477 



also occur in Britain, 170 in Madeira, as many in the Canary Isles, 73 

 in the Azores, 160 in Sicily, and more than 300 in Malta, one only, 

 Iberis Gibraltarica, is peculiar to the Rock of Gibraltar. 



Besides these. Dr. Kelaart has, and we think unadvisedly, included 

 44 species notoriously cultivated or introduced ; such, for instance, 

 as the Asiatic genus Citrus, four species of which appear in the list, 

 Melia Azederach, the Cape Oxalis cernua, the Chinese Eriobotrya 

 japonica, the American Cactus opuntia and Magnolia grandiflora, &c., 

 &c. It is true that an acknowledgment accompanies each name, that 

 the plant is found only in cultivation, but then they have no more 

 claim to a place in the list than the ornamental shrubs and flowers 

 introduced so abundantly in our English gardens, to a place in the 

 British Flora. It is diflicult to say on what principle Dr. Kelaart has 

 made his selection, since the plants he has thus introduced consti- 

 tute but a small part of those to be found in the elegant gardens of 

 Gibraltar. 



The relative number of species in the different orders is scarcely 

 such as we should have expected to find. There are 60 LeguminosaB, 

 or nearly a seventh part of the entire phaenogamous Flora, and only 

 1 Saxifrage : there are 56 Composita?, or an eighth of the entire Flora 

 and only 25 grasses. The number of Cruciferae is 17, of Caryophylleae 

 19 and of Umbelliferse 28. 



In conclusion, we cannot but consider this unpretending hrochure 

 a valuable addition to our knowledge of the geographical distribution 

 of plants. 



K. 



Notice of the '■London Journal of Botany^ No. 51, dated March, 1846. 



(Coiitinued from page 467). 



No. 51. — The contents are, " Botanical Information," "Remarks 

 on some rare Mosses of the southern Hemisphere," by W. Wilson, 

 Esq., "Contributions to the Botany of South America," by John 

 Miers, Esq., continued from the former volume. There is little of in- 

 terest to the exclusively British botanist in the present number. The 

 " Information " consists of the south African tour of C. L. Zeyher, and 

 a letter from Mr. Richard Spruce, describing his doings in the Pyre- 

 nees. Though not botanical, the following passage from Zeyher's 

 Vol. II. 3 n 



