Bibliographical Notices. 43 



Descrizione di un nuovo Genere di Piante della Famiglia delle Le- 

 guminose, di Guglielmo Gasparini. Description of a new Genus 

 of Plants of the Family Leguminosee, by Guglielmo Gasparini. 



Sign. Gasparini has given in a short memoir, published separately, 

 a full description of the Acacia Farnesiana, of which it appeared 

 necessary to form a new genus, from its holding an intermediate 

 place between the genera Lagonychium and Acacia, and forming the 

 transition from the Mimosa: to the Acacia. He terms it Farnesia, 

 and thus characterizes it : — 



Flores hermaphroditi. Cal. minimus tubulosus 5-dentatus. Cor. 

 gamopetala, minima 5-dentata calyce inserta ac cum ipso coa- 

 lita. Stam. numerosa exserta, omnino soluta, antheris mini- 

 mis rotundatis. Pist. corollas subaequale, ovario oblongo, stylo 

 filiformi, stigmate oculo nudo inconspicuo. Legumen inde- 

 hiscens, subteres, subfusiforme, torulosum s. seminibus abortis 

 hinc inde constrictum, sessile, primo pulpa spongiosa farctum 

 deinde cellulosum, nempe ex endocarpio semina involvente ac 

 in sepimenta producto in plures cellulas divisum. Semina 

 nuda. — F. odora. 



The plant is described at length, and the flowers and fruit deline- 

 ated on an annexed plate. This small tree is cultivated in Sicily 

 to decorate the garden, under the names of Gaggia or Cassia : its 

 flowers are odorous, but the roots have a bad smell, which is also 

 imparted to the spittle when the seeds have been chewed. It how- 

 ever, in this case, proceeds solely from the radicular end of the 

 embryo. — Linncea, Part III. 1839. 



Osservazioni intorno la Durata ed il Germogliamento della Grammite, 

 fatte da Guglielmo Gasparini. Observations on the duration and 

 germination of Grammitis, by Guglielmo Gasparini. 



The Grammitis leptophylla, one of the most frequent ferns occur- 

 ring on the coast districts of Naples, dies annually towards the end 

 of spring, and shoots forth again in autumn and winter from the 

 spores. 'I'he author describes the plant at length, and the process 

 of its germination and development, which, together with the per- 

 fect plant, are figured on the first plate. The second plate con- 

 tains the first stage of development of Adianhim Capillus Veneris, 

 Scolopendrium officinanitn, Asplenium Adiantum nigrum, and Aspidium 

 hastulatum. — Ibid. 



