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too leafy in proportion to the number of its small clear, 

 yellow blossoms, which were in this instance produced but 

 sparingly ; Zauschneria californica, a brilliant red-flowered 

 Onagrad, which will probably prove a good bedding plant ; 

 and another new Californian introduction in the shape of 

 Abronia umbellata, a trailing coast-plant with small pale 

 purple flowers, which are fragrant. 



Books Presented. 



The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IX. No. 



1 8. From the Society. 

 Meteorological Observations made at Madras in the years 1841, 42, 43, 44, and 45, in 



5 vols. From the Honourable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. 

 Die Vegetationsorgane der Palmen, ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Anatomie und 



Physiologie von Hermann Karsten. From tlie Author. 

 The Atlienaeum for July. From the Editor. 



