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Under date Caracas, April 28, 1842, he also writes : — " I have just 

 sent off for you to distribute to my respected subscribers the first- 

 fruits of my journey, viz. plants collected in the province of Caracas ; 

 they comprise about 170 species, and will, I trust, be found to con- 

 tain objects of some interest, particularly the ferns ; I hope also in 

 tolerable condition, notwithstanding the very unfavourable season 

 we have had, the drought having now lasted for these five months. 

 The ferns are numerous, and I think interesting ; they are for the 

 most part from the Silla de Caracas ; very shortly I intend to leave 

 this province altogether, directing my steps towards the High Cor- 

 dilleras which cross the provinces of Truxilla and Merida, where I 

 shall continue my researches during the remainder of this year at 

 least, and thence proceed into New Grenada." 



It may be as well to add, that M. Linden's former collections from 

 Southern Mexico were extremely good, and, with those who have 

 seen them, have established his character as a first-rate collector. It 

 is intended to enumerate these plants somewhat in the same manner 

 as Mr. Bentham has done the plants of Hartwig, the Horticultural 

 Society's Collector. 



Mr. Bentham has devoted one of his new Mexican genera to M. 

 Linden, Lindenia\a. genus belonging to the Rubiaceee), and some spe- 

 cies are also described and figured in Sir W. J. Hooker's ■ Icones 

 Plantarum.' 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Histoire Naturelle des Isles Canaries. Tome Troisieme, Deuxieme 

 partie, Plantes Cellulaires. Par Camille Montagne, D.M. 



The Cryptogamic part of this splendid work being now complete, we 

 are anxious, on account of its very great merit and usefulness, to give 

 an early notice of it. The cryptogamic vegetation of the South of 

 Europe and the Northern African isles in many respects so strongly re- 

 sembles that of many parts of our own country, that any well-executed 

 work relating to them cannot fail to be of especial interest even to 

 those whose attention is principally confined to indigenous produc- 

 tions. So much care has been taken in the drawing up of the specific 

 characters, the selection of synonyms, and the general illustration of 

 species, that it cannot be consulted without advantage. The number 

 of new species indeed, though considerable, by no means forms the 

 only point of interest. In one department, that of Fungi, the mate- 

 rials which have been available by the author have been so scanty, 

 consisting almost entirely of sketches, unaccompanied by notes, that 

 curiosity is rather excited than satisfied. 



The number of species of Cryptogams detected in the Canaries 

 amounts almost to 500, but this can by no means be regarded, even 

 exclusive of the Fungi, as anything approaching to a complete list. 

 There is not a single Verrucaria or Opegrapha in the collection, which 

 probably exist in considerable numbers. Of Sphceriacea there are but 

 three species. The cryptogamic vegetation, as might be expected, 



