206 New Publications. 



4. Elements of Practical Chemistry. By David Boswell Reid, 

 M. D., F. R. S. E., &c. 1 vol. 8vo. Second Edition. 1831. 

 The second edition of Dr Reid's work in so short a period, is 

 a sufficient proof of its extensive circulation and general utility. 

 Indeed it has now become the manual, not only for the students 

 in our University engaged in practical chemistry, but also for 

 operative chemists of every description. 



Addendum to Mr Don's paper, supra p. 112. 



Since the preceding sheets were sent to press, Mr Don has 

 transmitted the following account of an additional species of 

 Malesherbia, existing in the rich Lambertian Herbarium. 



6. M. fasciddata, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis, floribus fascicu. 



latis, corona lO-fida : laciniis tridentatis. 



Hob. in Chili. D. Cuming. Yi (V. s. sp. in Herb. Lamb.) 



Frutex erectus, ramosissimus, rigidus. Bami simplices, stricti, angulati, to- 

 mento brevissimo adpresso incani. Folia sparsa, petiolata, lanceolata, 

 acuminata, integerrima, subtrinervia, pubescentia, supra plana, subtus 

 venis paucis prominulis, semipoUicaria et ultra ; juniora cano-tomentosa. 

 Flores in apice ramulorum fasciculati, parvi, pedunculati. Pedunciili uni 

 V. triflori, tomentosi, brevissimi. Bractece lineari-lanceolatse, acuminatae, 

 tomentosse. Perianthium campanulatum, 15-nervium, extus et intus to- 

 mentosum : corona 10-fida, brevissima, membranacea: /ocmm tridentatis : 

 dentibtcs plerumque truncatis : limbo lO-fido ; laciniis exterioribus calycinis, 

 ovatis, mucronulatis, trinerviis, purpurascentibus, brevissimis ; interiori- 

 bus 5, pelaloideis, suborbiculaiis, emarginatis, venosis, persistentibus, al- 

 bis, demum scariosis. Stamina 5 : filamenta complanata, membranacea, 

 uninervia, apice attenuata, acuminata, basi cum ovarii pedicello connata : 

 anihercB ovali-oblongae, incumbentes, biloculares : loculis parallelis, conna- 

 tis, rima marginali dehiscentibus. Ovarium pedicellatum, uniloculare, 

 dense tomentosum. Styli 3, subtermlnales, capillares, flexuosi, glabri. 

 Stigmata parva, obtusa, pruinosa. Ovula numerosa erecta, funiculo um- 

 bilicali stipitata, costis 3 prominentibus parietalibus inserta. Caetera 

 mihi ignota. 



Obs. Planta habitu paululiim differt, sed characteribus omnino Malesherbiae 

 convenit. 



List of Patents granted in Scotland, Jrom 2\st September to 

 ^6th November 1831. 



1831. 

 Sept. 21. To James Dowk of Ldcester, in the county of Leicester, Surgeon 

 and Apothecary, for an invention of " certain improvements in 

 making gas for illumination ; and in the apparatus for the same." 

 To Thomas Brunton of Park Square, Hegent Park, in the county 

 of Middlesex, Esq. for an invention communicated to him by a 

 certain foreigner residing abroad, of " an improvement in certain 

 apparatus, rendering the same applicable for distilling, brewing, 

 making or refining sugar, and to other useful purposes." 



