268 NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Callitris actinostrobus (F. M., Essay on the Pl. of the Burdek. Exp. 19) is 
also closely allied to this new congener, so far as the equally 6-valved fruit is 
concerned; but the nuniber of seeds remove the Sandarock Pine from the 
section Actinostrobus of Callitris, and bring it to the Frenela group. The 
seeds, not seen ripe, are seemingly 2-winged. The species is to bear the name 
of the illustrious Italian phytologist, who is now engaged in working up the 
noble coniferous Order for De Candolle's great work. 
FERDINAND MUELLER. 
Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 17th May, 1866. 
. It seems not to be generally known that all true Frenelas not unfre- 
quently produce some 3-winged seeds. 
Darlingia, a New Genus of Proteacer. 
Among several new genera which I have recently described, is one from 
N.E. Australia, belonging to Proteacee and closely allied to Knightia, with 
which it has a 4-seeded carpel in common. The wings however surround the 
whole seed, the latter resembling those of Cardwellia. The latter genus has 
as Darlingia ger The style is deciduous, but that cha wer: is of no 
yail in villia Yours, etc. 
FERDINAND uni 
February 24, 1866. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Le Specie dei Cotoni descritte da FILIPPO PARLATORE. Firenze: 
amperia Reale, 1866. 4to, 64 pp. (with Atlas of 6 folio plates in 
chromolithography.) 
When Barker Webb bequeathed his magnificent library and her- 
barium to the fair city of Florence, he provided at the same time ample 
funds for keeping them u Every botanical periodical, every new 
pesto, and every new AR RUN of importance was at once to be 
accumulated treasures. Florence was at that time merely 
the capital of Tuscany, and the funds were vested in the Grand Duke, 
