birds absent from New Zealand, [483]

flora, general features of, [491]

richest in temperate zone, [491]

recent and derivative in the tropics, [492]

its south-eastern and south-western divisions, [493]

Sir Joseph Hooker on, [494]

geological explanation of, [494]

its presence in New Zealand, [498]

natural orders of, wanting in New Zealand, [490]

orchideæ in China, [527]