Bibliographical Notices, 115 



ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi attenuatis petiolatis, fructu ovato turbi- 

 nate. 



Mairi-tawaha ab incolis vulgo vocatur. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Alluvial banks of rivers, Bay of Islands, 

 &c. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Arbor 30 — 40 pedalis. Rami pallidi, glabri, sparsi, alterni. Flares nu- 

 merosi, axillares, calycibus coloratis. Drtipa monosperma, lobis calycis ob- 

 tusis ample coronata. 



4. Myrtus, L., Gart. 



565. M. bullafa, pedunculis axillaribus 1- rare 2-floris vix folio longioribus, 

 pubescentibus apice bibracteatis, bracteis deciduis, foliis rhombeo-cllipticis 

 acutiusculis ovato-orbiculatisve petiolatis alte bullatis supra glabris, subtus 

 coloratis ramulisque dense pubentibus, calycibus tuberculatis, pilosis quadri- 

 lobis. Sol. Ms. in Bihl. Banks. 



Rama-rama indigenis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Shady woods, 

 Bay of Islands, flowering in December, — 1826, A. Cunningham. — 1834, R. 

 Cunningham. 



Arbuscida gracilis, 10 — 15 pedalis, ramis virgatis patentibus. Folia op- 

 posita. Flores albi. Stamina numerosa, longitudine styli. Lobi calycis 

 elliptici, acuti, concavi. Petala 4, orbiculata, concava, leviter crenulata, ci- 

 liata. Bacca verrucosa, bilocularis di- vel oligo-sperma. Semina reniformi- 

 incurva. 



[To be continued.] 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Genera et Species Gentianearum, adjectis Observationibus quibusdam 

 Phytogeographicis, auctoris Aug. Henr. Grisebach, M.D., &c. &c. 



This extremely valuable work, which we some time ago announced, 

 in the ' Companion to the Bot. Magazine,' as being in a state of for- 

 wardness, has at length appeared at " Stuttgard and Tubingen," in 

 one volume, 8vo. It is one of the most learned and accurate works 

 which we have seen for a long while, and does infinite honour to the 

 industry and acquirements of the learned author. 



The preface is followed by a disquisition on the Gentianeee, which 

 is full of valuable information. First, the character of the natural 

 family is ably discussed ; then follow its affinities ; and lastly, the 

 geographical distribution. The number of species the author de- 

 scribes is 343, or about g^jjth of the known portion of the vegetable 

 kingdom. These are dispersed over a considerable portion of the 

 world ; but it is to be observed that no species have been found in 

 several of the isles of the Pacific Ocean, in tropical New Holland, in 

 the islands of Timor, Sumatra, and other of the Polynesian group. 



