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Botanic Garden, in the year 1847, and that in the following summer 

 of 1848, the late Mr. Murray, the Curator of that Garden, planted it in 

 a stream which passes the new garden and supplies the town with 

 water. It has now filled that stream, has found its way down the 

 waste pipe from it into the river Cam, and abounds in that river all 

 about Cambridge, and for at least six miles below the town." 



Notice of Hooker'' s ' Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany , 

 Nos. 33 and 34, September and October, 1851. 



The papers in the September number are intituled : — 



' Florula Hongkongensis : an Enumeration of the Plants collected 

 in the Island of Hong-kong by Capt. J. G. Champion, 95th Reg. ; 

 the determinations revised and the new species described by George 

 Bentham, Esq.' 



' Sketch of the Vegetation of the Isthmus of Panama ; by M. Bert- 

 hold Seemann, Naturalist of H.M.S. Herald.' 



' Journal of a Voyage from Sautarem to the Barra do Rio Nergro ; 

 by Richard Spruce, Esq.' 



' Contributions to the Botany of Western India ; by N. A. Dalzell, 

 Esq., M.A.' 



' Botanical Information :' — ' Mr. Plant's Botanical Journey to South 

 America, &c.' ' Death of Professor Ledebour' at Munich, on the 4th 

 of July. 



' Notices of Books :' — ' Bulletin Physico-mathematique de I'Acade- 

 mie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg. Comptes rendus 

 Hebdomadaires des Seances de TAcademie des Sciences, Paris, Aout, 

 1851.' 



Mr. Bentham's paper contains descriptions of eight new species — 

 Clematis uncinata, of the order Ranunculaceae ; Uvaria microcarpa 

 and U. platypetala, of the order Anonaceae ; Cyclea deltoidea, Hyp- 

 serpa nitida, and Nephroica pubinervis, of the order Menispermeaj ; 

 Capparis pumila, of the order Capparidese ; and Viola confusa, of the 

 order Violaceae. 



The following extract, relating to the poisonous plants of Panama, 

 is from Mr. Seemann's paper : — 



" The most dreaded of the poisonous plants are the Amaucay {The- 

 vetia neriifolia, Juss.), Cojon del gato [Tlievetia nitida, DeCand.), 

 Manzanillo de playa [Hippomane Mancinella, Linn.), Florispondio 



