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GEOGRAPHY. 
BOOK V. 
XXIV. Kingdom of Eucalypti and EpACRiDEiE. 
(i?. Browns Kingdom.^ 
Extra-tropical New Holland, and Van Diemen's Land. Mean 
Temperature, + 52-25° to + 72-5°. 
Character. — One of the richest and most peculiar floras ; although 
without any considerable abundance of vegetation. The charac- 
teristic orders and genera are : Xerotes, Xanthorrlicea, Pterostylis, 
Casuarinese, Leptomeria, Pimelea, Proteaceae (Banksia, Hakea, 
Persoonia, Grevillea, Petrophila, Isopogon, Dryandra), Myopo- 
rineae, Westringia, Logania, Mitrasacme, Epacridese (Epacris, 
Leucopogon, Styphelia), Stackhouseae Scaevoleae, Goodenovieae, 
Stylideae, Eucalyptus, Melaleuca, Leptospermura, Acaciae aphyl- 
lae, Platylobium, Bossiaea, Diosmeae (Boronia, Zieria), Pittos- 
poreae, Tremandreae, Pleurandra, Hibbertia. 
Predominating trees and shrubs : Three fourths of the woods are 
formed of species of Eucalyptus, whose number exceeds a hundred. 
Next to them, the Proteaceae, Epacridese, Diosmeae, Casuarineae, 
Acaciae aphyllae, form woods and bushes. Of Coniferae, Arau- 
caria excelsa, Podocarpus spinulosus, are found. 
Cultivated plants : The European cerealia and fruits. 
Note. Tropical New Holland is not sufficiently examined ; its 
flora is less peculiar, and perhaps but a province of the Polynesian 
kingdom (IX.). 
XXV. New Zealand Kingdom. 
( Forsters Kingdom. ) 
The two New Zealand islands. Mean Temperature^ temperate. 
Character. — Tropical forms disappear, or appear very sparingly. 
One half of the genera are European. Approximation to New 
Holland ; Pimelea, Myoporum, Epacris, Styphelia, Cassinia, Mela- 
leuca : to South Africa ; Restio, Gnaphalium, Xeranthemum, 
Tetragonia, Mcsembryanthemum, Oxalis : to the Arctic kingdom ; 
Mniarum, Fuchsia, Acaena, Drymis, a great many Filices ; Phor- 
mium, Pennantia, Knightia, Forstera, Shavia, Griselina^ Melicope, 
Dicera, Plagianthus, Melictus. 
Characteristic species : Cyathea medullaris, Gleichenia furcata, 
Dracaena indivisa, australis ; Phormium tenax, Areca sapida, 
Knightia excelsa, Avicennia resinifera, Andromeda rupestris, 
Epacris juniperina etc., Weinmannia racemosa, Tetragonia ex- 
pansa, Fuchsia excorticata, Melaleuca sp. ; Dicera dentata, serrata. 
Cultivated plants : Caladium esculentum, Convolvulus chryso- 
rhizus, Phormium tenax, Broussonetia papyrifera. 
