Published in Great Britain. 355 



Linn. t. 2534. Cyrtanthus striatus, a new species, but with a specific cha- 

 racter ten lines m length ; native of the Cape. t. 2535. Paliurus virga- 



au ^° n o S epaL '• 2536 - Ckrodendrum macrophyllum : introduc- 



ed by Mr Barclay from the Mauritius. 



Hooker's Exotic Flora, for December, No. 17. 



T T A ^ 133 'u CalUcar P a lon gtfoUa, Lam., but not, we think, of Roxb. Fl. 

 «d. ; rrom the Liverpool garden, t. 134. Murraya paniculata of Malag. 

 Misc communicated from the Hort. Soc, who received it from Sumatra. 

 t. 135. Habenana gracilis, Colebrooke, mss. : native of Sylhet, E. Indies, 

 .1 »\ n T rm mar Z inata > Colebr. mss., found growing on the turf at 

 the Bot. Garden, Calcutta. t . 137. Balsamina setucea, Colebr. mss. na- 

 tive of the mountains N. of Sylhet- The three last plants have not been 

 introduced in our gardens. 



Loddiqe's Botanical Cabinet, Part 92, December. 

 No. 911. Veronica taurica. 912- Hatmanthus multiflorus. 913. Arnica 

 scorpwides. 914- Potentilla glabra. 915. Asphodelus creticus. 916. Pri- 

 mula sinensis. 917. Erica viridiflora. 918. Clematis angustifolia. 919. 

 Mespilus acuminata. 920. Lachenalia bifolia. 



Part 93, January 1825. 

 No- 921. Maranta bicolor. 922 Persoonia flexifolia. 923. Jasion* 

 P*™™*; 924. Cactus speciosissimus. 925. Habenaria blephariglottis. 

 926. Erica Carniola. 927- Cymbidium hncifolium. 928. Styrax officin- 

 ale. 929. Orobus hirsutus. 930. Spigelia marilandica. 



Greville's Scottish Crypiogamic Flora- 

 The notice respecting the Nos. of this work will be inserted in the next 

 Number of our Journal. 



Botanical Intelligence. 

 Progress of Botany in Russia. 

 We learn from a little work that has lately been published at Moscow 

 by the celebrated Hoffman, entitled, " De Fatis et Progresses rei Her- 

 baria-, imprimis in imperio Rutheno," that the Sovereigns of Russia, since 

 the time of the first Emperor Paul, have been great protectors of the 

 sciences. They have engaged learned men upon expeditions which have 

 included the whole empire. Under Peter I., Messerschmidt of Dantzic 

 was the ftrst who made a voyage to Siberia, for the advancement of know- 

 ledge. The physician, G. Schobers, visited the banks of the Wolga, and 

 the coasts of the Caspian Sea; Christopher Buxbaum, (after whom Bux- 

 haumia is named,) member of the academy, extended his researches thence 

 to the Black Sea and Asia Minor. The Empress Anne, more anxious to 

 cultivate the sod, and to become acquainted with the treasures of nature 

 than to extend the bounds of her domain, sent Trangott Gcrber, director 



