show us the true structure when it could not be certainly inferred from 
the habitual condition. The author arranges monstrosities under four 
primary classes ; those of volume, of form, of disposition, and. of 
number. ‘These are divided, the first class into monsters by diminu- 
tion of volume, (Atrophy,) and by augmentation, (Hypertrophy ;) the 
second class into monsters by alteration of form, whether irregular 
(Difformation) or regular (Pelorias,) and monsters by the transforma- 
tion of one organ into another, (Metamorphosis ;) the third class into 
monsters by the abnormal connection of parts, or by the disunion of 
parts habitually united, and into those caused by change of situation, 
or displacement ; the fourth class into monsters by diminution of num- 
ber, or abortion, and those by augmentation of number. Under these 
heads the, monstrosities of the different organs of plants are considered 
in detail, and in a philosophical and very interesting manner. This 
brief notice of the plan of Moquin-Tandon’s work, we are confident, 
will suffice. to. esceeii it: to ie attention of the botanists of this 
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Part ia pice Botany, arranged on : ihe Piney Sy: = ‘< ; 
ded by an Analysis ; by Joun Darsy, A. M., Prof. of Chem. and cg A 
Phil. in” the Georgia Female College.. Macon, (Geo.,) 1841. 1 vol. 
12mo.—The publication of a new local Flora, on the natural system, 
Preceded by a treatise on vegetable anatomy and pl * 
cing many of the most recent views and discoveries, ti an-une- 
quivocal. indication of the advancement of botanical science among us. 
The first part of this volume comprises, within the compass of about 
150 pages, a good account of vegetable organography and physiology 
in its. present state 
na The phenomenon of ‘cyclosis, the Inticiferoms tissue, the recent views 
of Endlicher, Schleiden, &e. TERPOCHRE the origin of the embryo are 
all-2 noticed, alae the author’s limits have often prevented him from 
sufficient details. To write a flora of any extensive district, 
ore even tye ppc a creditable compilation, involves an amount of labor 
of. which few who have not made the attempt can have any conception ; 
and, there are, moreover, several circumstances which just at present 
‘Tel der the production of a Southern Flora a difficult undertaking. It 
ie ie be surprising, therefore, that we should more highly estimate 
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