.D., F.E.S. . . 332-337 



XLII. Note on Geological Structure of the Canterbury Mountains. By 



Dr. Hector, Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand 337 — 340 



XLIII. Analysis of Slate in contact with Granite from Preservation Inlet, 

 New Zealand. By A. Liversidge, F.R.S., Professor of Chem- 

 istry and Mineralogy, University of Sydney ; communicated 

 by Professor F. W. Hutton . . . . . . . . 340—341 



XLIV. On Water- worn Pebbles in the Soil. By James Coutts Crawford. . 341—342 



XLV. On Changes in the Hataitai Valley. By James Coutts Crawford. . 342 — 343 



XL VI. On the Drift Beds of Wakapuaka and Port Hills, with Remarks on 



the Boulder Bank and its Formation. By W. Wells . . 344—350 



XL VII. The Ascent of Mount Franklin. By James Park, Survey Depart- 

 ment .. .. .. .. .. .. 350—356 



IV. — Miscellaneous. 



XLVIII. On the recent Sun-glows and the Theories that have been ad- 

 vanced to account for them. By John Meeson, B.A. . . 357 — 386 



XLIX. Red Sunsets. By William Ringwood .. .. ..386—397 



L. On a System of Tecbnical Education for Artizans, By C. W. 



Purnell .. .. .. .. .. .. 398—407 



LI. On Gravitational Experiments. By T. Wakelin . . . . 407—410 



LII. Is Life a Distinct Force ? By R. H. Bakewell, M.D., Fellow of 



the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, etc* . . 410 — 417 



