76 



Malaieia, p. 7S9—Urticacea. 



Mamboga, p. 140 — CinchonacecB. 



Manungala, p. 306—Simaru6acece ? Powerfully bitter ; a specific against 



cholera. 



Palaquium, p. 403 — Sapotacece. 



Quilamura, p. 851— ? ? 



Quilesia, p. 176 — OlacacecB? 



Soala, p. 437 — Clmiace<B? 



Sulipa, p. 497 — CinchonacecB ? Placed in Didynamia Angiospermia. 



Tala, p. 484 — Scrophulariacece . 



Tayotum, p. 105 — Apocynaceoz. 



For the opportunity of examining this curious work I am 

 indebted to the Hon. W. F. Strangways, by whom it has been 

 presented to the library of the Horticultural Society. 



PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



In the present state of Systematical Botany every day 

 may be said to throw some new light upon the principles 

 of classification, and every new book to contain something 

 important with reference to the plan upon which the vege- 

 table kingdom is organized. While however improvements 

 in the secondary details of classification are thus continually 

 indicated, it is only here and there that any step is taken to 

 interfere with the classes or primary groups of plants ; indeed 

 there can now be little doubt that in their most essential par- 

 ticulars these fundamental portions of the natural system are 

 but little open to alteration ; that the great divisions of 

 Exogensy Endogens and Acrogens are essentially different from 

 each other, no botanist will attempt to deny. But it is not 

 therefore certain that they do not in themselves contain the 

 types of other fundamental divisions, or in other words, that 

 they do not represent three great plans of structure, each of 

 which includes modifications of a much higher grade than 

 such as are employed for the definition of natural orders. If 

 this be so, it will be necessary to augment the number of pri- 

 mary divisions of the Vegetable Kingdom, and that an ex- 

 tended view of vegetable structure shews that necessity to 

 exist, may now I think be proved. 



Jussieu admits three primary groups only, namely — 

 1. Dicotyledons^ 2. Monocotyledons, and 3. Acotyledons, which 

 are equivalent to the modern 1. ExogenSj 2. Endogens, and 

 3. Acrogens. 



