10 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 



mediately follows upon that one. We have now the plea- 

 sure of being able to state, that highly favourable intelligence 

 has recently been received from M. Heldrecih. He had 

 just returned to Korieh, after having explored the central 

 Taurus, where he had made very extensive collections, from 

 700 to 800 species. In this collection, there is a remarkable 

 predominance of Scrophularineae (30 species of Verbascum), 

 of Caryophyllea (viz : 1 8 Dianthus, 24 Silene), of Labiata, 

 of Leguminosa. The collections cannot be dispatched to 

 Geneva till the ensuing spring, nor distributed till the 

 summer, on account of the absence of M. Boissier. The 

 centuries ; which will exceed the amount of subscription (as 

 stated, 1. c. p. 41) of each subscriber, will be reckoned to 

 him at 30 francs of France ; this slight increase being neces- 

 sary to meet the heavy expenses of the journey, and the 

 same price will be put on the collections of the future 

 journies of M. Heldreich. The journey in view for the next 

 year, will probably be the Oriental Taurus and Cappa- 

 docia. 



Kotschy's Plants of South Persia. 



We re-set the type in order to give to our readers infor- 

 mation of the distribution of a most valuable collection 

 of the Plants of South Persia, examined and named by 

 M. Boissier under the direction of Dr. Hohenharker, of 

 Esslingen, near Stuttgart, to whom subscribers' names may 

 be sent. The set amounts to 820 species, the price is very 

 moderate, the number of new species very considerable ; and 

 the whole in beautiful condition. 



Mr. Spruce's Pyrenaan Plants. 



Mr. Spruce's object in visiting the Pyrenees has been 

 already detailed at p. 197 of our last volume. We are now 

 able to state that he has been very successful in his re- 

 searches in that country, having collected most of the best 



