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western coast. In 1861 the author botanically examined the 
vicinity of Dunedin, and the settled districts, between that capital 
and the Clutha Eiver, — all on the eastern sea-hoard of the pro- 
vince. The immediate fruit of this examination included, in the 
department of phsenogams and ferns alone, a total of 235 species. 
Five species were new to science, viz., Viscum Lindsayi (Oliv.), 
parasitic on Metrosideros hypericifolia, Celmisia Lindsayi (Hook, 
fil.), Poa Lindsayi (Hook, fil.), Acipliylla Golensoi (Hook, fil.), and 
Grepis Novce Zelandice (Hook, fil.) (Drawings of these plants were 
exhibited.) 
Five species had not been previously found in New Zealand ; 
twenty-two had not been previously found in Otago thirty were 
rare in Otago ; and twenty-five species indigenous in Otago were 
British. 
In addition to these and to the total of 235 species, there were 
twenty-seven species of British plants naturalised in Otago, making 
a total of 262. 
Between 1862 and 1864, the interior of Otago has been explored 
by the Government Geological Survey, and the collections made by 
the botanist attached thereto have largely added to our knowledge 
of the flora, more especially of its western alps and great central 
lake basins. 
The author in his paper (which refers only to Phaenogams, Ferns, 
and their allies) endeavours to give the great characteristics of the 
flora of Otago, as a type more especially of the southern flora of 
New Zealand, and he draws a comparison between the flora of the 
south and of the north. The subject is treated mainly in a tabular 
and statistical manner. 
The following table shows the numerical strength of the Pheeno^ 
gamic Flora of Otago : — 
I. PHtENOGAMS. 
fDlCOTYLEDONS. 
No. of No. of No. of 
Orders. Genera, Species. 
A. Angiospermce — 
1. Thalamiflorte, 
12 
27 
53 
2. Disciflorm, 
5 
5 
7 
3. Galyciflorae, 
13 
38 
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