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arrangement of dried plants, and are familiar with the irksome task of 

 assorting the miscellaneous collections sent in by numerous collectors, 

 variously ticketed, and often in great confusion. A quick eye and a 

 ready hand bring the species together, but constant watchfulness is 

 even more essential, in order to prevent errors in localities, the greatest 

 evil to which we are exposed in arranging large collections. It is 

 therefore not at all surprising that Dr. Wallich should have occupied 

 four years in this task, and yet been compelled to return to India be- 

 fore it was completed. 



Between 1815 and 1828 a large and valuable series of botanical 

 drawings was prepared under Dr. Wallich's superintendence. These 

 he took to England with him, and they are deposited at the India 

 House, but as no copies were made, we do not, as in the case of the 

 fioxburghian drawings, possess a corresponding set. From among 

 these drawings, Dr. Wallich selected 300 of the most interesting, 

 which were published under the title of ■ Plantse Asiatics Eariores/ a 

 superb work, alike honourable to the Court and to the author. 



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(To be continued?) 



Nova Genera et Species aliquot rariores in Plagis Australia 

 Intratropicis nuperrime detecta, exposuit Dr. F. Mueller. 



(Continuation of Notes on North Australian Botany, by Br. F. Mueller, 



from vol. viii. p. 331.) 



TIIALAMIFLOR^J. 



BOMBACE^E. 



Adansonia Gregorii ; foliolis 4-9 petiolulo orbatis subtus cano-velutinis, 

 calyce in lacinias 2-4 fere basi tenus rumpente, pedunculis rectis, 



petalis 5 raro paucioribus oblongo-cuneatis in basin longe angustatis 



liberis, stylo stamina demum paulo excedente recto basin versus 



dense tomentoso, antheris subcordatis, stigmatibus 5-8 barbatis, 



capsula ovata vel pyriformi exsulca. 

 Hab. In planitiebus orariis et ripariis ad flumina Victoria et Fitz- 



maurice, ad promontorium Point Pearce alibique. 

 Gouty-stem Tree, All. Cunn. in Kings Survey, App. p. 25. Stokes, 



Discov. in Australia. 



