198 EKYTHEA. 



species on these trees from the oils alone," Ibid. p. 176. 

 "Border of [calyx-]-tube has appearance of a pot of some 

 thick fluid boiling over."_ Ihid. p. 193. 



Eucalyptus McClatchie, Kinney, op. cU. 188^E. goniocalijx, 

 probably. " General appearance of the tree suggests E. glo- 

 bulus or E. goniocalyx.'" Ibid. p. 188. 



Mr. Kinney supplies a glossary for the use of his non- 

 botauical readers. It is copied from Gray's "First Lessons 

 in Botany," word for word, save that the references to figures 

 and definitions in the text are omitted by Mr. Kinney. 

 Sometimes the result is disastrous, for instance where we 

 read "■Accessory: something additional, as accessory buds", 

 the person who would be the wiser for reading such 

 a definition, would surely not have any use for a 

 glossary. Again, '■'• Anairopous or Anatropal ovules and 

 seeds": this is positively misleadiug^^and makes it appear, that 

 anatropous is synonymous with ovules, and anatropal with 

 seeds. Where Gray referred entirely to the text for a defin- 

 ition, Kinney has omitted the word altogether, evidently from 

 lack of ability to give an original definition, or of knowledge 

 of any other place, in which to find one ; a further proof, that 

 he is not a botanist. We fail to see, moreover, why the glos- 

 sary of a book on Eucalyptus should be burdened with the 

 definitions of such words as the following, picked at random : 

 ^'' Acorn; the nut of the Oak" — what have oaks to do with 

 Eucalypts? Oaks do not even grow, wild, in Australia, at least 

 not those oaks, which bear acorns. Again, we find "•Amphi- 

 gasirium ; a peculiar stipule-like leaf of certain Liverworts :" 

 does Mr. Kinney mean that the Amphigastria-bearing 

 Hepaticae grow on species of Eucalyptus ? and if so, how did 

 it happen that there is no account of them in his text? 

 " Caryopsis : tlie one-seeded fruit or grain of Grasses, etc.," 

 ^'Strobile,'''' and " Tuber " do not belong in the glossary of a 

 monograph of Eucalyptus, unless, indeed, its author wishes 

 to give a complete glossary of terms used in describing 

 plants, to make his book more generally useful. But if this 

 were the case, how is it that such terms as "pa/e/Zrt?-," "tefra- 

 liedrous,'" and "-dorsified"' Idorsifixed'?'}, which are used in 



