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Laving been always hitherto assigned to the interior of cells, 

 where it is supposed to be formed by those vital forces of 

 plants which carry on the functions of digestion and assimi- 

 lation. Are we to suppose this fascula to be the residuum of 

 the contents of the mother cells, the intersection of which 

 produces the grains of pollen, and within which the latter 

 are organized ? 



Flora de Filipinas. Segicn el sistema sexual de Linneo. For el P. Fr. 

 Manuel Blanco, Agustino Calzado. Manila, 1837. 



This is a thick square 4to. of 887 pages, upon the plants 

 inhabiting the fertile and richly-wooded islands called the 

 Philippines. It commences with a short preface explaining 

 what has already been written upon the same subject by others; 

 and a sketch of the principles of the Linnsean classification, 

 with a glossary of botanical terms: the whole occupying Ixxviii 

 additional pages of introduction. The body of the work 

 consists of descriptions of plants in Spanish, each filling on 

 an average about three-fourths of a page, so that the whole 

 number of species introduced may be estimated at about 

 1100. Of these a great proportion are referred to Linna3an 

 plants, it is needless to say, with but little probability of their 

 belonging to them ; and there are, moreover, many new 

 species. From the want of books the author has been unable 

 to give any synonymy, which is much to be regretted, as the 

 work contains a good deal of information concerning the 

 uses of plants. Of new genera 17 are specially named, 

 besides which others, in the opinion of the author less cer- 

 tainly new, are introduced and described, but are mentioned 

 by their native names only. Thus, at the head of Pentan- 

 dria Monogynia, stands a plant called Bitlag, which, the 

 author thinks, may be the same as Mayepea. The new genera, 

 and the natural orders to which they possibly belong are the 

 following : — 



Azaola, p. 402 — Sapotacea. 

 Balingayum, p. 187 — Placed near Gronovia. 



Calius, p. 608— Not to be found at this page, to wliich it is referred in 

 the Index. 



Cobamba, p. 510 — Verbenacece. 

 Enrila, p. 709—? ? 

 Lumanaja, p. 821— Euphorbinrece. 

 Lunasia, p. 783 — Euphorbiucece. 



K, October, 1830. ' 



