Miscellaneous Facts and Observations. 175 



the existence of arteries and veins in the corolla. I 

 wish to proceed with caution. 



Editor '5 Elements of Botany, ^c. Fart I. 

 pages 140, 141. 



Genera and Species of Plants. 



18. " M. de Beauvois has dedicated to the empe- 

 ror Napoleon a tree of the country of Oware, in 

 Africa, distinguished by its splendour, and the size 

 and singularity of its flower." 



Mr. Cuvier. 



19. '* Botany continues to be enriched with an in- 

 creasing number of new species. The superb work, 

 the Jardin de Malmaison, by M. Ventenat ; the Flora 

 of the Oware of Benin, by M. de Beauvois ; that of the 

 Isles de France et de Bourbon, by M. du Petit Thou- 

 ars ; that of New-Holland by M. de Bellardiere, are 

 prosecuted with success. Messrs. de Humboldt and 

 Bonpland have published the first number of that of 

 South- America.''^ 



Mr. Cuvier. 



20. " M. Desfontaines has published a catalogue 

 of all the vegetables in the Jardin des Plantes; a va- 

 luable work, not only for those who frequent that 



