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]