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Dorstenia, with its obsolete flowers, devoid 

 of all beauty, alludes to the antiquated and 

 uncouth book of Dorstenius. 



Hernanciid) an American plant, the most 

 beautiful of all trees in its foliage, but fur- 

 nished with trifling blossoms, bears the name 

 of a botanist highly favoured by fortune, and 

 allowed an ample salary for the purpose of 

 investigating the natural history of the West- 

 ern world, but whose labours have not an- 

 swered the expense. On the contrary 



Magnolia with its noble leaves and flowers, 

 and 



Dillenia with its beautiful blossoms and 

 fruit, serve to immortalize two of the most 

 meritorious among botanists. 



Linncea, " a depressed, abject, Lapland 

 plant, long overlooked, flowering at an early 

 age, was named by Gronovius after its pro- 

 totype Linnaeus." 



In pursuance of the same idea Dicksonia, 

 a beautiful and curious fern, is well devoted 

 to our great cryptogamist ; Knappia, a small 

 and singular grass, to an author celebrated 

 for his minute and curious drawings of that 

 tribe; Sprengelia, to one distinguished for 



