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the works of English botanists. But for the use of those who study 

 only British plants, a careful compilation of the synonyms of British 

 authors, and even of these alone, would have proved more serviceable 

 than this wholesale transcript from Steudel, of the synonyms of foreign 

 authors instead. 



C. 



Notice of the ' London Journal of Botany,'' Nos. 56 to 59, dated 

 August to November, 1846. 



(Continued from page 585). 



No. 56. Contents : " New HepaticsB ;" by Thomas Taylor, M.D. 

 " Botanical Information ;" comprising a continuation of Mr. Richard 

 Spruce's Notes on the Botany of the Pyrenees ; also a continuation 

 of Mr. Burke's Journal of travels in South Africa ; with Boissier's 

 Excursions in Spain. " Description of a New Genus of Composita3 

 and a New Species of Plantago, from the mountains of Tasmania ;" 

 by J. D. Hooker, M.D. " Remarks on the New Species of Musci 

 from Quito and Swan River, indicated by Dr. Taylor ;" by William 

 Wilson, Esq. 



No. 57. Contents: "Remarks on the New Species of Musci," &c., 

 by William Wilson, Esq. " Contributions towards a Flora of Brazil, 

 being the Characters of several New Species of Compositse, belonging 

 to the tribe Eupatoriaceae ;" by George Gardner, Esq. " Botanical 

 Information ;" being a journey, by Dr. Von Martius, from Oeiras to 

 San Luis. 



No. 58. Contents : " Botanical Information ;" being a continuation 

 of Dr. Martius' journey ; also a continuation of Notes on the Missouri 

 and Oregon Territories ; by Charles A. Geyer ; also Notes made 

 during a Continental Tour, by an anonymous friend of the Editor; 

 also Notice of three New Fungi, collected by Mr. Gardner in Ceylon ; 

 and a continuation of Mr. Spruce's Notes on the Botany of the Py- 

 renees. " x\unotationes in Piperaceas Herbarii Arnottiani ;" autore F. 

 A. Miguel. 



No. 59. Contents : " Revue de la Famille des Simaroubees ;" par 

 J. E. Planchon, Docteur-en-sciences. " Sur le genre Godoya et ses 

 analogues, avec des Observations sur les limites des Ochnacees, et 

 une Revue des genres et especes de ce groupe ;" par J. E. Planchon, 

 Docteur-en-scicnces. " Memoir of the Life of Dr. J. R. T. Vogel ;" 



