436 Flora of New Zealand: 
From the preceding table the following results appear :— 
Of the 86 natural orders published, 80 are found in 
Tasmania,— 
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Ofe TG 2ESHECIES csssrsoperietseeritecese mien: 48 
Although it would thus appear that most of the natural 
orders, 43 out of the 69 genera, and upwards of one-fourth 
of the total number of species published in this number, are 
found in Van Diemen’s Land, nevertheless the principal 
and main features of the Flora of the two countries must 
be strikingly different, from the total wantin New Zealand 
of the two characteristic Australian genera, Hucalyptus and 
Acacia ; most of the 48 species, common to the two colonies, 
are herbaceous, and do not, therefore, strike the eye in the 
forest and larger masses of vegetation. 
Until the whole work is completed it will be impossible, 
however, to make a minute comparison of the Floras of the 
two countries; but the table will show that the natural 
orders, Dilleniacee and Polygalee and Tremandree, are 
entirely absent from New Zealand, although very common 
all over Tasmania. 
In Leguminose there are also only 7 species, whereas 
Tasmania possesses at least 80 to 100. 
The work is beautifully executed, and eyery one who feels 
the slightest interest in the Botany of the Southern Hemi- 
sphere ought to possess it. When completed, we will enter 
more fully into a comparison of the Botany of New Zealand 
and that of Tasmania. 
