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that given in the last edition of Dr. Lindley's ' Vege- 

 table Kingdom.' Where any plant is described, type 

 of three distinct kinds has been used for the names 

 placed at the heading; according as it is the Latin, 

 European, or Native one that is denoted. For example, 

 as in Mirabilis Jalapa MARVEL OF PERU Gool-ubbds, 

 the name printed in black type denotes uniformly the 

 Latin, the second in capitals the European, and the one 

 in italics the native one. 



CHINSURAH, March, 1863. 



