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complete Natural and Civil History of which it forms a part); and to 
that gentleman and to M. Boissier we owe nearly all that has appeared 
of late years on the plants of the Spanish Peninsula. In the work now 
under consideration, Mr. Webb, as in his other publication, unites the 
elegant scholar with the Botanist: the former qualification is emi- 
nently displayed in the dedication to the reigning Queen of Spain. 
 Augustissime et potentissime 
IsABELLE Il. 
Domine sus mitissime 
Epistola Nuncupatoria. 
Fas erat Elysiis mihi cingere frondibus aras, 
Partaque Atlantiacis spargere serta jugis 
Ante pedes, AUGUSTA, tuos ; nune altera regnis 
Hsec tibi lecta tuis dona novella fero. 
. Parva quidem magno pro munere. munera mitto ; 
Parva tamen divis, si modo pura placent. 
Ibis in Hesperiam, tibi diva patrona, libelle, 
Se Domina his voluit floribus ipsa coli.” 
- Allusion is made above, we presume, to the fact of the presentation of 
a copy of the ‘Flora Canariensis’ to Her Majesty, upon which occa- 
sion the author was justly complimented with the Order of Charles 
III., an Order we believe the first in Spain after those given to 
Princes. ; 
The * Otia Hispanica ' was commenced by Mr. Webb a few years ago, 
and two fasciculi appeared in large folio, which we noticed in a former 
volume of our Journal of Botany. The praise we there bestowed may 
with equal justice be extended to the entire volume, as it appears inits — 
present form, with its many beautiful plates by Mlle. Taillant, from draw- — — one 
ings by Riocreux, with copious analyses, all that can be desired by the 
most scientific Botanist. The Leguminose are evidently favourites with — 
Mr. Webb, judging from the proportion they bear in number to the | 
other families. One coloured plate, headed Tab. VI-X. (containing : : 
five species), is devoted to die; and these are elaborated by the _ 
veteran Phycologist Dr. Montagne. The other remarkable plants illus- 
trated in this volume, of which full descriptions and notes are given — 
are,—1. Holcus caespitosus, Boiss. 2. Artemisia Granalensis, Boiss. - 
3. Oytisus tribracteolatus, Webb. 4. Adenocarpus Boissieri, Webb. 5. — 
Salsola genistoides, Poir.; and we have further a “ Chenopodiarum : 
