FLORA OF TASMANIA; being Part III. of the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror,’ in the years 1839-1843. By Dr. J. D. HOOKER, F.R.S. Royal 4to, 2 vols., 972 pp., 200 Plates, £17. 10_s_., coloured. Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
The ‘Flora of Tasmania’ describes all the Plants, flowering and flowerless, of that Island, consisting of 2203 Species, collected by the Author and others. The Plates, of which there are 200, illustrate 412 Species.
HANDBOOK OF THE NEW ZEALAND FLORA; a Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand, and the Chatham, Kermadec’s, Lord Auckland’s, Campbell’s, and Macquarrie’s Islands. By Dr. J. D. HOOKER, F.R.S. Demy 8vo, Part I., 475 pp., 16_s_. Published under the auspices of the Government of that colony. [_Part II. in the Press._
A compendious account of the plants of New Zealand and outlying islands, published under the authority of the Government of that colony. The present Part contains the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Lycopods; the Second Part, containing the remaining Orders of _Cryptogamia_, or Flowerless Plants, with Index and Catalogues of Native Names and of Naturalized Plants, will appear shortly.
FLORA AUSTRALIENSIS; a Description of the Plants of the Australian Territory. By GEORGE BENTHAM, F.R.S., President of the Linnean Society, assisted by FERDINAND MUELLER, F.R.S., Government Botanist, Melbourne, Victoria. Demy 8vo. Vol. I. 566 pp., and vol. II. 530 pp., 20_s_. each. Published under the auspices of the several Governments of Australia. [_Vol. III. nearly ready._
Of this great undertaking, the present volumes, of more than a thousand closely-printed pages, comprise about one-fourth. The materials are derived not only from the vast collections of Australian plants brought to this country by various botanical travellers, and preserved in the herbaria of Kew and of the British Museum, including those hitherto unpublished of Banks and Solander, of Captain Cook’s first Voyage, and of Brown in Flinders’, but from the very extensive and more recently collected specimens preserved in the Government Herbarium of Melbourne, under the superintendence of Dr. Ferdinand Mueller. The descriptions are written in plain English, and are masterpieces of accuracy and clearness.