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second division (from page 21 to p. 80.) is entitled ' Commentatio de 

 Salicibus Sueciae.' 



Under Scirpus multicaulis, Sm., is given a very detailed account of 

 the mode of growth and structure of that plant and of Sc. palusti'is, 

 pauciflorus, and ceespitosus. A new species of Cuscuta, considered as 

 intermediate between C. europcea and epilinon, which has been disco- 

 vered by Mr. Blyth of Christiania, parasitical upon Chenopodiacece on 

 the sea-shore of Norway, is described under the name of " C. halo- 

 phyta, caule simplici, florum glomerulis multifloris subbracteatis, co- 

 rollae tubo globoso limbum aequante." We have seen specimens of 

 this plant from Norway in the Herbarium of Mr. R. B. Bowman of 

 Newcastle, and it is much to be wished, that that gentleman, or some 

 other botanist, who may have the opportunity, would examine the 

 structure of the scales in the interior of the corolla, as no notice is 

 taken of that part by Fries. 



Zannichellia pedunculate/, and polycarpa are separated from Z. pei- 

 lustris : the former we suspect is only a variety, but the latter ap- 

 pears to be a good species, characterized by its very short styles. 



In the 'Commentatio de Salicibus' our author first endeavours 

 to determine the species contained in ' Linn. Fl. Lapp.' and then pro- 

 ceeds to enumerate and describe all the Swedish species; and the syn- 

 onyms of Linnaeus, Smith, Willdenow, Wahlenberg, and Koch are 

 quoted throughout. It would occupy too much of our space to go 

 in detail through this part of the book before us, nor indeed is it at 

 all necessary, as we doubt not that it will soon be in the hands of all 

 students of this very difficult genus. 



A new number of Reichenbach's ■ Icones Florae Germanicae' has 

 just reached us: it contains 23 plates, figuring 56 species and va- 

 rieties of German Violets. The plates are executed with the usual 

 care, and will be found most useful in determining the different forms 

 in this genus. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 

 LINN^AN society. 



March 5, 1839. — Edward Forster, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 

 Read, " Observations on some Fungi or Agarici, which by de- 

 liquescence form an inky fluid, drying into a bister-coloured mass, 

 capable of being used as a water-colour for drawings, and of a very 

 indestructible nature by means of common agencies." By John 



