BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 35 
Plante Preissiane, sive Enumeratio Plantarum quas in Aus- 
tralia occidentali et meridionali-occidentali annis 1838-41, 
collegit Lupovicus Preiss, Pa. Dn.; partim ab aliis par- 
tim a se ipso determinatas descriptas illustratas, edidit 
CHRISTIANUS LEHMANN. vol, 1, fasc. 1. Hamburg, 1844. 
The botanical treasures. of Western Australia have lately 
been rendered available to the botanists of Europe by the inde- 
fatigable exertions of two distinguished collectors, one a native 
of Scotland, the other of Germany. Of the former, Mr. James 
Drummond, whose collections are best known to the British 
botanist, our pages bear ample testimony to the great extent 
and value of his discoveries. Of Mr. Preiss, the great circu- 
lation of his extensive collections has naturally been upon 
the continent, Both are sent with numbers, and we hail 
with peculiar pleasure the appearance of a work which will 
enable the possessors of both the one and the other collec- 
tions (seeing they are nearly from the same localities), to de- 
termine their species, whether by aid of the numbers (for many 
of Drummond's numbers, though a very limited proportion 
of them are here indicated), or by the specific characters and 
descriptions, which seem to be done with much care and at- 
tention. Indeed, the names of the contributors to the deter- 
mination of the different families area guarantee for their 
competent execution; for besides the names given us of 
the authors of the respective families, published in the 
first fasciculus, we find that S. Endlicher undertakes the 
Alismacee, Commelinacee, Hemodoracee, Iridee, Liliaceae, 
Orchidee ; C. G. Nees ab Esenbeck, the Amaranthacee, Che- 
nopodee, Chrysobalanee, Crassulacee, Cyperaceæ, Dioscoree, 
Frankeniacee, Gentianee, Geraniacee, Gramineae, Halorragee, 
Hypericinee, Laurinee, Nyctaginee, Ginotheree, Plantaginee, 
* Several equally complete sets have been sent over to the care of the 
Editor of this Journal; the first series, consisting of 1000 species, and a 
second series, of 400 additional species, at the price of £2 tbe 100 species. 
Two, and only two, sets yet remain undisposed of. (W. J. H. Dec. 1844). 
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