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mens of the Plants themselves. The Cryptogamie are well 
suited for such a purpose, and hence, our country, as well as 
the continent, can boast of many such works: witness the 
admirable **Plante Cryptogame Vogoso-Rhenana,” of Mougeot 
and Nestler, which has now reached to ten volumes in 4to., 
each containing 100 most beautifully preserved specimens* :— 
the *Cryptogamische Gewasche, besonders der Fichtelgebirg 
(Cryptogamic Plants, especially those of the Fichtelgebirg),” 
collected by Henry Christian Funck, of which 35 Fasciculi, 
each of 20 species are now before us:—the truly beautiful 
«* Deutschlands Moose, ein Taschenherbarium zum Gebrauch 
auf botanischen Excursionen, (German Mosses, or a Pocket 
Herbarium, to assist in botanical excursions,)" by the same 
Author, &c.; all these are Continental Works; and in our 
country the “ Musci Britannici" of the late ingenious Mr. 
Hobson; the **Stirpes Cryptogame Ozonienses of Mr. Baxter” 
and the *Musci Scotici, and Musci Americani? of Mr. Drum- 
mond, &c. But, of all plants, none are so well adapted for 
being thus preserved in books as the Alge, whether we 
consider the beauty of the species, or their closely adhering 
to paper, so as to resemble the most exquisite drawings: 
and hence the “Alge Britannica’ of Dr. Greville, and the 
* Algæ Scotice” of the late James Chalmers, have been greatly 
admired and eagerly sought after. The rocky coasts, how- 
ever, of the extreme south of England produce varieties of 
this beautiful family quite unknown on the more northern 
shores, and we are most happy to be able to announce that 
* The tenth volume has not, indeed, we believe, been received in this 
country, and the excellent Dr. Nestler having been removed by death, it has 
fallen to the lot of his surviving friend Dr. Mougeot to prepare this volume; 
which, he tells us, **contains many Mosses of considerable interest, for 
example, Phascum pachycarpon and globiferum, Weissia tristicha, Mni- 
um cinclidiodes, Hueb. of the North of Germany, which grows in the 
marshes around Metz. We have discovered abundantly in Alsace the 
Didymodon nervosum, which, together with Weissia caspitosa, Bruch, 
finds a place in our present Centuria."— Moug. in Litt. 
