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Of that part of the work originally published by Mr. Curtis, 62 out of ^2 

 number* have been re-published, with all the improvements and corrections 

 which the vast additions that have been recently made to the science 

 require, and with new dissections of flowers and fruit, when they have been 

 wanting, to the plates. The generic as well as specific characters are ^iven 

 and the natural orders to which the plant belongs, together, under some 

 one of the species, with the character of that order, taken either from 

 Jussieu, Brown, or De Candolle. 



The same arrangement with regard to the descriptive part is adopted in 

 the New Series as appears in the Old; of this 28 numbers have now been 

 published, which contain, besides many of oiu- native plants, which are 

 familiar to the most common observer, several that are of great rarity, and 

 others that have never before been given as natives of Great Britain. Among 

 the latter class may be mentioned the charming Primula scotica, the Luzula 

 arcuata, and the Juncus arcticm. Several alpine plants ai-e here introduced 

 drawings and descriptions of which Dr. Hooker's northern residence and 

 frequent visits to the Highland mountains give him the greatest facility of 

 obtaining. 



Flora Exotica. 



The Fourth Part of Dr. Hooker's Exotic Flora appeared on the 

 first of this month, and most assuredly does not yield in point of interest 

 to any of the preceding ones. It is gratifying to see appearing from Glas- 

 gow a work which, in the execution of the plates and accuracy of descrip- 

 tion, is second to none of the numerous Botanical publications of the 

 present day; and which we are confident must maintain a high rank among 

 them. The Author has, indeed, at his command, the collections of the 

 northern parts of the British dominions: besides his own fine Herbarium, 

 which affords so many choice Ferns for publication, and the valuable col- 

 lection of the Royal Botanic Garden of Glasgow, which is immediately 

 under his care, he has free access to the rare subjects in the Liverpool 

 Garden, rich in tropical plants, especially in the families of Sciiaminece and 

 Orchidece, and to the magnificent new Garden at Edinburgh, which, whe- 

 ther considered in regard to its extent and the richness of the collection, 

 owing to the great skill of the superintendant, Mr. M'Nab, and the zeal of 

 the Botanical Professor, or the beauty of its situation, may certainly rank 

 among the very first in the kingdom. 



From some or other of these soiu'ces have been drawn most of the sub- 

 jects hitherto given. Amongst those in the present part we shall enume- 

 rate — Tab. 49, a noble new Saxifraga, native of Nepal, the .S'a.i'. ligidata 

 of Dr. Wallich, allied to our own well-known S. crassifolia, but having the 

 leaves beautifully ciHated at the margin. Tab. 50, a splendid fig. of Epi- 

 dendrum nutrms, with excellent dissections. T. 51, another new Nepal 

 plant, the Ct/mhidium lancifotium of Hooker. T. 52, Trichomanes elegans 

 of lludge; a singular species of Geum from St. Vincent's, W. Indies, where 

 it was gathered by the Rev. Lansdown Guilding, who is here mentioned, 

 and we believe with justice, as an admirable Naturalist at this time en- 

 gaged in collecting materials for a Fainia India; Occidentalis. T. 53, a va- 

 riety of what Mr. Roscoe considers the true Canna iitdira, distinguished by 

 the erect interior, trifid limb of the curullri. T. 54, Curdaminc rescdifolia, 

 a native of Switzerland and Savoy. T. 55, Fothos v'wlacca, a climbing pa- 

 rasitical plant, remarkable for the purple colour and pellucid nature of its 

 berries. T. 50, Ophioglossum pciioldturn, a new species from the W. Indies, 

 and doubtless nearly allied to the (K vtdgatum. V. 57, licgonia ulmifolia of 

 Willd., a fine and handsome species. 1\ 58, a new Pipcronia rubella, the 

 Piper ruhellum of Haworth's Ilevisiim of the Succulent Plants. T. 5!), Eu- 

 phorbia colinifolia, a native of Curassoa, in which country the natives em- 

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