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  Proceedings. 
  

  

  Coprosma, 
  which 
  forms 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  shrubby 
  vegetation 
  of 
  

   this 
  colony 
  is 
  but 
  sparingly 
  represented 
  in 
  Australia, 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  

   common 
  to 
  both 
  countries, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  however 
  only 
  occurring 
  in 
  Lord 
  

   Howe's 
  Island, 
  on 
  the 
  Australian 
  side. 
  A 
  species 
  of 
  Nertera 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  

   both 
  countries. 
  

  

  CompositcB, 
  the 
  largest 
  order 
  of 
  Phmiogams, 
  is 
  less 
  developed 
  in 
  Australia 
  

   than 
  might 
  be 
  expected 
  ; 
  it 
  comprises 
  over 
  five 
  hundred 
  species 
  ; 
  in 
  New 
  

   Zealand 
  it 
  contains 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty-five 
  — 
  nineteen 
  genera 
  and 
  twenty 
  

   species 
  only 
  are 
  common 
  to 
  both 
  countries 
  ; 
  one-third 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  plants 
  of 
  

   wide 
  distribution, 
  and 
  ten 
  are 
  not 
  found 
  elsewhere. 
  Celmisia, 
  a 
  fine 
  genus 
  

   of 
  mountain 
  asters 
  containing 
  about 
  thirty 
  species, 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  New 
  

   Zealand, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  C. 
  longifoUa, 
  which 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  Australian 
  

   mountains. 
  Olearia, 
  another 
  large 
  genus 
  restricted 
  to 
  Australia 
  and 
  New 
  

   Zealand, 
  contains 
  sixty-five 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  country, 
  and 
  nearly 
  thirty 
  

   in 
  the 
  latter, 
  but 
  no 
  form 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  both. 
  Brachycome 
  is 
  restricted 
  to 
  

   these 
  countries, 
  but 
  has 
  no 
  common 
  species, 
  and 
  is 
  most 
  highly 
  developed 
  

   in 
  Australia. 
  The 
  important 
  genus 
  Senecio, 
  which 
  is 
  largely 
  developed 
  ia 
  

   both 
  countries, 
  has 
  only 
  one 
  common 
  species. 
  

  

  The 
  remarkable 
  Australian 
  genus 
  Stylidium 
  is 
  not 
  represented 
  in 
  New 
  

   Zealand. 
  Donatia 
  novcB-zealandics 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  both 
  countries, 
  and 
  Forstera 
  

   is 
  represented 
  in 
  each 
  by 
  endemic 
  species. 
  

  

  Of 
  Heaths 
  and 
  Epacrids, 
  eight 
  genera 
  and 
  seven 
  species, 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  found 
  elsewhere, 
  are 
  common 
  to 
  both 
  countries. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  olive 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Austraha, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus 
  which 
  comprises 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  species. 
  

  

  * 
  Of 
  Scrophularinese, 
  Australia 
  has 
  thirty 
  genera 
  and 
  over 
  one 
  hundred 
  

   species. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  has 
  ten 
  genera 
  and 
  sixty 
  species, 
  eight 
  genera 
  and 
  

   nine 
  species 
  being 
  common 
  to 
  both 
  countries, 
  but 
  not 
  found 
  elsewhere. 
  

   Veronica 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  fifteen 
  species 
  in 
  Australia, 
  and 
  forty-eight 
  

   here 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  with 
  appressed 
  

   imbricating 
  leaves. 
  

  

  Nesodaplme, 
  which 
  enters 
  so 
  largely 
  into 
  the 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  

   forests 
  in 
  this 
  colony, 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  tropical 
  Australia 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  endemic 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Tetranthera, 
  Atherosperma 
  and 
  Hedycarya, 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  both 
  coun- 
  

   tries, 
  but 
  have 
  no 
  common 
  species. 
  

  

  Proteace£e 
  stand 
  next 
  to 
  Myrtacese 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  their 
  influence 
  on 
  the 
  

   Australian 
  flora 
  ; 
  but 
  of 
  the 
  six 
  hundred 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  there, 
  not 
  

  

  * 
  I 
  should 
  perhaps 
  mention 
  the 
  recent 
  discovery 
  in 
  this 
  colony 
  of 
  Liparophyllum, 
  a 
  

   monotypic 
  genus 
  of 
  Menyanthecs, 
  hitherto 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  restricted 
  to 
  alpine 
  lakes 
  in 
  

   Tasmania, 
  but 
  the 
  identification 
  rests 
  at 
  present 
  upon 
  fruited 
  specimens 
  only* 
  

  

  