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GENERA PLANTARUM, ad Exemplaria imprimis in Her- 
bariis Kewensibus servata defiiiita. By George Bentham, F.R.S., Pre- 
sident of the Lianeau Society, and Di'. J. D. Hooker, F.R.S., Director 
of the Royal Gardens, Kew. Vol. I. Part I. pp. 454. Royal 8vo, 2ls. 
Part II., 14*. ; Part III., 15s. ; or Vol. I. complete, 50s. 
This important work comprehends an entire revision and reconstruction of the 
Genera of Plants. Unlike the famous Genera Plantarum of Endlicher, which is 
now out of print, it is founded on a personal study of every genus by one or 
both authors. The First Vol. contains 82 Natural Orders and 2544 Genera. 
FLORA OF THE ANTARCTIC ISLANDS. By Dr. 
J. D. Hooker, F.R.S. Royal 4to. 2 vols., 574 pp., 200 Plates, £10. 15*. 
coloured. Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of 
the Admiralty. 
The ' Flora Antarctica' illustrates the Botany of the southern districts of South 
America and the various Antarctic Islands, as the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, 
Lord Auckland and Campbell's Island, and 1370 species are enumerated and 
described. The plates, which are executed by Mr. Fitch, and beautifully coloured, 
illustrate 370 species, including a vast number of exquisite forms of Mosses and 
Seaweeds. 
FLORA OF TASMANIA. By Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.R.S. 
Royal 4to, 2 vols., 972 pp., 200 Plates, £17. 10*., coloured. Published 
under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 
The 'Flora of Tasmania' describes all the Plants, flowering and flowerless, of 
that Island, consisting of 2203 Species, collected by the Author and others. 
The Plates, of which there are 200, illustrate 412 Species. 
ON THE FLORA OF AUSTRALIA, its Origin, Affini- 
ties, and Distribution ; being an Introductory Essay to the ' Flora of Tas- 
mania.' By Dr. J. D. Hooker, F.R.S. 128 pp., quarto, 10^. 
FLORA HONGKONGENSIS; a Description of the Flow- 
ering Plants and Ferns of the Island of Hongkong. By George Ben- 
tham, P.L.S. AVith a Map of the Island. Demy 8vo, 550 pp., 16^. 
Published under the authority of Her Majesty's Secretaiy of State for the 
Colonies. 
The Island of Hongkong, though occupying an area of scarcely thirty square 
miles, is characterized by an extraordinarily varied Flora, partaking, however, oi" 
that of South Continental China, of which comparatively little is known. The 
number of Species enumerated in the present volume is 1056, derived chiefly 
fl ora materials collected by Mr. Hinds, Col. Champion, Dr. Hance, Dr. Harland, 
Mr. Wright, and Mr. Wilford. 
