on Zoology and Botany. 67 



nera, proposed by Mr. Haworth, although he candiilly acknow- 

 ledges he has not studied them sufficiently to judge of their ac- 

 curacy ; we should have considered this the very best reason 

 for adopting such reformations, proposed by botanists who 

 have exclusively devoted their attention to this tribe of vege- 

 tables. Mr. Haworth has arranged this plant under the genus 

 Gasteria. The figure is excellent. 



Sweet's Gcnmiacece. No. 35. 



The only species in this Number, is Erodium multicanJe, 

 thus defined : " E. pedunculis multifloris, foliis ternato-pinna- 

 tifidis : segmentis oblongis acutis inciso-serratis, petalis acutis 

 calyce longioribus, caule ramosissimo adscendente." 



It appears to be the plan of this work to give only one real 

 species of this immense tribe in each Number ; the remauiing 

 plates being devoted to record those hybrid varieties which 

 may be raised ad ijifinitum by the London gardeners at plea- 

 sure, and which, if they are all to have a place in this pubica- 

 tion, will inevitably extend it to four or five hundred Numbers. 

 This plan will be attended with little advantage to science, and 

 with disappointment to many persons of moderate income, 

 who have been induced to take it in, from a belief that it woukl 

 be principally confined to species. We are ever anxious to en- 

 courage the publication of works conducive to real utility or 

 sound information. But the author should bear in mind, that on 

 the plan on which this is now conducted, its termination cannot 

 be expected for many years. The plates are unexceptionable 

 and the subject popular ; and if the author is disposed to take 

 our hints, intended as friendly ones, we shall be the first to 

 notice the improvement, and give our support and recommen- 

 dation for the success of Gcraniacetc. 



Loddiges's Bota7iical Cabinet. Parts G7, 68. 

 As no specific characters are given, the mere names of the 

 plants figured in this work wUl hot interest our readers : we 

 shall therefore only remark on the contents of tlie Parts now 

 before us, that Phytcnma virgata, stated as a native of Mount 

 Lebanon, we found abundant both in Attica, and on the 

 mountains of Bccotia, growing in tufts among limestone rocks. 

 If its cultivation was assimilated to such situations, we ap- 

 prehend the present difficulty of increasing this beautiful and 

 delicate plant would be overcome. 



Grevilh'''s Scottish Cnjplogamic Flora. No. 7. 

 The present Number of this beautiful work, contains : T. 3 1 . 

 Urcdo Lini De Cand. — T. 32. Aspergillus j'cnicellatns, a beauti- 

 ful microscopic object of the natural lamily Byssoidca: Grev. 

 I <2 ' ' Mncedines, 



