125 
which all the botanical material 
been collected and worked up, 
— we may almost say — brouf 
The total number of species 
Flora amounts to nearly 1900; 
Plants are to the Cryptogamic a> 
These 1000 species are divided 
follows : 
Phanerogamic Plants . 
Species. 
Composite 
90 
Cyperacese 
66 
Grammes 
53 
Scrophularinese .... 
40 
Orchidem 
39 
Rubiacem 
26 
Epacridem 
23 
Umbelliferse 
23 
Coniferse 
12 
The remaining families . 
358 
Number of species 
730. 
known up to the year 1853 has 
and the botany of New Zealand 
lit to a close. 1 
brought together in Dr. Hooker’s 
among them the Phanerogamic 
1 to l.G, or about two to three, 
among the principal families as 
Cryptogamic Plants. 
Species. 
Ferns including the Ly- 
copodiacese and num- 
erous varieties , formerly 
treated as 
species . 
117 
Hepaticse 
. 
118 
Musci 
250 
Fungi 1 
Lichenes ^ 
388 
Algse . 
. 
300 
Number 
of species 
1173. 
1 To the detailed knowledge of the flora of New Zealand, as it is laid down 
in Dr. Hooker's celebrated work, numerous private collectors have also contributed a 
considerable share. I mention Dr. Lyall, who in 1847 accompanied Captain Stokes 
(H. M. St. Acheron), and like Menzies devoted himself most zealously to collecting 
cryptogamic plants; furthermore, Capt. Drury , Mr. Jollife, Lieut. Colonel Dolton , 
Rev. W Taylor, Mr. T/i. H. ffulkc , Dr. Andrew Sinclair , and Mr. Knight in Auckland; 
Dr. Monroe and Capt. Dough in Nelson. The principal works on the Flora of New 
Zealand are the following: — 
1776. J. Reinh. Georg Forster , Characteres generum plantarum quas in itinere ad 
insulas maris australis collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt annis 1772 — 1775. 
1786. Forster , Florulae insularum australium prodromus. Gottingae. 
1832. A. Richard , Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle-Zelande. Voyage de decou- 
vertes de TAstrolabe. Botanique, I. Paris. 
1838. Allan Cunningham, Florae Novae Zelandiae Precursor; Companion to the Bo- 
tanical Magazine, Vol. 2, and Annals of Nat. Hist. Vol. 1. 2. 3. 
1846. M. E. Raoul, Choix des plantes de la Nouvelle-Zelande. Paris. 
1853—1855. Dr. J. D. Hooker , Flora Novae Zelandiae, Botany of the Antartic Voy- 
age. 2 Vols. London. 
1864. Dr. J. T). Hooker , New Handbook of the New Zealand Flora. 
