288 NOTICES OP BOOKS. 



It is the preparation of this work that pointed out Dr. Grisebach as 

 eminently qualified to publish a more extended Flora of the same re- 

 gion, namely that of the British West Indian Islands, as will be found 

 announced in another part of this month's Journal. 



ReicheiNbach, H. G., Fil. ; Xenia Orchidacea. 



Since our notice of the early numbers of this important work, the 5th 

 to the 9th Fasciculi have appeared. We find the same degree of pains 

 in the descriptive matter, and in the figures and analyses, as were so 

 evident in the former numbers ; and species of the following genera are 

 especially illustrated ; Nasonia, Lockhartia, Fernandezia, Colax, Sobr ci- 

 lia, Stanhopea, Brassia, Ccelogyne, Miltonia, Epidendrum, Lepanthes, 

 Odontoglossum, Chrysocycnis, P achy phy Hum, Hexadesmia, Restrepia, 

 Pleurothallis, Stella, Lcelia, Selenipedium, Oncidium, Leucomormium, 

 Pescatorea, Batemania, Bollea, Maxillaria, Zygopetalum, Masdevallia, 

 Phajus, Tteniophyllum, Ceratochilus, Louisia, Calanthe, Diglyphosa, 

 Acinetia, Omithidium, Dendrocolla, Salacistis, Monochilus, Nephela- 

 phyllum, Pholidota, etc., etc. 



As in the 'Icones Florae Germanicae,' two, and more species, are not 

 unfrequently given on one plate. Indeed, it is a work that commends 

 itself to every botanist, and no less to the numerous cultivators of 

 Orchidaceous plants. 



Visiani, Professor Rob. de' ; lllustrazioni delle Piante nuove e rare 

 deW Orto Botanico di Padova. Memoria III. 4to. Venezia, 1856. 

 (From the sixth volume of ■ Memorie delP Institute stesso.') 



Eleven new species, of nearly as many different genera, are here care- 

 fully described by the celebrated Professor of Padua : but what adds 

 greatly to the beauty and value of this Memoir, is the very charming 

 figures of three of the plates, with admirable analyses of three of the 

 most difficult subjects, viz. Pinus Parolinii, Vis., Juniperus Bonatiana, 

 Vis., and Juniperus Cabiancce, Vis., from the pencil of La Sig. Elisa 

 Parolini, now the accomplished lady of J. Ball, Esq., late undersecre- 

 tary in the Colonial Office. 



