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Notices of New Books, Sec. 



' Synopsis Plantarum, sen Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum ple- 

 rumque adhiic cognitarum, cum Differentiis Specificis et Syno- 

 nymis selectis ad modum Persoonii elaborata. Auctove David 

 Dietrich. Sect. V. Class XX— XXIII. VimariEe : 1852.' 



The fifth volume of this work has appeared ; and the publication, 

 commenced in 1839, has at last been completed. At present every 

 one is so well versed in the natm-al system, that a synopsis of plants 

 enumerated according to an artificial arrangement has become imprac- 

 ticable ; and this work, we have no hesitation in saying, will be the 

 last universal Flora in which the principles of classification laid down 

 by the Linnaean school have been followed out. As long as DeCan- 

 dolle's 'Prodromus' remains unfinished, Dietrich's 'Synopsis' will be 

 of some value. The author has not lived to see his task completed, 

 he having died about two years ago, which in some measure must be 

 taken as an excuse for the various discrepancies observable in the 

 later volumes. 



Hooker's ^Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany^ No. 41, 



June, 1852. 



This number contains the following papers : — ' Description of a 

 new Species of Amomum ; by Dr. J. D. Hooker.' ' Decades of 

 Fungi ; by M. J. Berkeley.' ' Notes on Beloochistan Plants ; by J. 

 E. Stocks.' ' The Tallow-tree and Insect Wax of China.' ' Voyage 

 of Capt. Denham, R.N.' ' Mr. W. Gardiner, of Dundee.' ' Death of 

 Professor Schouw.' Notices of Seemann's ' Botany of H.M.S. Herald,' 

 Balfour's ' Class-book of Botany,' and Hooker's ' Flora of New Zea- 

 land.' 



The Amomum described by Dr. J. D. Hooker is A. Danielli, Hook. 

 JiL, and was found on the gold coast, where the natives call it " Bar- 

 salo." 



In the 'Decades of Fungi' there are eighteen new species enume- 

 rated, completing the fourth century. 



In the ' Notes on Beloochistan Plants' descriptions of the following 



