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and one, that I take to be of this order, has the general aspect of an 
annual Myosotis, with three kinds of florets; fertile female florets, 
with a two-cleft style ; an equal number of barren female, with a club- 
shaped three-lobed style ; and minute cup-shaped florets, which contain 
the pollen. You will also receive a singular plant, resembling Poly- 
carpon, but having the seeds in three distinct cells, and attached by 
filaments to the valves. There are three sessile stigmas, three to five 
stamens, and five sepals, but the three inner ones are not on the same 
level with the two outer divisions, and may perhaps be considered 
petals. The plant is a bushy annual, about one foot high, growing in 
a dried-up lake.” 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
DE VRIESE, Analecta Goodenoviarum. 
We can announce the appearance of the two first numbers of the 
above valuable work, under the title of “ Analecta Goodenoviarum ad 
auctoritatem Herbariorum Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, Lessertit, 
Hookeri, Lindleji, Preissii, aliorum, proponit Gurt. HgxR. DE VRIESE,” 
&c. &c. After some preliminary observations, the first number is 
devoted to the genera, 1. Dampiera, Br., “ recensio nova,” of which 
thirty-three species are enumerated :—and Scevola, L., ** justis cireum- 
scripta limitibus," including nine species. : 
The second number commences with an article entitled ** De novis 
generibus Goodenoviarum." These new genera are made at the expense 
of Scevola; and are, 1. Temminckia (of which Scevola Chamissoniana, 
. Gaud. in Freye., Voy. Bot. t. 81, may be considered the type), eight 
species. 2. Camphusia (Scevola glabra, Hook. et Arn.), one species. 
3. Merkusia (Scevola crassifolia, Labill., &c.), twenty-five species. 
The remaining article of this number is called ** Goodenovie Mitchel- 
liane,” including 1. Linschotenia, nov. gen., one species. 2. Goodenia, 
of which four species are enumerated, one new; and 3. Velleya, one 
new species. We trust the remaining numbers will soon follow. 
