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Cusparidem, of the natural order Rutacece, — to which, indeed, 

 it rightly belongs : and the same distinguished botanist has 

 further suggested its affinity to Monniera, but with this ge- 

 nus it has little analogy, except in the dotted character of the 

 leaves. 



These conflicting opinions may doubtless be accounted for 

 from the want of a due examination into the subject; both 

 species of Raputia being extremely scarce, and but few spe- 

 cimens of either having been brought to this country. 



Having specimens of R. aromatica, I have carefully com- 

 pared its characters with those of the several families to which 

 it has been represented as allied, and have arrived at the con- 

 clusion that it is a legitimate species of Galipea. Like the 

 latter, three of its stamina are sterile, and the germ is sur- 

 rounded by an angular gland. The foliation, too, and inflo- 

 rescence, are precisely similar to G. cusparia. 



Leaves villous ; bracteas armed with stiff hairs ; middle 

 foliole large and petiolate, the lateral ones subsessile, pellu- 

 cid, and sometimes without puncta. In Raputia, the seeds 

 are inclosed in a tunic of two elastic valves, which is likewise 

 the casein Galipea : and both possess the same peculiar aro- 

 matic properties, — which, according to Sir J. E. Smith, re- 

 main unaltered for twenty years after the plant has been dried. 



The other marks of generic distinction presented in Rapu- 

 tia, (or Sciuris, as it has been termed by Persoon), are pre- 

 cisely those of Galipea ; — so that the description of the latter 

 is fully and correctly applicable to the former. Further in- 

 vestigation will confirm these statements, and establish the 

 fact, that Raputia not only forms a part of the important or- 

 der, CusparidecE, but that it is, itself, a true and legitimate 

 species of the genus Galipea. 



Bee. 25th, 1837. 



Art. XII. Observations upon the best mode of preserving marine 

 productions. By J. B. Harvey, Esq.* 



Having been asked to give a description of the method which 

 I adopt in preserving marine productions, I have ventured to 

 trespass upon your valuable pages. I am not aware that I 



* The most successful instance that we have ever seen, of the preservation 

 of Zoological specimens, is exhibited by the Echini, Asterice, Sec. in Mr. 

 Harvey's interesting collection, at Teignmouth. Ed. 



