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herbariae ' of Tournefort, " in quo plantae 1356 in orientalibus regiombua 

 observatae recensentur et ad genera sua revocantur.'* Beautifully as, 

 no doubt, they are executed, they are sadly deficient in analyses and 

 dissections, as may be expected in drawings made more than a century 

 and a half ago, and in this respect form a striking contrast with the 

 other figures of Messrs. Jaubert and Spach's work, in which the ana- 

 lyses are so well and carefully executed. 



WiLLKOMM, MoRiTZ : Icones et Description es Tlantarum novarum cri- 

 tica?nim et rariorum EurQp(B Ausfro-Occidentalis^ pr<scipue Sispanice, 

 Imp. 4to, Lipsiae, Fasc. 3-5. 



In our notice of the first Fasciculus of this work (see our last vol., 

 p. 94), we expressed a hope that the future numbers might present a 

 greater variety, and plants of more general interest than that contained. 

 But we are disappointed. Here are well-executed plates, and the most 

 laboured and lengthy specific characters and synonyms and localities. 

 Here are five fasciculi, at a cost of ten dollars, occupied by the Genera 

 (almost wholly Spanish) Dianthus, GypsopMla, and the commencement 

 of Silene! From the terms "Plantarum novarum et rariomm," we 

 were led to suppose that there w^ould be much of novelty, as well as 

 rarity ; but, instead of these, the author's object seems to be to multiply 

 well-known species, beyond what we have witnessed in any author, 

 even in this age of species-making. Yet one has only to look at the 

 labours of a Boissier in Spain, to be satisfied how much there is that 

 needs illustration of a highly novel and interesting character. 



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Bulletin de la Societe Botantque de France ; /owt//^ le 



23 Avril, 1854. Paris. 



This promises to be a very useful Journal, and, with the highly re- 

 spectable names of the President (Ad. Brongniart), Vice-Presidents, 

 etc., of the Society which conducts it, we cannot doubt of its meeting 

 with the success it deserves. Besides original papers and notices of the 

 discussions at the Meetings, each number contains a " Kevue biblio- 

 graphique," and several pages devoted to " Melanges et Nouvelles. 



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