274 



Boianicat Periodicals, 



139 



irregular black 



spots. Ventral, 



anal, dorsal, and 



caudal fins, with 



small black spots. 



Fig. 138. is about 



one tenth of the 



length of thefish. — 



Balistes aculeatus 



var. viridis. {fig. 



139.) Green, about 



9 in. in length, 



and belonging to 



the order Bran- 



chiostegous : the 



others all thoracic; 



i. e. having their 



ventral fins under 



the pectoral, and not before or behind them, like the jugular or abdominal 



fishes. Branchiostegous fishes are such as have the gills destitute of 



bony rays. {fig. 139. a) 



Botanical Periodicals. 



The Botanical Magazine^ for July, contains Artocarpus integrifolia 



(^g. 140.), Entire-leaved Bread-fruit, which flowered in December, 1827, 



in the stove of the Edinburgh botanic 



garden. It belongs to the nat. ord. Urii- 



ceae, has the male and female blossoms on 



the same plant, the former (a) lateral, and 



the latter {b) terminal. The fruit is tech- 

 nically a pod, or pericarp; in the East 



and West Indies it grows to a very large 



size, and is eaten by the natives. In the 



West Indies it is less eaten than in the 



East Indies ; but the seeds, when roasted 



like chestnuts, are allo,wed to be good, 



even by strangers. The tree arrives at 



the greatest size and perfection in Ceylon, 



where it may be seen forming a dense 



mass of foliage 30 ft. high, supported by 



a trunk from 8 to 12 ft. in diameter. — 



Dracae'na australis; nat. ord. ^sphodeleae, is a new plant from Australasia, 



which flowered in May, 1827, in the green- 

 house of the Edinburgh botanic garden. — 

 Hedyotis campanuliflora ; Rubiaceae ; is a 

 new and handsome suffi'uticose plant, from 

 Brazil. 



The Botanical Register, for 3\\\y, con- 

 tains Antholyza {anthos, a flower, lyssa, 

 rage ; fancied aspect of rage exhibited 

 by the flower) aethiopica var. minor {fig. 

 1*41.); Triandria Monogynia, and /ri- 

 deae. A handsome bulbous-rooted plant. 

 — Thryallis (an ancient Greek name for 

 something of the mullein kind) brachysta- 

 chys. Short-spiked Thryallis. " One of the 

 most obscure genera in the science of natural 

 history. It was established by^ Linnaeus, upon 



