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affording such unquestionable e^ddence of Mr. Bennett's claim to a 

 high rank among botanists ; and it is w'ith no ordinary emotions 

 of pleasm-e that we again observe in him that patient study and 

 depth of observation which have so pre-eminently distinguished 

 those remarkable men who have preceded him in connexion with 

 the Banksian Herbarium. He has nobly acquitted himself in the 

 present work of the public responsibility of his situation in our 

 National ^Museum, and in haihnghim as the pupil of Mr. Brown, 

 we cannot award him a higher meed of praise than by saying he 

 is worthy of his intimate association with that great man. 



No one aware of the zoological taste and labom-s of Dr. Hors- 

 field will be surprised at his seeking the assistance of Mr. Ben- 

 nett in the present work, for no one who has not made botany an 

 exclusive study can, in the present advanced state of the science, 

 do justice to collections, made, like Dr. Horsfield's, between thirty 

 and forty years ago. The determination and description of spe- 

 cies has become in itseK, to be faithfully done, an arduous under- 

 taking, and how far the present work sm-passes a mere detail of 

 them and of genera we can only imperfectly attempt to show by 

 the brief analysis we offer of it. 



The two parts before us contain 20 plates and 134 pages of 

 letter-press. A fom*th part, with the five remaining plates, &c., 

 will appear in a short time, completing the work. The figures, 

 drawn by ]\Ir. Curtis, are admii-able for theii* precision and ele- 

 gance. 



It is impossible, within the Hmits assigned to us, to do justice 

 to many parts of the work. We would refer especially to the im- 

 portant observations on CyrtandrecB and the synopsis of its ge- 

 nera, on Dialium, &c. &c., and the elaborate article on Pterocym- 

 bium and its family, to show how thoroughly the respective sub- 

 jects have been treated, not only \vith immechate reference to the 

 plant itself, but the historical detail and the remarks on affinities, 

 &c. which arise out of it. Such minute research, learning and 

 accuracy, while they give a sterling and enduring value to Dr. 

 Horsfield's work, equally reflect crecht upon the authors and their 

 coimtry ; and whatever may be the sense of obligation which 

 Dr. Horsfield entertains for the generous patronage he has met 

 with from the Directors of the East India Company, he may 

 proudly refer to this admu'able work, and to his splendid collec- 

 tions at the India House, for the honoiu* he has reflected upon 

 the Company by his scientific labom-s. 



We resume om* analysis with the twenty-fifth article, Loxonia 

 acuminata, the plate of which was given in the fu-st nmnber, but 

 the text reserved for the second. On the subject of this plant, 

 Mr. Brown enters into a detailed examination of the oxA.ftv Cijrtan- 

 dracecB, Jack, to which it belongs, and of its affinities, and con- 



