on Zoology and Botany. 301 



the ■'enus Polyplumns of Montford. The author appears not to be aware that 

 MrrSwainson has copiously iUiistrated this genus in the Zoological Illustra- 

 tions, and figured a number of new and rare species belonging to it. 



We are glad to find that no difference in the execution of the plates, 

 since the death of ^Ir. Sowerby, is perceptible; but that his son appears, 

 in this instance, fully competent to support the reputation which his father, 

 as an artist, so justly acquired. 



The Botanical Register. No. 97, 98. 



PI. 690. Jasminum pamculatum ; a Chinese species, hitherto unpublished, 

 but described in the MSS. of the late Dr. Roxburgh. J. fruticosum, erec- 

 tum, undiquc la;ve; foliis (coriaceis) ternatis ; foliolis ovalibus, obtuse acu- 

 minatis; paniculis tenninalibus; (corolla 5-fida). PI. 691. is a double 

 plate of the beautiful Astrapcea JVat/ichii oHAndlc} ; (Collect. Bot. 14.). 

 From the observations made in the description, it appears Mr. Lindley's 

 figure is in some points erroneous, having been made from a dried speci- 

 i^en. PI. 69-'. Holmslaoldin xanguincn {Hastingia coccinea of Smith). We 

 should have been glad if the ingenious writer, who defends this generic name 

 from the imputation of being " uncouth," had given us some idea how it is 

 to be pronounced; for to us it is perfectly unutterable; and we question 

 if one of our readers \\n\\V\ undertake the task, without rehearsing it a dozen 

 times to himself, before he ventured on the experiment ; in truth, such 

 barbarisms should not be tolerated. Mmieftia coccinea Willd. Massonia 

 tongifo/ia, var. introduced by that able botanist, and enterprising traveller, 

 Mr. Burchell; who, however, considers it a new species, to which he 

 has affixed the name of caiidida. Ethnlia com/zuides Willd. from Egypt. 

 PI. 696. Cactm truncnliis (Link. H. Berol.), a B'razilian plant belonging to 

 Mr. Haworth's genus Kpiphyllitm. . 



PL 697. Ban/isia pn/udosa Brown : an elegant shrub, introduced by Mr. 

 Brown from Port Jackson. Acacia vestita: a new species, from the same 

 country as the last. '' A. hir.mta, ramis divaricatis, foliis hirsutis dimidiato- 

 ellipticis lanceolatis aristatis arista niarginis extcrioris rectioris terminali ; 

 stipulis minutis caducis; capitulis spharicis laxe sparseque racemosis subso- 

 litariisve." This is but an abridgement of the descriptive character given 

 to the species, which is disprojiortionably long. Agajmnthus uvibellatus 

 (var. minimus), probably a distinct species: Bracuntium polyphyllum Linn.: 

 two valuable plates, representing the different parts of this singular but un- 

 commonly foetid vegetable. Xenttia orchioides Willd. : an interesting spe- 

 cies fromJamaica. " Bcrberis pinnata: a new acquisition to our green-house 

 collections, though described by Lagasca, Kunth and Decandolle. The ar- 

 guments adduced by Mr. Brown against the admission of Malwnia as a ge- 

 nus distinct from Berheris, are quite conclusive. Saft/riiim coriifolium: a rare 

 and lovely plant from the Cape. We arc not at all disjiosed to agree in the 

 observatioi) at the end of this article, tending to make several (to us) very di- 

 stinct species, mere varieties of each other. Experience has proved, that 

 greater confusion in the science has originated by making too few species 

 than too manti; for, the more we generalize our definitions, the more we de- 

 part from that accurate tletail, so absolutely essential in describing the indi- 

 viduals of intricate genera. 



Curtis's Botanical Magazine. No. 434-, iSS. 

 This number contains two new species. PI. .'2384. Euinuimns latijhtiiis, a 

 well known shnili from the •<nuth of Europe. Ilihiscns milifaris \\ illd., an 

 American plant, (hnlis lohiita, raised from seed recently imported from 

 Chill. O. aciuilis, scnpo unifloro pctiolis longiorc fohis ternatis; foliolis 

 bilobis ; radicc tnbcrosa. Lobelia iii/rnmidulu, rccentlv described, for the 



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