a very valuable One: and contains a remarkable sigh of infor- 
mation compressed in small space. The key te the genera of 
woody plants is especially useful, and it is sup sete ed in the 
body of the wonk. by a concise and accurate description of each 
genus, 
Botanical Magazine.—The following plants are figured in the 
numbers for July, August and September :—/inus tuberculata, 
Gord. (t. 8717) jo “Western North America ; Ddestantiseues 
platycheilum, yr (t. 8718) from Guatemala; Oreocharis 
Forrestu, Skan 8719) a native of North- Western Yunnan ; 
Sinofranchetia oe Hemsl, (t. 8720) from Western Hupeh 
and ae ay Rhododendron be arial ee pt 8721) from 
(t. 8724) from Northern ee and Western China; Odonoto- 
glossum chiriquense, Reichb. £. (t. 8725) from Costa Rica and 
Colombia; Oresitrophe rupifraga, Bunge (t. 8726) from North 
China: Rhododendron neriifiorum, Franch. (t. -8727) from 
Yunnan, and Aster fuscesens, Bur. et Franch. (t. 8728) from 
Western China. 
In the numbers for October, November and December the 
following plants are figured : ‘a Dleions Pricet, Rolfe (t. 8729) a 
native of Formosa; Castilleja miniata, Dougl. (t. 8730) from 
Western North America; Orthrosanthus Chimboracensis, Baker 
(t. 8731) extending from Mexico to Peru ; Daphne Giraldiz, 
Nitsche (t. 8732) from China; Prunus subhirtella var. autumnalis, 
Makino (t. 8733) from Japan; J/egacarpaea polyandra, Benth. (t. 
8734) from the Himalaya; Primula nutans, Delavay ui 
from China; Sarcochilus solomonensis, Rolfe (t. 8737) a native A 
the Solemn Islands; Sechium edule, Sw. (t. 8738) from Tropical 
America; Syringa Walsonzi, Schneider (t. 8739) from Western 
Szechuan; Cryptophoranthus Dayanus. ae (t. 8740) from 
Colombia and fA oleioides, Sieb. (t. 8741)), a native of 
New South Wales. 
The volume for the year is eioeren 8 to Mr. R. I. Lyuch, 
Curator, Botanie Garden, Cambri 
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