confusion, by preferring the name which, as first publish) 
ed, has the right of precedence, especially as the System) 
Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, is a work that cannot fail | 
be found in the hands of every botanist, and to be cons-| 
dered of the first authority. Of this inestimable work, only) 
two volumes have as yet appeared, and it is at presen!) 
suspended, to give way to the Prodromus, the nature ol] 
which allows of its being carried on with greater rapidity.) 
And if it happen that circumstances should prevent the) 
great work being ever again resumed, these volumes wil 
bear ample testimony to the industry, learning, and bola) 
nical skill of the author. | 
Berseris aristata is subject to considerable variety il) 
the form of the leaves, these being sometimes nearly lai-| 
ceolate, and even quite entire, and the spines under som) 
circumstances are simple; but the shrub from which ott) 
drawing was taken, being cultivated in the open grout, 
is more likely to have a natural appearance than when cil-/ 
tivated in the stove, or even in the garden of.Calcutta. | 
_ Native of Nepal, and sufficiently hardy to bear our wil) 
ters without protection, even as far north as Edinburgh | 
Propagated by cuttings, or by seeds. Communicated bj) 
Pa. B. Wess, Esq. from his collection at Godalmin. 
