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which the author has separated, though not, aiiparently, with- 

 out hesitation, from Cactus, — Tab. 3, 4-, Neottia spcciosa^ with 

 iar more ample details of the inflorescence than have yet ap- 

 peared, and which are, we think, of the highest importance 

 among Orchideous ]:)lants. — No. 5, Asjri ilium iValUchii, a charm- 

 mg and very curious new Fern fi'om Ne]ial, and thus charac- 

 terized : — " Frondibus simplicibus lineari-lanceolatis, soris 

 rachis utrinque per totam fere longitudinem lineatim dispositis, 

 stipite inarticulate." Tab. G. (a folded plate, and thus counting 

 as two), a new Dorstenia (Z). arifolia), native of the Brazils ; 

 its specific character runs thus : " Foliis profunde quinque- 

 fidis digitato-palmatis, laciniis lanceolatis (junioribus cordato- 

 sagittatis integris), receptaculo elliptico-quadrato inclinato 

 lateraliter pedunculo affixo." — Tab. 7. Lycopodium dendroi- 

 deum. — Tab. 8. Doodia aspcra, a New-Holland Fern. — Tab. 9. 

 A magnificent East Indian Orchideous plant (on a double 

 plate), Dendrobium Pierardi, which flowered for the first lime 

 in the Liverpool garden. — Tab. 10. A beautiful Ophrys, re- 

 cently introduced into the gardens of Britain, O. lutea. — 

 Tab. 11. Serapias Lingua. — Tab. 12. Calypso horealis, the 

 American variety, or species as it is considered by Mr. Brown. 

 — Tab. 13. Sarracenia rubra; sent, we observe, from Liverpool. 

 — Tab. 14. Berberis heterojyhylla, a native of the Straits of Ma- 

 gellan. — Tab. 15. Agerahim conyzoides. — Tab. 16. A novel 

 species of Pinguicula, or Butterwort, P. edentula : " nectario 

 subulato recurvo, corolla campanulata breviore, quinquelobo, 

 lobis emarginatis integerrimis, palato prominente, scapo pube- 

 scente;" and Tab. 17. Begonia humilis. 



What adds greatly to the interest of this publication is, that 

 most of the plants which it will contain are the produce of the 

 gardens of Scotland, and every part of the work, (except the 

 colouring of the plates, which is under the direction of Mr. 

 Graves of London,) even the engravings, which are of a very 

 superior stsmip, is executed in that kingdom ; so that we can- 

 not help congratulating our sister country on producing a work 

 of science, which, in point of the excellence of its peribrmance, 

 is, if not superior, certainly fully equal, to any thing of the same 

 kind that has ever appeared in the metropolis of the land. 



Botany appears to be making rapid advances in the kingdom 

 of Scotland, if we may be allowed to judge by the productions 

 of its press. At the same time that we announce Professor 

 Hooker's work vn Exotic Plants, we have the pleasure of re- 

 comtneiiding to our readers a publication of even greater inte- 

 icst to the student of Cryptogamic Botany, in the Scottish Crj/p- 

 tngamir plora of Mr. (Ireviile of lC(linl)nrgh, which is destined 



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