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one, the C. hirsuta of Linnzeus, so universally diffused through- 
out the world: 2 St/ellarie; one European, S. media. One 
Drosera is noticed : one Geranium, a beautiful little Sieversia: 
2 Acene; one A. Sanguisorbe common to South Australia 
and Tasmania ; the other A. adscendens, common to Antarctic 
America, the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen's Land: three 
species of Epilobium, of which two also grow in New Zealand: 
Callitriche verna: one Metrosideros, (Sect. Agalmanthus) : 
Montia fontana : three species of Colobanthus, of which one 
only is new: one Builliarda, B. moschata, D'Urv.: two 
remarkable Uméelliferous plants ; onea Pozoa (P. reniformis, 
n. sp.), and a new Genus, Anisotome, (A. latifolia, n. sp.) ; 
another species of the latter is Ligusticum antipodum of 
Hombron and Jacquinot. The plates are well executed, and 
consist of 1. Ranunculus pinguis, n. sp. ; 2. R. acaulis, Banks 
and Sol.; 3. Cardamine depressa, n. sp. ; 4. Cardamine stellata, 
n. sp.; 5. Geranium microphyllum, n. sp.; 6. Epilobium lin- 
neoides, n. sp.; 7. Sieversia albiflora, n. sp.; 8. Anisotome 
latifolia. The coloured copies are particularly beautiful. 
The first Part is further accompanied with a chart of the 
south circumpolar regions, showing the tracks of Cook (1773- 
1775), Weddell (1822-1824), and Ross (1839-1843); and 
there is a very pretty woodcut on the title page, representing 
the Mounts Erebus (active Volcano) and Terror, and the 
Vietoria barrier and lands, in lat. 78? south.* 
SigBorp; FLoRA Japonica; Sectio prima, Plante ornatui 
vel usui inservientes : digessit Dr. J. G. ZuccARINI. 
The residence of Dr. Siebold, for a length of time, in 
Japan, which has been hitherto a sealed country to the 
Naturalist, his captivity there, and the hardships he under- 
Went, are familiar to most of our readers. He, at length, 
* While the above is in the press, the Second Part of this Work has ap- 
Peared, a notice of which we must defer to a future Number of our 
Journal, 
