Fourthly . — The Australian Tertiary Flora in accordance with the 
preceding statements is but a part of one and the same common 
original flora, upon whichall livingfloras of the globe are founded. 
Fifthly . — The comparison of this original llora to the present floras 
of the globe shows that in Australia the differentiation of the 
original types is at its highest degree. 
Sixthly . — Many analogies to the Tertiary Flora are nevertheless to 
be found in the living Australian Flora. 
APPENDIX TO THE INTRODUCTION. 
The genealogical relation of the living Flora of New Zealand to its 
Tertiary one has already formed the subject of a paper I submitted to the 
Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna under the title, “ Genetisclic 
Gliederung der Flora von Neuseeland” (Sitzungsbericlite, vol. lviii, Part I, 
p. 953). I have pointed out in it that the endemic New Zealand Flora not 
only contains types which may probably descend from the principal element 
of its Tertiary Flora, but also such ones probably derivable from some accessory 
elements of the latter flora. 
Only a short time had elapsed since my attention had been again drawn 
to the subject, and I was able to lay a memoir before the above-named 
Academy, entitled, “ Beitrage zur Kenntniss der fossilen Flora Neuseelands” 
(Contributions to the Fossil Flora of New Zealand, Denksch. K. Alcad. 
Wissensh. Wien, vol. lii, Part I, 1887), in which I state, “ It was my good 
fortune in 1881 to receive two collections of fossil plants from New Zealand, 
for which I am indebted to the kindness of Prof. Dr. Julius von Haast, of 
Christchurch, and Prof. T. J. Parker, of Dunedin.” 
Seventeen localities of fossil plants are here represented, which belong 
to three formations — the Tertiary, Cretaceous, and Trias. 
The Tertiary Flora, collected from eight localities, as, Shag Point, 
Dunstan, Landslip Hill, Malvern Hills, Raca-clilf Gully, Weka-pass, 
Amuri, and Murderer’s Creek, comprises till now, as far as investigation could 
bring to light, fifty-two species, which are distributed into thirty-nine genera, 
and twenty-six families. Of these species three are Cryptogamse, eleven 
Gymnospermse, two Monocotyledons, twenty-two Apetalse, three Gamopetalac, 
and ten Dialypetalce. Regarding the general flora character, it by no means 
