: 179 
S. Prodromus Flore Norfolkiem. Vienna, 1833. Small 
8vo. i a 
Cunningham, A. Notes on the vegetation of Norfolk and Philip 
TM with a list of species not included by Endlicher : Hooker's 
London Journal of Botany, i. (1842), pp. 111-124. 
Backhouse Notes on the Vegetation of Norfolk Island: Narra- 
tive y a visit to the Australian Colonies, 1843, pp. 251—273. 
mall but interesting Flora, having a closer A to the Ne ew 
Zenizid than the Australian. Myrtacee and Prot acez are apparently 
unrepresented. Araucaria excelsa, the Norfolk Island Pine, is the most 
conspicuous feature in the v vegetation, towering high Fon all other 
trees. Allied species occur in New Caledonia and New South Wales. 
Cato, Tregosse, Coringa, Madeleine Cays, and Willis group are islets 
off the east coast of Australia, concerning which nothing is known 
botanicall 
12. POLYNESIA. 
Fin Istanps.—An Archipelago of some 255 islands, lying between 
15° and 22^ S. lat, and 175° E. and 177° W. long., and having an area 
of about 7,403 square reel ik the larger island the mountain peaks 
rise to a height of 4,000 fee 
The principal islands are :— 
Viti Levu - 4,112 sq. miles. Bega : 13 sq. miles. 
Vanua Levu 2,4321 fi Yedua - l >; 
aviuni - 1 oe Lakemba - 12 » 
adavu - 124 » Matuka - 11 » 
Windward — - 59 i Totorja - 11 - 
ro 5725, ugo E 10 " 
- 46 » Chichia - 10 ý 
Ovalau - 421 5 Laueala - 9 ; 
Rabi - 28 » V - 9 j 
Moala E 28 » N - 9 Y 
Quamea : 26 $ Kanacia - 8 
Loma-Loma - 24 a Mokani E 43 » 
Vatu Lele - 184 Batiki = 4 AS 
Ono 13 » 
n account of the system of cultivation followed by the natives of 
consti selecting new spots as the old become exhauste ted, and other 
evidence, Seemann was of erii that there was very little genuine 
virgin forest even at the date of his visit. Nevertheless, ng renee 
support a eames vegetation, rich in endemic species, but few 
endemic genera. In general character the flora is Malayan, with a a elight 
intermixture of Australian t types. 
' Seemann, B. ra Vitiensis. London, 1865-1873. 4to. pp. 453, 
with one hundred coloured plates 
Seemann, B. : An account of a Government Mission to the 
Vitian or Fijian Te ids in the years 1860-1861. Cambridge, 1862. 
8vo. pp. 447, with illustrations and a map. 
Baker, J. G. Ferns of the Fiji Islands: Journal of Botany, 1879, 
p. 292-300. i 
