124 Dr. Hooker on American Botany. 



New South Shetland, 1 " (U.fasciata of Torrey,) by Mr. Lew- 

 is de Schweinitz, in a valuable " Monograph of the genus 

 viola,''' by Mr. Nuttall, on a " collection of plants made in 

 East Florida, by Mr. Ware," 1 by Mr. M. C. Leavemvorth, 

 on " four new species of plants from Alabama, 1 ' by Professor 

 C. Dewey of William's College, upon " Ca?ices."" 



In the Journal of the Academy of Sciences, the Botanical 

 Memoirs are entirely from the pen of Mr. Nuttall. 



The Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New 

 York were only commenced last year; but the numbers, (of 

 which we have received five from that excellent institution,) 

 contain several communications on the subject of botany. In 

 No. I. is a " Synopsis of the Lichens of the state of New 

 York, 11 by Mr. A. Halsey, and a description by Dr. Torrey 

 of " some new and rare plants collected in the rocky moun- 

 tains, during the expedition thither, commanded by Major 

 Long, by Dr. Edwin James j" in No. II. a " Synopsis of the 

 Ca7'ices" by Dr. Schweinitz. No. III. contains an article " on 

 the American Utricularice,"" by M. le Comte, who enumerates 

 11 species. No. IV. " on the genus Graliolia," by the same 

 author. No. V. " on the genus Ruellia,'" by M. le Comte, 

 and on "some new grasses found by Dr. James, on the rocky 

 mountains, 11 by Dr. Torrey. 



Mr. Schweinitz, whom we have already more than once 

 alluded to, is a native of Germany, where, as well as through- 

 out Europe, he is advantageously known, in conjunction 

 with M. Albertini, as the author of a Latin work on the 

 Fungi of Upper Lusatia. Since his residence in America, 

 he has continued to dedicate most of his attention to the 

 fungi; and his manuscript, containing an account of 1373 

 fungi found in Upper Carolina alone, was edited by Dr. 

 Schwaegrichen in 1823, under the title of " Synopsis Fun- 

 gorum Carolina? Superioris,"" in a thin volume, 4to ; and it 

 is not a little singular to observe how many of these ax*e com- 

 mon to Europe as well as America. 



We shall close our notice of American botanical publica- 

 tions by the mention of that, which if we may judge from 

 the first number (which is all that we have yet received from 

 the author,) bids fair to rank among the most valuable that 



