the tribe where the pi^esent genus stands, and the most 

 extensive except Helianthece, resolves into his sections 

 Inule(e-bupthalmeoe, Inulece-prototypecef and Inulece-gnapha- 

 liece; the, Jirst denoted by a nonscariose calyx, anthers un- 

 appendanted at the base, and round-topped stigmas; the 

 second by a nonscariose calyx, anthers appendanted at the 

 base, and round-topped stigmas ; the third by a calyx sca- 

 riose throughout, anthers appendanted at the base, and 

 truncated or flat-pointed stigmas. 



The enumeration of the genera composing the forego- 

 ing tribes is announced for the head Inulece of the next 

 ensuing part of the " Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles," 

 a work in course of publication in France, and by the 

 article Gnaphaliece of which we have been supplied with 

 the above information. 



We cannot but regret to find in the instructive article, 

 from which we have borrowed so freely, the peevish cavil 

 applied by M. Cassini, in the place of criticismj to a de- 

 finition proposed by Mr. Brown for Gnaphauum; which 

 very definition is, after all, adopted upon the spot with- 

 out amendment or addition, except the insertion of points 

 already expressed in the character of the order, and con- 

 sequently supererogatory in that of the genus. Can it be, 

 that that ingenious botanist has been affronted by the 

 sagacity with which he has been more than once success- 

 fully anticipated from the same quarter? 



We shall here insert some observations by Mr. Brown 

 upon a proposed reform of Gnaphalium. 



" This extensive and ill-defined genus evidently requires 

 reformation ; and if the necessity for its subdivision be ad- 

 mitted, it will also, I believe, be found most expedient to 

 apply the name Gnaphalium to that section to which G. 

 ktteo-album, sylvaticum, and uUginosum belong, and which 

 is characterized by its naked receptacle, its involucrum 

 (calyx) connivent at top and of equal height with the trpn- 

 cated capitulum (syngenesious flower) , which consists of nur- 

 merous filiform pistilbearing florets in the circumference, 

 with a smaller number of stamen and pistilbearing florets 

 in the disk, both of them ripening seeds, and having a 

 sessile capillary deciduous jfojTpu,} (seedcrmvn)" 



" Antennaria is a genus separated from Gnaphauum by 



