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ones, some of which were amongst the first plants of the islands which 

 were introduced into European gardens. 



In 1826, and again in 1838, Allan Cunningham, the eminent 

 Australian botanist and explorer, made extensive botanical ex- 

 plorations in the northern parts of the Northern Island, chiefly at the 

 Bay of Islands; and in 1833 his brother, Richard Cunningham, 

 (Fraser's immediate successor in the Sydney Gardens), was sent in 

 Her Majesty's ship ' Buffalo ' to procure timber for the Australian 

 government. The results of the labours of the brothers, and 

 especially of Allan, whose arduous exertions in the islands led to his 

 untimely death at Sydney in 1839, added considerably to the known 

 Flora, and were collected by Allan into his 'Florae Novse-Zelandiae 

 Praecursor,' which was published by Sir W. J. Hooker, partly in his 

 ' Companion to the Botanical Magazine ' (vol. ii.), and partly in the 

 ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History ' (vols i., ii., iii.). 



In 1840 and 1841, the French frigate 'LAube,' and in 1842-3, 

 another, the ' Allier,' made a lengthened sojourn at the islands. During 

 those occasions, M. Baoul, a very intelligent medical officer, diligently 

 explored Banks's Peninsula and the Bay of Islands, making excellent 

 collections at the former locality especially ; most of the new species 

 discovered were published first in the ' Annales des Sciences Na- 

 turelles ' (series iii., vol. ii., p. 113), by MM. Baoul and Decaisne ; and 

 more recently were described and figured in a beautiful work, en- 

 titled ' Choix des Plantes de la Nouvelle-Zelande,' which further 

 contains thirty plates, and an enumeration of all their known New 

 Zealand plants. 



In 1841, the Antarctic expedition visited the Bay of Island's, 

 when accompanied by his friend the Reverend W. Colenso and by 

 Dr. A. Sinclair, during a part of the time Dr. Hooker was enabled to 

 explore the neighbourhood very fully, and to add largely to the 

 Cryptogamic Flora. 



In 1847-9, Capt. Stokes, R.N., in Her Majesty's ship ' Acheron,' 

 surveyed the coast of New Zealand ; he was accompanied by Dr. Lyall, 

 who made very large and excellent collections, especially of flowerless 

 plants, on various parts of the coast, but chiefly of the Middle Island. 



The other collectors to whom Dr. Hooker is principally indebted 

 for the materials published in the ' Flora Novae-Zelandise,' are, firstly, 

 the Reverend W. Colenso, who, during many successive years, has col- 

 lected throughout the whole length of the Northern Island, with great 

 care and skill, discovering more new and interesting plants (especially 

 on the Buahine Range, Tongariro, Hikurangi, &c.) than any botanist 

 since Banks and Solander. The late Dr. Andrew Sinclair, R.N., F.L.S., 

 formerly Colonial Secretary, a man of great attainments in many 

 ways, certainly ranks second to Mr. Colenso. He collected very 

 copiously in the Bay of Islands, the Auckland districts, and in the 

 Nelson mountains, and was engaged in a botanical exploration of the 

 Southern Alps in company with Mr. Haast, when he was drowned in 

 the Rangitata river. 



The first Alpine collections were made by J. T. Bidwill, Esq., of 

 Sydney, who was the earliest explorer of the interior of the Northern 



