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scriptions of as many species of plants, of the following orders, 

 as the author's research in the amplest stores of the best means 

 of information has led him to the knowledge of: — Cucurbi- 

 taceae, Papaydcece, Passifioreae, Malesherbzarc^, JLodsece^ 

 Tumerdcece, Fouquierac^, Portulaceae, Paronychia?, Scler- 

 antheae, Crassulaceae, Picoideae, Nitrariaceae, Reaumurmc^, 

 Cacteae, Grossularieae, Escallon^, Qxmomdcece^ Galacineae, 

 Saxifragaceae, Umbelliferae, Araliaceae, jffamamelidae, C6rneae, 

 Loranthaceae, Caprifoliaceae, i2ubiaceae, ValeridnecB^ Dip- 

 saceae, Calycereae, luobeiidcete, Stylideae, Goodenov/^, Cam- 

 panulaceae, Epacrideae, Pricaceae. In the orders Lobelidcece, 

 Ericaceae, and Loranthaceae, much original matter has been 

 introduced, and many new genera adopted. The genus Erica, 

 into which a store of incongruous species had been accumu- 

 lated, has been divided into several genera. 



Nees ab EsenbecJc, T.F.L., M.D., &c. : Genera Plantarum 

 Florae Germanicae, Iconibus et Descriptionibus Illustrate. 

 Fasciculus III. 8vo. Bonn, Henry and Cohen. 



This fasciculus is equal in excellence and interest to the 

 two preceding ones, noticed in VI. 439., VII. 190. It in- 

 cludes illustrations of the genera ikfyrica, c/uglans, C/lmus, 

 Celtis, Afbrus, Picus, Urtica, Parietaria, Cannabis, Humulus, 

 Puphorbm, Crozophora Neck. (Croton sp. P.), Picinus, An- 

 drachne, Mercundlis, Puxus, P'mpetrum, Plaeagnus, Hip- 

 pophae, and Osyris. The analysis of the parts of fructifi- 

 cation in each and all of these is so extended as to produce a 

 rich supply of details of structure, which the botanist will 

 appreciate and appropriate. 



Professor Burnett's Outlines of Botany. A Complaint of the 

 publishing it at a greater cost than was originally proposed. — 

 An extract from J. Churchill's Catalogue of important Medical 

 Works: — " Outlines of Botany ; being a Practical Guide to 

 the Study of Plants ; by G. T. Burnett, F.L.S., Professor of 

 Botany in King's College, London. To be completed in 

 twenty numbers, illustrated by 200 engravings on wood, 

 executed by Branston and Wright. Price Is. each." I 

 have already paid 305. for twenty-nine numbers of Burnett's 

 Outlines of Botany (No. 2. being charged 25.), which is one 

 third more than the stipulated price of the work, which is 

 not yet completed. I am aware that in the publication of 

 periodicals there is often some degree of uncertainty as to 

 the limits of a proposed work ; but nothing can justify the 

 extension of a work so much beyond the originally stipulated 

 limits and price, as in the instances adduced in this and my 



