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With such imperfect individuals, however, as I possess, all 
of them destitute of flower and fruit, and exhibiting as is evi- 
dent, some slight discrepancies in the foliage, I will not under- 
take to say that the Fagus dubia, and the Fagus betuloides of 
Mirbel, may not, together with this, constitute one and the 
same species, 
Tas. VIII. Fagus Forsteri. Fig. 1. Leaves :—magnified. 
10. F. alpina (Poep. et Endlich.) ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis 
basi rotundatis serrulatis utrinque hirtis ciliatis supra glu- 
tinosis, involucri lobis ovatis dorso margineque appendicu- 
latis, appendicibus incisis multifidisve glandulosis. Poep. et - 
Endlich, l. c. p. 69. t. 196. 
Has. Antuco, on the elevated mountains in South Chili. 
Poeppig.— With this species I am unacquainted. 
11. F. Cunninghamii (Hook. supra).—(Tas. VII.) 
Has. Van Dieman's Land. Se supra.) 
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IX. NOTICE OF BOTANICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
1. Illustrations of Indian Botany, or Figures illustrative of 
each of the Natural Orders of Indian Plants, described 
in the Author's * Prodromus Flore Peninsule Indie Orien- 
talis ? with Observations on. their Botanical Relations, 
Economical Uses and Medicinal Properties; including 
Descriptions of recently discovered and imperfectly known 
Plants: sy Ropert Wicgr, M.D., F.L.S., &c., Surgeon 
9n the Madras Establishment. 
2. Icones Plantarum Indie Orientalis, or Figures of Faden - 
Plants: sy RosERT Wionr, M.D., F. L. S., &c., DINE 
of the Madras Establishment. 
SUcH are the titles of two very important works, now con- 
ducted at Madras by the zealous botanist whose name stands 
Connected with them, and which bid fair, from the comprehen- 
. Sive nature of the undertaking, and its great usefulness, toform | 5 
. 8n era in the progress of Indian Botany. Rheede has. given ; 
