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Linn. ; 
2 ? 
but that has fistulose and ascending stem and branches; the Scilly Islands. 
plant, solid, running, and rooting ones.—ED. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Flora Australiensis : a Description of the Plants of the Australian Ter- 
ritory. By George Bentham, F.R.S., P.L.S., assisted by Ferdinand 
Mueller, M.D.,F.R.S.& L.S. Vol. I.: Ranunculaceae to Anacardiacee. 
Published under the authority of the several Governments of the 
Australian Colonies. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. 1863. 8vo, 
pp. 508. 
This Flora, entirely in English, comprises the plants of the whole 
Australian continent and Tasmania, but it excludes those of New 
aland. It was at first proposed that the gigantic task of writing it 
should be shared equally between Mr. Bentham and Dr. Mueller, but 
on mature consideration it was found impracticable, four months hav- 
ing to elapse before an answer to any letters passing between the 
parties could be received. Dr. Mueller, though doing all in his power 
to forward the work by sending his herbarium, notes, and publications, 
` has wisely left the final preparation of the Flora for the press to 
the practised hand of Mr. Bentham, who now presents us with the 
first instalment of the work, prefaced by a glossary of botanical terms. 
r. Bentham seems to have taken his own Hongkong Flora as his 
pattern. He gives us an analytical key to all the Orders, genera, and — 
Species, which will be found eminently useful in making out the name 
of a plant. There are, besides, full descriptions, and the principal re- 
ferences and synonyms, of each species. Though the whole letterpress 
s been arranged and printed in a very concise manner, the present 
volume, commencing with Ranunculacee, does not carry us further than 
Anacardiacea, and probably six or seven additional volumes will be 
required before the entire work is completed. There are no illustra- 
