Notices and Armlyses. 1S5 



rhv;ophyllar (t. 193,) and, above all, of the well known Lindsoea 

 microphylla, (t. 194,) the public might have expected some more of 

 the less known treasures with which tliey are sure Dr Hooker's 

 rich herbarium is well stored. 



Plantce AsiaticcB rariores. By N. Wallich, M. and Ph. D., 

 &c. No. V. Treuttel and Wurtz, London. 



We are glad, notwithstanding the absurd rumours in circulation, that 

 this work goes on as usual ; indeed, we cannot see that the Hon. 

 East India Company can permit its being put a stop to, which must 

 be the case if Dr Wallich, the only person capable of carrying it on, 

 were ordered to return to the East before it be finished, or before 

 the distribution of the collection under his care in Frith Street be 

 accomplished. There is no one M'ho has the honour of being 

 acquainted with the amiable author, but must wish him every success 

 in the two great undertakings he has on hand, — undertakings which 

 confer the highest honour on the liberality of the Company. 



The present is the first number of the second volume : it contains many 

 splendid figures ; but we could almost have dispensed with that of the 

 white-flowered variety of Rhododendrum arhoreum, (t. 123,) being a 

 mere variety of an already well-known plant. Bentham here finishes 

 his synopsis of the genera and species of Indian Lahiatce. 



Supplement to English Botany. No. XVI. 8vo. London. 



Although we do not hold ourselves bound to notice the periodical publi- 

 cations on botany, yet we may allude to them occasionally, either when 

 we find any thing worth praise or deserving censure. In the present 

 number of the Supplement to English Botany, we find a confusion we 

 little expected under the article Elatine, — Mr Bowman there mis- 

 taking the hilum and chalaza, two parts so perfectly distinct, that in 

 some, nay in most plants, they are at opposite extremities of the seed. 

 The hilum is external, the chalaza internal ; and when these are at 

 difierent ends of the seed, they are, as in Elatine, connected by the 

 raphe : it is not the chalaza, but the hilum and podosperm that is 

 operculiform. As the position of the raphe assists in indicating that 

 of the seed, so the seed in E. hydropiper is pendulous ; but in the 

 annexed character of E. hexandra, we suspect some mistake both in 

 the description and figure : to us the seeds do not appear ascending ; 

 but as we suspect the raphe lies on the side of the seed away from 

 the placenta, they are resupinate, and consequently pendulous. 



TheBotany of Capt.Beechey's Voyage. No. I. By Dr Hooker 

 and G. A. W. Arnott, Esq. Colburn and Bentley. London, 

 1831. 



This number, consisting of 48 pages, and 10 plates, contains nearly all 

 the Chilian plants found in the voyage. To render the \vork more 

 complete, the descriptions of other allied plants from the same coun- 

 try are occasionally added. It would appear that the authors intend 

 to take each country visited, by itself : the natural arrangement is 

 followed. Cordia decandra, (t. 10,) appears a splendid plant, and 

 well worthy of introduction into om- gardens. 



Mikroskopische Unterstichungen, &c. Microscopical Researches 

 on Mr Robert Brown's Discovery of Living Molecules, indes- 



