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some very interesting portions of Mr. Fendler's collection, and, of 
Cactacee, the Mammillaria papyracantha, Cereus viridiflorus, C. triglo- 
chidiatus, and C. Fendleri. 
“But by far the most important locality about Santa Fé is the valley 
of the Rio Chiquito or Santa Fé ereek. It takes its origin about 
sixteen or eighteen miles north-east of the Town, runs through a 
narrow channel, and opens into the plain just where the town is built. 
Most of the characteristie plants of the upper part of the creek and 
of the mountain-sides are those of the Rocky Mountains, or allied 
forms; some of which, as Atragene Ochotensis or alpina, Draba aurea, 
&e., had never been met with in so low a latitude (under 36°). 
“ Mr. Fendler made his principal collections from the beginning of 
April to the beginning of August, 1847, in the region just described. 
At that time unforeseen obstacles obliged him to leave the field of his 
successful researches. He quitted Santa Fé, August 9th, following the 
usual road to Fort Leavenworth which separates from the **Bent's 
Fort road ” at the Mora river, and unites with it again at the “ Crossing 
of the Arkansas." The first part of the route from Santa Fé to Vegas 
leads through a mountainous, woody country, of much botanical 
interest, crossing the water-courses of the Pecos, Ojo de Bernal, and 
Galli From Vegas the road turns north-eastwardly over an open 
prairie country, occasionally varied with higher hills, as far as the 
Round Mound (6,655 feet high, according to Dr. Wislizenus.) On 
September the 4th, Mr. Fendler recrossed the Arkansas and reached 
Fort Leavenworth on the 24th of that month." 
Mr. Fendler is about to revisit New Mexico for a more thorough 
exploration of the Botany of that little-known region, and especially of 
the higher mountains in the northern and western part of the distriet ; 
—and heartily do we join Dr. Asa Gray in the expression of his 
earnest wish that Mr. Fendler may meet with the encouragement he so 
richly deserves, in the form of additional subscriptions for his col- 
leetions, which may enable him to re-engage in his arduous undertakings 
under more favourable circumstances thau before. 
M. J. Roemer; Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis Synopses 
Monographies: seu Enumeratio omnium plantarum hucusque detec- 
tarum &c. Fasc. I.—IV.Vimariæ, 1845 (?)-1847. 8vo. 
It is only very lately that we became aware of the existence of this 
book, or had seen any portion of it; and now we are unable to 
