458 Analysis of Periodical Hoiks. 



the genealogy of an extinct dukedom. Vulsella, widi an ex- 

 cellent figure of V. lingulata. Columbella. The plate illus- 

 trating this genus is rich in well-drawn figures of no less than 

 nine species of these pretty little shells. 



We conclude this article with melancholy regret. After 

 long struggling against an acute and fatal disorder, Mr. James 

 Sowerby has sunk into the grave. As one of the best deli- 

 neators of natural productions this country has ever produced, 

 his numerous and valuable works through a long life, at once 

 bespeak his excellence aud his induotrj'. Science w ill mourn 

 the loss of one whose labc-nrs have contributed in this country 

 so much to her advancement. Indeed, wc know not of one 

 who, uniting the professional artist with the scientific natu- 

 ralist,will supply the gap thus left in the small circle of our na- 

 tive zoological artists. As a private character, we have ever 

 heard Mr. Sov.-erby spoken of with esteem and respect; and 

 we trust tliat the many Avorks his unfortunate death has left in 

 n\\ unfinished state, will be completed, either by his sons, or by 

 some other competent person. 



Girvilles Scoilisli Cri/ptogamic Flora. Nos. 5 and 6. 



These Nmnbcrs of Mr. Greville's ii'.teresting work contain 

 the folUnving subjects : 



No. 5. Tab. 21. Erincum Bdiihc Decand. No. 22. E. py~ 

 riiinm Pers. No. 23. Agariciis luberosiis Bull. ; a most re- 

 markable species, having, as its name implies, tuberous roots, 

 which are attached by means of a few fibres to moss, dead leaves, 

 and black and decayed Agarics of other species. No. 21'. Hi/- 

 stcrium Riibi of Pers. And No. 25. Echinclla paradoxa^ a 

 marine production v/hich had never been noticed by any pi-e- 

 ceding author, except Lyngbye in his excellent Tent. Hydro- 

 phyt. Dani(C. 



No. 6. Tab. 2fi. Tlystcrium Jiiniperi of Mr. Greville, a new 

 species found in the vicinity of Edinburgh, as well as upon the 

 highest of the Grampian Mountains, on the dead leaves of ,///- 

 niperiis comnvmis: " ovale nitidum subplanum, minutum, 

 cellulis spornliferis apicibus attenuatis." No. 27. Cylindro- 

 sporiim conceniriciiw, a new genus of plants of Mr. Greville's 

 Division of Fungi, which he calls Fusidoidefe {Epiphytce., Link), 

 and thus cliaracterized: " Plantae minutissimiB in foliis vivis 

 parasiticse, non rupta epidermide. Sporidia cylindrica truncata, 

 non septata, nuda, libera, coacervata," Grev, There is only one 

 specie; vet discovered, and that forms spots of white concen- 

 tric lines on iioth the siu'faces of the leaves of the common 

 Ciibbago. Tab. 28. Agaricus odorus Bull, et Sowerby, which 



gives 



