62 Notices respecting New Books. 



intonsum. M. (The black-bearded) ramulis erecto-decum- 



3. bentibus effusis hirtulis, foliis apice sub-decem-radiatis ; 

 calyce barba nigra cincto. 



Nova species, a Capite Bonae Spei. Florebat in re- 

 gie- Horto Kewense, A.D. 1824, Julio mense. 



Obs. Variat 

 «. rubicimdum, floribus rubicundis, terminalibus soli- 



tariis. 

 0. album, floribus niveis nitentibus, morientibus palli- 



dissime roseis. 



Obs. JFlores breviter pedunculati, pedunculis his- 

 pidis ebracteatis, setis albis erectis. Calyx 5-fidus 

 turbinatus inferne hispidus, setis patentibus albis, tunc 

 late barba valida nigra cinctus, setis nigris subulatis 

 expansis. Mores, A. M. ad solem ardentem solum 

 expansi, post illos Mesem. barbati et minores. Folia 

 in ramorum apices subconferta, semierecta plusve, pal- 

 lidiora quam in prioribus et acutiora, basi saepe inci- 

 pienter ciliata; undique ad lentem papulis setula alba 

 adpressa finientibus. 



Distinguitur optime hispidis ramulis, calycisve nigre- 

 dine barbae. 

 stellatum. M. (The small-bearded) foliis (ramulisque brevi- 



4. bus grossis) caespitosis canis crassis papuloso-scabris, 

 apice multiradiatis, basi ciliatis ; pedunculis calyci- 

 busque 6-8-fidis hirsutis. — M. stellatum. PI. Grass. 29, 

 cum icone. — Nob. in Revis. PI. Succ. 191. 



Rarius, et in aestu intenso solum floret. 

 densum. M. (The dwarf-bearded) densissime caespitosum : 



5. foliis papuloso-scabris, apice multiradiatis, basi sub- 

 ciliatis; pedunculis calycibusque 6-fidis hirsutissimis, 

 caudice senili praecrasso ramuloso brevissimo. — 

 M. densum. Nob. inSynops. Succ.fyc. — Bot. Mag. 1. 1220. 



Obs. Flores rarissimi: aestu intenso solum vidi, 

 quoque solum bis. 



IX. Notices respecting New Books. 



T^HE First Part of the Philosophical Transactions of the 

 ■*• Royal Society for 1824- has just appeared, and the follow- 

 ing are its contents : 



The Croonian Lecture. On the internal Structure of the 

 Human Brain, when examined in the Microscope, as com- 

 pared with that of Fishes, Insects and Worms. BySir Everard 

 Home, Bart. V.P.R.S. — Some Observations on the Migra- 

 tion 



