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their genera, and added considerably thereto. Already (paragraphs 9 and 

 10) thephsenogamic 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 -ens emhle — 

 to her vegetation, in order to the better contrasting of her botany with that 

 of other lands. 



17. The ph^nogamic genera which are truly and pre-eminently New 

 Zealand, are: — ^Melicytus, Soheria, Entelea, 3Ielicope, Corynocarpus, Car- 

 onichcelia, Carpodetiis, AcTcama, Ixerha, Aciphylla, Griselinia, Gorolcia, Tupeia, 

 Alseuosmia, ^Goprosma (also found in Tasmania, but here it has upwards of 

 twenty-five species), 5ffOMZ»«, Helophyllum, Golensoa, Geniostoma, Rhaldotham- 

 nus, Teucridium, Nesodaphne, Knightia, Elatosteonma, Earina, Adenochihis , 

 Nematocerus, and ^Phormiiom ; — 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 species Dracopliyllum, 14 species 



Plagianthus, 2 species Myrsine, 5 species 



Elaeoearpus, 2 species Calceolaria, 2 species 



Aristotelia, 3 or 4 species Veronica, 40 species 



Peunautia corymbosa Ourisia, 6 species 



Alectryon excelsum Vitex littoralis 



Dysoxylum spectabile Myoporum Isetum 



Pelargonium clandestinum Laurelia norae-zealandise 



Coriaria, 3 or more species Trophis opaca (or Epicarpurus micro- 



Pomaderris, 3 species phyllus 



Discai'ia toumatou Pimelea, 10 species 



Cliautlius puniceus Pagus, 5 species 



Edwardsia grandiflora Dammara australis 



Aesena, 3 species Libocedrus, 2 species 



Puchsia, 2 species Podocarpus, 5 species 



Epilobium, nearly 20 species and well- Dacrydium, 3 species 



marked varieties Phyllocladus, 2 species 



Haloragis, 4 species Eliipogonum parviflorum 



Metrosideros, 10 species Antbericum booteri 



Leptospermum, 2 or more species Cordyline, 5 or more species 



Myi'tus, 4 species Astelia, 5 species 



* Also found iu Norfolk Island. 



