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Society of Van Diemen's Land. Vol.1. 1850. 8vo. Hobart Town, 

 V. D. L.' 



* Lehuaann : Novarnm et minus cognitarura stirpium Pugillus nonus 

 addita nova Recensione nee non enumeratione specierum omnium ge- 

 neris Potenlillarum earumque Synonyma locupletissima ; Auctore 

 Christiano Lehmann. Hamburgi : 1851.' 



In Mr. Bentham's paper eleven new species are described — Sclero- 

 stylis buxifolia, S. venosa, and S. Hindsii, of the order Aurantiaceae ; 

 Xanthoxylum cuspidatum, X. lenliscifolium, X. pteleaefolium, and 

 Boymia glabrifolia, of the order Rutacege ; Evonymus longifolius, E. 

 laxiflorus, E. hederaceus, and Celastrus Hindsii, of the order Celas- 

 trineae. 



Tn Mr. Dalzell's paper six new species are described — Sarcanthus 

 peninsularis, Eulophia bicolor, Habenaria uniflora, Peristylus elatus, 

 and Dendrobium microchilos, of the order Orchideae Vandeae ; Argo- 

 stemma glaberrimum, of the order Rubiaceae ; also a new genus, called 

 Tapinocarpus, allied to Arum and Dracunculus, but no type is given 

 or new species described ; this is probably reserved for another number. 



The following extract from Mr. Spruce's journal is amusing : — 



" The Serinque-tree has long been known to exist abundantly on 

 the Rio Madeira, but it is only during the present year that it has 

 been found to grow on the Ramos in considerable quantity. About 

 two months before our visit three small seringals had been opened a 

 little higher up than the mouth of the Mane, and late on the evening 

 of the 17th of November we reached one of these, belonging to Capi- 

 tao Pedro de Macedo of Saraca (or Silves, as it is called on the maps). 

 A considerable opening had been made in the forest to erect the ne- 

 cessary huts, and to plant a few cabbages and water-melons. * * * 

 We found the Capitao a very hospitable and intelligent man, and 

 were glad to accept his invitation to join him at supper and breakfast 

 on game caught near his seringal, including Porco do mato, Macaco 

 barrigudo, and Mutun — the last a bird much resembling a turkey, 

 good eating but rather dry ; the monkey is rather insipid and the pig 

 very savoury, though with a thick tough skin. After breakfast he 

 accompanied us into the forest, and showed us the Serinque-trees, 

 and the mode of collecting the milk. A track had been cut to each 

 tree, as also to adjacent flats of Urucuri palm {Cocos coronata, Mart.), 

 which, curiously enough, is almost invariably found along with the 

 Serinque,-lind whose fruit is considered essential. to the propejp prepa- 

 ration of India rubber. A stout sipo is wound round the trunk of the 

 Serinque, beginning at the base and extending upwards about as high 



