882 NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Note on the proposed Genus Frrcuta of Dr. Meisner. 
At page 75 of our present volume it will be seen that Dr. Meisner, 
under an impression that his Grevillea ? cynanchicarpa will probably 
form a new genus, has suggested that it should be called ZifeAia, “in 
honour of the well-known artist, whose numerous drawings in many of 
the best botanical works of England are not less admirable for scien- 
tific accuracy than for artistic skill and elegance ;” but it is stated in 
a note by the Editor, that Dr. Hooker had already dedicated a very 
. distinct Composite genus of plants to Mr. Fitch, in the * London Jour- 
nal of Botany,’ Vol. IV. p. 640, t. 23, 24. 
_ Dr. Meisner, on being made aware of this, proposes for the Protea- 
ceous genus in question the name of J/o//oya, “in compliment to Mrs. 
Molloy, of the Swan River Colony, to whose zeal the British Herbaria 
are indebted for many valuable communications.” 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
Foura ORCHIDACEA; by Professor LINDLEY, F.R.S. Parts VI. and VII. 
. "The fifth and sixth Parts of this valuable work, completing the first 
volume, are now published, and are chiefly occupied with the extensive 
genus Oncidium, a very few pages sufficing for Calanthe, Limodorum, 
and Geodorum. We have elsewhere expressed our high opinion of the 
preceding numbers of this most important and bond undertaking, 
and have to add that the present parts are in every respect worthy of 
their author. ltis not too much to say that Dr. Lindley is the only 
ng botanist capable of monographing the Orchidew, and that in 
oing so he is conferring an inestimable benefit on botany as well as 
orticulture. The difficulties of the task are so many and so great, 
t it requires something more than talent, knowledge, and a long 
familiarity with the plants themselves in a living and dried state to 
it them ; it requires above all this more patience and skill in 
, more tact in appreciating morphologieal characters, and 
unwearied application ìn endeavours to unravel synonymy and 
nd the enigmatica orion ef cem botanists, than 
