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gathered by the latter of these two gentlemen, were published 
in the * Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage;" and upon the 
return of the Expedition in 1840, after having visited various 
parts of Western America, from Guatemala to lat. 60° 21^ 
north, and various islands in the Pacific, in the Indian Ocean, 
and China, the charge of publishing the Natural History of 
the Voyage was confided to Mr. Hinds, and a liberal grant 
made by government to aid in the expenses. Ofthe Botany, 
the general remarks and the notes on the geographical dis- 
tribution, are from the pen of that gentleman, while the bo- 
tanical descriptions are by Mr. Bentham, a name which will 
at once stamp the publication as of no ordinary merit. The 
plants first passed under review are those of North-West 
America and California, on both which countries are some 
very interesting observations by Mr. Hinds, which preface 
the systematic portion. This commences with the species 
of California; previously described ones are merely men- 
tioned, and a reference made to some work where the cha- 
rTacters may be found. The new species, (which are consider- 
able, especially from the Bay of Magdalena), are characte- 
rized and described, and figures given of the most remarkable, 
from delineations made on stone by Miss Drake, whose taste 
and skill in botanical drawing are beyond praise. The first 
number, which has just appeared, and contains 16 pages, ex- 
tends as far as Paronychiacee of the Californian plants; and 
these are accompanied by ten plates. 1, Krameria parvifolia, 
n. sp. 2, Jonidium fruticulosum. 3, Hibiscus (Bombicella), 
denudatus, n. Sp. 4, Jamesia Californica, n. sp. 5, Cardio- 
spermum tortuosum, n. sp. 5, Galphimia angustifolia, n. sp. 
6, Cardiospermum tortuosum, n. sp. 7, Elaphrium rheifolium, 
n. Sp. 8, E. Hindsianum, n. sp. 9, Schinus ? discolor, n. sp. 
10, Dalea ramosissima. 
It is caleulated that the whole of the Botany will be com- 
prised in six Parts, to appear quarterly, each containing three 
sheets of letter-press and ten Plates. dS ud 
