289 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
flies, having a pale greenish hue. From this circumstance 
and from growing on a palm, it is called by the inhabitants 
* Flor de Coco.” The plate of this is particularly well exe- 
cuted in chalk-lithographic (the others are done in line) and 
we almost regret it is not coloured. Tab. 37, Clomeno- 
coma montana, Benth. from Guatemala. Tab. 38, Caly- 
cothrix flavescens, A. Cunn. from Swan River. Tab. 39, Tro- 
peolum Bridgesii, from Chili. Tab. 40, Pozoa hydrocotyli- 
folia, Bridges, Chilian Andes. Tab. 41, Allamanda violacea, 
from Ceara, Brazil a splendid species with rich violet- 
coloured flowers, called * Quatra patacas" by the Brazilians, 
the root, which is powerfully cathartic, is extensively em- 
ployed by them in malignant fevers. This is an excellent 
figure. Tab. 42, Chuquiraga chrysantha, Chili. Tab. 43, 
C. ruscifolia, Gill. from the same country. Tab. 44, Aristo- 
lochia truncata, Peru. Tab. 45, 46, Mutisia Candolleana, 4 
splendid species from Bolivia. Tab. 47, Hoskinia montana, 
Gardn. Organ Mountains, Brazil Tab. 48, Primula Si- 
mensis, Hochst. from Abyssinia. Tab. 49, Ornithopus co- 
riandrinus, Hochst. and Steud., Abyssinia. Tab. 50, Ver- 
nonia argyrophylla, Less. Goyaz, Brazil. 
Monographie des MALPrIGHIACÉES, ou Exposition des carac- 
teres de cette famille de Plantes, des genres et espèces qui la 
composent, accompagnée de 23 planches, par M. ADRIEN DE 
Jussieu, Paris, 1823-4, Ato. 
Itis with great pleasure we announce the completion of 
this laborious and important work, from the able pen of 
Adrien de Jussieu. It is a model fora Monograph and is 
divided into Two Parts: the first of which appeared last 
year, and commences with a “ Résumé historique" of the 
family ; and then proceeds to Considerations upon the flowet — — 
in general; then to the different parts of the flower, calyx. 
and its glands, corolla, stamens, pistil, fruit, ovule, seed, 
embryo, monstrosities, abnormal flowers, inflorescence, leaves, 
glands, epidermis, hairs, root, stem, stems of the climbing 
