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  Transactions. 
  — 
  Botany, 
  

  

  Monocotyledons 
  — 
  continued. 
  

  

  Panimm 
  imhecille, 
  Trin. 
  

   ''•' 
  Ant!ii)xanthu:n 
  odjraiuin, 
  L. 
  

   ■'•Phalaris 
  canariensis, 
  L. 
  

   DicJiclachiie 
  stlpoide>f, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

   cvinita, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

   sclurea, 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

   Agrostis 
  cRunila, 
  Br. 
  

  

  hillaidieri, 
  Br, 
  

   Arundo 
  conspicua, 
  Forst. 
  

   DaiitJionia 
  seinl-aunuluris, 
  Br. 
  

  

  KcJunopof/o)i 
  ovatus, 
  Palisot. 
  

   •'■'Cijnudou 
  dacttjlon, 
  L. 
  

   '■'Dactylia 
  (jUiincrata, 
  L. 
  

   Pua 
  iiithecilla, 
  Br. 
  

   anci'jjs, 
  Forst. 
  

   '•'Briza 
  minor, 
  L. 
  

   ^Bromiis 
  sterilis, 
  L, 
  

  

  arenaiins. 
  

   '•^Festuca 
  7ni/iiriis, 
  L. 
  

  

  Ill 
  tor 
  alls, 
  Br. 
  

  

  Cryptoga:mu. 
  

  

  Plijmenophyllum 
  nvdlifidmn, 
  Swartz. 
  

   rariini, 
  Br. 
  

   jJoJyanthos, 
  Swartz, 
  

  

  j3. 
  sanyiiinoientiDJi 
  

   deniissum, 
  Swartz. 
  

   Tricliomancs 
  reniforme, 
  Forst. 
  

  

  Inimile, 
  Forst. 
  T.F.C. 
  

   Adlantum 
  affine, 
  Willd. 
  T.F.C. 
  

   Cheilanthes 
  siebcri, 
  Kuuze. 
  

   Pellwa 
  rotuiuUfolia, 
  Forst. 
  

   Pteris 
  aqnilina, 
  L., 
  var. 
  csadenta 
  

  

  treniiila, 
  Br. 
  

   Lnmar'ui 
  fiUfuruds, 
  A. 
  Cuuu. 
  

   Doodia 
  media, 
  Br. 
  

  

  ,, 
  var. 
  connexa 
  

   Aaplenium 
  nhtiisatiiin, 
  Forst. 
  

   lucidum, 
  Forst. 
  

  

  Asplenium 
  flaheUi 
  folium, 
  Cav. 
  

   falcatiim, 
  Lam. 
  

   hnlbiferum, 
  Forst, 
  T.F.C. 
  

   Jiaccldiim, 
  Forst. 
  

   Afspidlum 
  richardi, 
  Hook. 
  

   Xephrodium 
  ylabelluin, 
  Cunn. 
  

   Pulypodiiun 
  yrammllidis, 
  Br. 
  

   serpens, 
  Forst. 
  

   cuniiinijliamii. 
  Hook. 
  

   piisiiilaitim., 
  Forst. 
  

   billardicrl, 
  Br. 
  

   Xoihochhrva 
  distans, 
  Br. 
  T.F.C. 
  

   Butrychinm 
  tenialnin, 
  Swartz. 
  T.F.C. 
  

   Lycupodiinn 
  biUardlerl, 
  Spring. 
  

   Tmcdpteris 
  forsteri, 
  Endl. 
  

   Psilotum 
  triqiietrum, 
  Swartz. 
  

  

  Art. 
  LXXII. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Export 
  of 
  Fungus 
  from 
  Kexv 
  Zealand. 
  

   By 
  T. 
  KiEK, 
  F.L.S. 
  

  

  {Bead 
  before 
  the 
  Wellington 
  Plulosoplncal 
  Society, 
  lltli 
  January, 
  1879.] 
  

   In 
  several 
  striking 
  cliaracteristics 
  Fimgi 
  bear 
  a 
  similar 
  relation 
  to 
  all 
  other 
  

   plants 
  to 
  that 
  borne 
  by 
  Insecta 
  to 
  all 
  other 
  animals. 
  A 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  

   plants 
  IS 
  incluclGcl 
  in 
  Fungi 
  (regarded 
  as 
  a 
  single 
  order) 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  

   group 
  of 
  similar 
  value.* 
  The 
  largest 
  number 
  of 
  similar 
  animals 
  is 
  com- 
  

   prised 
  under 
  Insecta. 
  Each 
  group 
  exhibits 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  polymorphism 
  

   and 
  parasitism. 
  Each 
  contains 
  many 
  species 
  injurious 
  to 
  man, 
  and 
  but 
  

   few 
  from 
  which 
  ho 
  derives 
  direct 
  benefit. 
  While 
  other 
  large 
  groups 
  of 
  

  

  ' 
  Tins 
  assei'tion 
  is 
  at 
  varianca 
  with 
  the 
  comparative 
  estimates 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   species 
  comprised 
  under 
  different 
  natural 
  orders 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  Botanical 
  Text 
  Books, 
  but 
  

   is 
  warranted 
  by 
  the 
  known 
  results 
  in 
  countries 
  where 
  Fangi 
  have 
  been 
  investigated 
  with 
  

   some 
  approach 
  to 
  completeness. 
  In 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  for 
  instance, 
  over 
  3,000 
  species 
  of 
  

   Fangi 
  are 
  known, 
  considerably 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  th(j 
  number 
  of 
  Phjenogams 
  and 
  Filicales 
  

   put 
  together. 
  

  

  