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Flora Australdsica contains some fine plants, 

 never before figured : among others, Hakea linea- 

 ris (Jig. 52.) ; Proteacecv. A handsome, bushy, 

 evergreen shrub, sent fi'om the south coast of 

 New Holland, by Mr. W. Baxter, C.M.H.S., 

 the collector of 

 Francis Henchman, 

 Esq. F.L.S. H.S., to 

 Mr. Mackay, F.L.S. 

 H.S., of the Clap- 

 ton nursery. Sphe- 

 notoma (sphend, to 

 connect together, 

 toma, a slice or 

 section; joined fila- 

 ments of the stamens) gracilis, Epacridese ; 

 and PomaderrisJ {pbma, a lid or cover, derris, 

 a membrane; lid of the capsule) discolor 

 {fig.35.), are also new plants in this very 

 judiciously contrived and well conducted pe- 

 riodical. 



Sweefs British Flower-Garden contains some very ornamental plants, 

 and Papaver alpinum {fig. 34.), a beautiful little alpine, with white petals, 

 from that very interesting old botanic garden at Chelsea, which formerly 

 was under the care of the celebrated Miller, 

 and is now directed by Mr. Anderson, a most 

 curious ■ naturalist : Geraniacece displays some 

 beautifully coloured plates of showy Pelargo- 

 niums : and that most economical and supe- 

 riorly executed work, Maund's Botanic Garden^ 

 contains PotentlUa formosa, a truly beautiful 

 and desirable plant ; and the Virginian tobacco, 

 which forms a hand- 

 some flower as well as, 

 snufF and segars. The ; 

 Medical Botany ofi 

 Messrs. Stephenson and ^^ 

 Churchill, is a well 

 executed work, particu- 

 larly as respects the 



colouring of the plates ; besides some common 

 British plants, the present number contains 

 Cephaelis {kephale, a head ; flowers in heads) 

 ipecacudnha {ipe, an aboriginal word in Peru for 

 root, caciian, an aboriginal distinction for that 

 root), Ipecacuan (fig. 35.), a perennial herba- 

 ceous plant, found in moist woods near Rio 

 Janeiro, and in other provinces of Brazil ; but 

 hitherto rare in English hot-houses. It is imported in large quantities 

 by the druggists, and forms the well known and generally employed emetic. 



Vigors, N. A., Esq. A.M. F.R. S. L. S. and G. S. Secretary of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society, Editor, with the cooperation of several other distinguished 

 naturalists : The Zoological Journal. No. XL, September to December 

 1827. 8vo, 4 plates. lOs. coloured; 7s. 6d. plain. 



We intend taking an early opportunity of reviewing this work from its 

 commencement. The present number contains fifteen articles by distin- 



