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they would appear to be equally so on the subject of Species ; 
so that could I clearly understand his species and refer them 
in my judgment to those previously described (as probably 
must be done in many instances), it would only serve to mul- 
tiply the synonyms, already sufficiently numerous. Another 
source of confusion will arise from the fact that several of Mr. 
Cuming’s species from the Philippine Islands are here de- 
scribed, which the author is aware were named in the 2nd 
vol. of the Journal of Botany, published in May, 1841, by 
Mr. John Smith; but which he acknowledges he had not 
seen. Respecting these, I may just remark en passant, that 
the Trichomanes asplenoides, Pr. is T. curvatum, J. Sm.; 
T. dimidiatum, Pr. is T. dissectum, J. Sm. ; T. saxifragoides 
Pr. is T. parvulum, Poir. and J. Sm. ; T. palmatum, Pr. is T. 
proliferum, Bl. and J. Sm. ; T. Luzonicum, Pr. is T. humile, 
Forst. and J. Sm.; T. acutum, Pr. is T. glauco-fuscum, 
Hook.; T. millefolium, Pr. is T. achilleifolium, Willd. and 
J. Sm.; T. apiifolium, Pr. and T. eminens are both T. mei- 
folium, Bory, and J. Sm.; Didymoglossum serrulatum, 
Pr. is Hymenophyllum bivalve, Forst. and J. Sm. ; and D. 
longisetum is Trichomanes obscurum, Bl. and J. Sm. 
De CawpoLLE's Prodromus, Vol. VIII. 
In our Number for March of the present year this volume 
was announcedas daily expected to arrive in England. It has 
come, and by this time many of our readers are doubtless in 
possession of it. The general nature of its contents was there 
alluded to, and we need only further add, that the son's name — 
which stands in the present title-page, does credit to that of 
the father. The volume is most appropriately dedicated to 
that illustrious parent: * Memorie suavissime Parentis Op- — 
timi Alphonsus filius Patria vestigia passu licet non æqu0- 
persequutus pio animo dedicabat.” 
