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  Contents. 
  vii 
  

  

  Art. 
  

  

  LV. 
  On 
  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  Carcinological 
  Fauna 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  By 
  T. 
  

   W. 
  Kirk, 
  Assistant 
  in 
  the 
  Colonial 
  Museum 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  LVI. 
  On 
  some 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Aphroditce, 
  with 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  supposed 
  

   new 
  Species. 
  By 
  T. 
  W. 
  Kirk 
  

  

  LVII. 
  Notes 
  on 
  some 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Crustaceans. 
  By 
  T. 
  W. 
  Kirk 
  

  

  III. 
  — 
  Botany. 
  

  

  LVIII. 
  Further 
  Observations 
  upon 
  certain 
  Grasses 
  and 
  Fodder 
  Plants. 
  By 
  

  

  S. 
  M. 
  Curl, 
  M.D. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  403—411 
  

  

  LIX. 
  On 
  Pituri, 
  a 
  new 
  Vegetable 
  Product 
  that 
  deserves 
  further 
  Investiga- 
  

   tion. 
  By 
  S. 
  M. 
  Curl, 
  M.D. 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  411—415 
  

  

  LX. 
  Notes 
  on 
  Cleistogamic 
  Flowers 
  of 
  the 
  Genus 
  Viola. 
  By 
  George. 
  M. 
  

  

  Thomson 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  415—417 
  

  

  LXI. 
  On 
  the 
  Means 
  of 
  Fertilization 
  among 
  some 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Orchids. 
  

  

  By 
  G. 
  M. 
  Thomson 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  418—426 
  

  

  LXII. 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Coprosma. 
  By 
  D. 
  Petrie, 
  M.A. 
  . 
  . 
  426 
  — 
  427 
  

  

  LXIII. 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Celmisia. 
  By 
  J. 
  Buchanan 
  . 
  . 
  427 
  — 
  428 
  

  

  LXIV. 
  Notice 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Pomaderris 
  [F. 
  tainui). 
  By 
  Dr. 
  Hector. 
  . 
  428 
  — 
  429 
  

  

  LXV. 
  A 
  Description 
  of 
  two 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Ferns, 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  new 
  to 
  

  

  Science. 
  By 
  W. 
  Colenso 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  429—431 
  

  

  LXVI. 
  On 
  the 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  Genus 
  Poranthera 
  in 
  New 
  Zea- 
  

   land. 
  By 
  T. 
  F. 
  Cheeseman, 
  F.L.S. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  432—433 
  

  

  LXVn. 
  Notice 
  of 
  the 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  Juncus 
  tenuis, 
  Willd., 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  By 
  T. 
  F. 
  Cheeseman 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  433—434 
  

  

  LXVni. 
  Notice 
  of 
  the 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Genus 
  Kyllinga 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  By 
  T. 
  F. 
  Cheeseman 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  434 
  — 
  435 
  

  

  LXIX. 
  List 
  of 
  Plants 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Okarita, 
  Westland. 
  By 
  A. 
  

  

  Hamilton 
  .. 
  .. 
  ,. 
  ,. 
  .. 
  .. 
  435—438 
  

  

  LXX. 
  Notes 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton's 
  Collection 
  of 
  Okarita 
  Plants. 
  By 
  T, 
  Kirk, 
  

  

  F.L.S. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  .. 
  439—444 
  

  

  LXXI. 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Botany 
  of 
  Waiheke, 
  Eangitoto, 
  and 
  other 
  Islands 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  Hauraki 
  Gulf. 
  By 
  T. 
  Ku-k 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  444 
  — 
  154 
  

  

  LXXII. 
  On 
  the 
  Export 
  of 
  Fungus 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  By 
  T. 
  Kirk 
  . 
  . 
  464—456 
  

  

  LXXIII. 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Lxjcopodium. 
  By 
  T. 
  Kirk 
  . 
  . 
  456 
  — 
  457 
  

  

  LXXIV. 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Hymenophyllum. 
  By 
  T. 
  Kirk 
  . 
  . 
  457 
  — 
  458 
  

  

  LXXV. 
  Notes 
  and 
  Suggestions 
  on 
  the 
  Utilization 
  of 
  certain 
  neglected 
  New 
  

  

  Zealand 
  Timbers. 
  By 
  T. 
  Kirk 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  4g8— 
  463 
  

  

  LXXVI. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Plants. 
  By 
  T. 
  Kirk 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  463—466 
  

  

  LXXVII, 
  Notice 
  of 
  the 
  Discovery 
  of 
  Calceolaria 
  repens, 
  Hook, 
  f., 
  and 
  other 
  

  

  Plants 
  in 
  the 
  Wellington 
  District. 
  By 
  Harry 
  Borrer 
  Kirk. 
  

   Communicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Kirk, 
  F.L.S. 
  ,. 
  ., 
  ., 
  466—467 
  

  

  IV. 
  — 
  Chemistbt. 
  

  

  LXXVIII. 
  Preliminary 
  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Presence 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  Hydrocarbons 
  of 
  

   the 
  Benzol 
  Series 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Petroleum, 
  also 
  in 
  om* 
  

   Petroleums. 
  By 
  William 
  Skey, 
  Analyst 
  to 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Survey 
  Department 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  469 
  — 
  470 
  

  

  LXXIX. 
  On 
  a 
  Property 
  possessed 
  by 
  Essential 
  Oils 
  of 
  whitening 
  the 
  Preci- 
  

   pitate 
  produced 
  by 
  mixing 
  a 
  Solution 
  of 
  Mercuro-iodide 
  with 
  

   one 
  of 
  Mercuric-chloride. 
  By 
  William 
  Skey 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  470 
  471 
  

  

  LXXX. 
  Preliminary 
  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Production 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  Alkaloids 
  from 
  

  

  Fixed 
  Oils 
  by 
  the 
  Aniline 
  Process. 
  By 
  William 
  Skey 
  . 
  . 
  471 
  473 
  

  

  LXXXI. 
  On 
  the 
  Cause 
  of 
  the 
  Movements 
  of 
  Camphor 
  when 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  

  

  Surface 
  of 
  Water. 
  By 
  William 
  Skey 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  473 
  — 
  435 
  

  

  LXXXII. 
  On 
  Osomose, 
  as 
  the 
  Cause 
  of 
  the 
  persistent 
  Suspension 
  of 
  Clay 
  in 
  

  

  Water. 
  By 
  William 
  Skey 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  435 
  490 
  

  

  LXXXIII. 
  On 
  the 
  Nature 
  and 
  Cause 
  of 
  Tomlinson's 
  Cohesion 
  Figures. 
  By 
  

  

  William 
  Skey 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  490—493 
  

  

  