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agmeiita Florul<s MtMojpico-Mgyptiance ex plantis prcecipue ah Antonio 

 Figaro, M.D.J Musaeo I, R. Florentiao, missis; auctore Philippo 



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valuable contribution to our acquaintance with the vegetation of Africa, 

 the tropical parts of which are by degrees becoming more known to 

 us by the zeal and energy of successive travellers. M. Figari, whose 

 collections are here described, has been long a resident in Egypt^ and 

 has travelled over a great part of that country, and of the provinces to 

 the south, almost as far as the equator- His collections are partly 

 from the desert regions of Middle Egypt, and partly from the Ethio- 

 pian provinces of Kordofau and Fazogli. The enumeration, which is 

 mcomplete, will, we trust, be continued, though we do not perceive 

 any direct engagement to that effect ; for the present it closes with 

 Rkamnacem and Terehinihacem (following the arrangement of DC), and 

 includes about 140 species, of which rather more than one-half are 

 Ethiopian J of these 15 are new, or at least published for the first time, 

 for many of them have been named by Hochstetter in Kotschy's dis- 

 tributed collections, which appear to contain a large proportion of the 

 species collected by M. Figari. 



According to the data afforded by these collections, there would 

 appear to be a marked difference between the vegetation of the Egyp- 

 tian desert, and that of the provinces near the sources of the White 

 Nile. Thus, while the Cmciferm^ B£sedace<E^ Caryophyllea^ and Gera- 

 niacece of the present enumeration are all, with very few exceptions, 

 natives of Egypt, the great majority of Capparide<B and Maltaceije^ and 

 all the Sapindacem^ Avipelidea^ and Polygalace<Ey are Ethiopian- MaU 

 tacets are very largely represented, the number of species being 35. 



We observe little that calls for notice among the Orders described in 

 the work. Several new species of Cruciferce are described ; and we find 



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it is well known, has been a special study of the author. Under Oli* 

 goTiiem of Cambessedes, we find descriptions of four species of that 

 genus, the Indian, Egvptiau, Canarian, and Califomian being consi- 



