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over and over agaiu('* hose iu hose"). Each whorl alternates with its neigh- 
bour, and there is no trace of either stamens or pistil. 
Yours, etc., 
Maxwell T. Masteks. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Geriera Flaniarnm^ ad Tlxemplana imprimis in TIerhariis Kewensihu^ 
servata dejinita, Auctoribus G. Benthani et J. D. Hooker. Vol. I. 
Pars II. Londini: L. Eeeve et Co. ; Williams et Norgate. 
The second part of ttis admirable work has just been published, 
containing the Leguminos^^ Bosac€(S, Saxifrages, Crassidacete^ Drose- 
racece, IlaynamelidecB^ Brnniacc(B, Haloragecp,^ RJiizophore^F, ComhretacecBj 
and Myriac€(B. The third part, to comprise the remaining Polype- 
talous Orders and a general index^ is soon to follow, and will complete 
the first volume. 
The working systematic botanist will study this new part with the 
deepest interest; it is full of new combinations, many of which will 
doubtless receive his sanction. The Leguminosce^ one of Mr. Bent- 
ham's pet families, comprise 399 genera, though an immense number 
of genera are done away with. The Rosace^e, swelled out by the in- 
corporation of Chrgsobalanece, Amygdalea, Brnpacece^ Pomaces, and 
Sangitisorbece, comprise 71 genera. They are, in fact, equivalent to 
Endlicher's Bosiflora, witli the Calycanihea removed. The SaxifragecB 
have become a large Order by adding not only the Escallojiiace(S, 
Hydrangeacecs, and Cunoniacem^ but also Brexiace<^^ Ribesiacece^ 
Francoacece^ Roussaacea^, PhiladelpJiece^ and Parnamacetje. It would 
have been well to have gone still a step further, and unite with them the 
Crassiilacecd ; the hypogynous scales relied upon as the principal dis- 
tinction of Crasmlacece, are highly developed in Spiraanihenium^ a 
Polynesian genus here incorporated with Saxifrages, The Halorogem 
include Gnnneracem^ the Eld^opJiorece, Lindley*s CassipoureSy and the 
Gombretaces, Endlicher's GyrocarpecE, notwithstanding their valvate 
anthers. Finally, the Myrtaces embrace Chamfslaucies^ Barring- 
toniacece, Lecythidacece^ and Belvisiacece of Lindley, to which few sys- 
tematists will object. The drift of modern investigation seems to 
point also to LytJiraries as a mere section of Myrtacece, 
The amount of labour devoted to this work is very great, and the 
