180 
H A Year in Fiji, or an Inquiry into the Botanical, Agri- 
cultural, and oe Resources of the Colony. London, 1881. 
8vo. pp. 297, with a m 
Baker, J. G. Recent Additions to our Knowledge of the Flora of Fiji : 
Journal of the Linnean Society, xx. (1883), pp. 358-373. 
Fanning Istanp.-—A small coral island, in about 159° W. long. and 
4? N.lat. Vegetation Pio to the universal Polynesian sea-shore 
plants. 
Hemsley, W. B. List of Plauts collected in the Pacific eg by 
Jd. T, YRT Botany of the “ Challenger” Expedition, i, part 3 
(1885), p. 
There. are ios flowering plants in the collection in question in the 
Kew Herbarium 
MarpoN Istanp.—A small coral island, in 155° W. long. and 4^ S. 
lat., with a scanty ve gown consisting of some of the same species in- 
habiting Fanning and Pitca 
ley, W. B. Plants collected in Maldon Island, by James Macrz : 
Botany of = “ Challenger ” Expedition, i. ( 1885), Introduction, 
STARBUCK.——A small island to the south of Maldon, in about 156° W. 
long. id = S. lat 
om on Polynesian oberg piscidium and Sida fallax are the 
only plants a Kew froin this island. 
: CAROLINE Istanp.—A small coral — in mid Pacitic, in 150° W. 
long. and 10? S. lat. It was the station of one of ies United States 
expeditions for the observation of the transit of Ven 
Trelease. Plants collected in Caroline Island, by Dr. Dixon: Memoirs 
of the National [ American] Academy of Sciences, ii., 1884, p. 88 
Hemsley, W. B. List of Plants collected in Caroline Island : uenis d 
of the * Challenger" Expedition, i. (1885), Introduction, p. 18. 
Reproduced from the foregoing. 
About twenty species of flowering pase of all them widely spread in 
Polynesia, and some having a much wider r 
Prrcairn Istanp.—The refuge of the mutineers of the * Bounty,” 
and the home of their descendants, is under the supervision of the 
Governor of New South Wales. It is situated in about 130° W. lo ong. 
and 25? S. lat. There is no complete account of the vegetation in 
existence. 
Hemsley, W.B. A list of Plants in the Key v Herbarium from Pit- 
cairn Island: cmd of the “ Challenger” " Rapedition, i. (1885), 
Introduction, 
About a dozen species are known, including tbe widely-spread Hibis- 
eus tiliaceus; Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Metrosideros poly ta nth i 
— Morinda citrifolia, Guettarda speciosa, and Cerbera Odo! 
= M is announced that the British Government has mit the 
w Islands i 0’ 
the 
long. ; ; Penrh yn Island, > a 50' S. woes and 158° 39’ W. long. ; and 
Christmas imas Island, in 2? N. lat. and 158? W. long. Palmerston 
