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dulatis mucronatis, vexillo oblongo, coi'dato, supra convoluto, 

 obtusato, PI. 643. Melea scmpervireyis, Wild. PI. 644-. Me- 

 lastoma heteromalla^ a new species of this extensive group 

 figured on a double plate. Sp. Ch. M. foliis cordato-ovalibus 

 integerrimis petiolatis subtus flocculoso-lanatis ; petalis obcor- 

 datis, antheris basi arcuatis. Don. MSS. PI. 645. Pohjgala 

 latifolia, another new and very elegant species from the Cape. 

 Pol. (div. Cristatae) fruticosa, ramis pubescentibus, foliis decus- 

 satis subcoriaceis glauciusculis nervosis rhombeo-ovatis, ob- 

 latis, supra nudis, infra villosiusculis, racemis umbellatis, an- 

 theris barba longa rara divaricata ad basin. PI. 646. Marica 

 iiidifolia, a small but elegant species. We wish to see the 

 beautiful natural order oiEiisatce more fully illustrated in this 

 work, since it is well known that the gentleman by whom it is 

 at present conducted, has paid long and very particular atten- 

 tion to these plants. PL 646. StenocJiilus maculahis; this is 

 an elegant and very singular plant, recently brought from New 

 South Wales, distinguished thus: Sten. caule ramisque sericeis 

 erectis, foliis spathulato-v. ligulato-lanceolatis, flore plurimum 

 brevioribus, pedunculis flexuoso-declinatis ; staminibus paula 

 exsertis. 



Curtis* s Botanical Magaziiie. No. 427. Price 3s. 6d. 



P. 2338. Hybrid productions are more interesting to the 

 florist than to the botanist ; we should therefore wish to 

 see them excluded from this, as well as the last-mentioned 

 work. It must be, however, confessed, that the one on tliis 

 plate (formed of Crinum cajjense et ei'ubcscens) is a very fine 

 plant. At PL 2337, we have the same species of Melmtoma as 

 appears in this month's Register ; a coincidence not to the ad- 

 vantage of either of the works, or to the public. If the dis- 

 sections had been added, we should prefer the present figure, 

 as being more like the plant. Followhig this is Hi bberti a 

 dentata. Brown and Decand. In this article Dr. Sims pays a 

 most flattering, but truly merited, compliment to the eminent 

 talents of Mr, Brown. 



Bicrchcllia bubalina {capensis of Brown, in Bot. Register, 

 PL 466.), a genus named after that enterprising traveller and 

 eminent botanist Mr. Burchell. We do not agree with Dr. S. 

 on the impropriety of changing specific, names when a plant is, 

 bv common consent, removed to another genus, provided the 

 change will be a decided imjirovement. PL 2348. The white 

 variety of Fumaria cava ; and the next (a double plate) con- 

 tains an elegant figure of Po/erium caiidatum of Willd. with an 

 interesting outline of the whole plant. 



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