386 



Atiali/ses of Books. 



[May 



20. Has been named in honour of the indefatigable Dr. Wight of 

 Madras, who for some time has employed painters and collectors 

 at his own expense, for the purpose of elucidating the botany of 

 Madras. 



25. Under this species Esenbeck includes the S diffuxum of 

 Roxburgh. It is an abundant plant in Madras and Bengal, and I 

 have found it occurring plentifully in the neighbourhood of Bombay. 



30. This merely refers to the potatoe as cultivated in Madras and 

 Bengal. It does not attain any considerable size in the hot parts 

 of these presidencies, but near Bussorah I believe it thrives much 

 better. 



II. LYCOPERSICUM 



] . L esculentum. 



Dun. 

 2. L Humboldtii. 



in. capsicum Linn. 



1. C grossum. 3. C frutescens, the Tschili or Chili. 



2. C fastigiatum. 4. C chamaecerasus. 



1. P somnifera 



2. P Peruviana. 



iv. physalis Linn. 



3. P puoescens. 



4. P minima. 



5. P angulata. 



6. P Indica. 



1. D alba 



2. D fastuosa. 



v. anisodus Lin. 

 Luridus. 



vi. datura Linn. 



3. D trapezia. 



4. D ferox. 



D stramonium. 

 D tatula. 



VII. NICOTIANA. 



N tabacum. Hab. near Katmandoo. 



VIII. HYOSCYAMUS. 



H Niger. Hab. near Futteghur, Moradabad, Delhi. 



VERBASCINAE. 



I. verbascum thapsus. Hab. near Gossain Than in Nepaul. 



2. V Indicum. 3. V spec. dub. 



II. celsia coromandelina. 2. C Viscosa. 



III. isanthera permollis. 



The paper of De Candolle does not require such a minute analysis 

 as the species of the order Myrsineae, which he has therein illus- 

 trated, are all natives of foreign climates, and cannot, therefore, be 

 so generally interesting as those of the order of Solanece. A few 

 facts may, however, be stated, which exhibit in a striking point of 

 view the rapid progress which botany is at present making in regard 

 the discovery of new species. 



The order Myrsineae is now placed between the orders Sapoteae 

 and Primulaceae, from the latter of which it seems to differ in the 

 indehiscence of its fruit, and from the former by the constant defici- 

 ency of stamens alternating with the lobes of the corolla. This order 



