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of the genus Odontoglosstim ; viz. — 1. O. maculatum. 2. 0. mydaci- 

 num. 3. 0. EossiL 4. 0. CervantesiL 5. 0. memhranaceum (now 

 considered a variety of tlie latter). 6. O. Bictonensis. Three more 

 species will appear in the following number : and here are characters 

 given in English of twenty-three species. 



It is a pity, as the plates are not placed to face the letter-press, 

 that the name of the species, as well as the genus, is not given on the 

 plates. 



Hooker, Dr. Joseph Dalton : The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage. 

 II. New Zealand. Second Portion of the Mowering Plants. Pub- 

 lished by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 

 4to. 20 plates, coloured or plain. London : Lovell Reeve. 1853. 



The second portion of the second section of the * Botany of the 

 Antarctic Voyage ' has recently appeared^ viz. of the * Plora of New 

 Zealand," and is chiefly occupied by Monocotyledonous plants, of which 

 the plates and descriptions are executed with the accustomed fidelity of 

 the author. Nearly forty pages are however devoted to "A Summary 

 of the History of the Botany of New Zealand," and an Essay on the 

 limits of species, their dispersion, and variation. 



Sir W. J, Hooker's Icones Plantarum. 



The last (or tenth) volume of this long-continued work (altogether 

 including 1000 plates) has been undertaken by Mr. Pamplin, and it is 

 expected will be ready to be issued during the month of January. 

 It is entirely devoted to new, rare, or little-known Perm; and it is I!^. 

 Pamplin's intention to strike off separate copies of this, with the title 

 of * A Century of New or Eare Perns,' 



Accompanying this tenth volume of the 'Icones,' wiU be given a 

 complete Index of all the species, alphabetically arranged, in which such 

 corrections and alterations will be made in the nomenclature as may 

 be deemed necessary by the Author. 



