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near a rotting trunk, the home of numerous Peripatus, we found a 
specimen of Herb Robert, with Geraniwm molle, completely 
The alien vegetation is a conspicuous feature in the settled por- 
tions of Australia and New Zealand. The dominant plant on the 
Mr. J. M. Black estimates at at least 400 the number of alien plants 
more or less naturalized and propagating spontaneously ; of these 
it is probable that 300 are permanently established. About 100 
are from the Mediterranean region, which has supplied some of 
the most aggressive immigrants. : 
The New Zealand forest, where it is not cleared jer cultiva- 
up. 
80 ft. without a branch, and from the top spring the short, 
enormously thick branches. The tree has disappeared from the 
neighbourhood of Auckland, except from a piece of Reserve known 
as the Kauri Glen, a few miles away, to which Mr. T. F. Cheese- 
an somewhat reluctantly directed me as being but a poor rem- 
nant of departed glory. It is remarkable that a country of such 
supreme and in great part rapidly changing or disappearing 
botanical interest as New Zealand should have no professorial 
botanist at any of its several Universities. In each case the Pro- 
Journat oF Borany.—Vot. 53. ([January, 1915.) D 
