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p. 79, has in several instances drawn a fanciful analogy 

 between botanists and their appropriate plants, thus, 



Bauhinia, after the two distinguished brothers John 

 and Caspar Bauhin, has a two-iobed or twin leaf. 



Scheuchzeria, a grassy alpine plant, commemorates 

 the two Scheuchzers, one of whom excelled in the 

 knowledge of alpine productions, the other in that of 

 grasses. 



Dorstenia, with its obsolete flowers, devoid of all 

 beauty, alludes to the antiquated and uncouth book of 

 Dorstenius. 



Hernandia, an American plant, the most beautiful 

 of all trees in its foliage, but furnished with trifling 

 blossoms, bears the name of a botanist highly favoured 

 by fortune, and allowed an ample salary for the purpose 

 of investigating the natural history of the Western 

 world, but whose labours have not answered the ex- 

 pense. On the contrary, 



Magnolia with its noble leaves and flowers, and 



Dilienia with its beautiful blossoms and fruit, serve 

 to immortalize two of the most meritorious among 

 botanists. 



Linn&a, " a depressed, abject, Lapland plant, long 

 overlooked, flowering at an early age, was named by 

 Gronovius after its prototype Linnaeus." 



In pursuance of the same idea, Dicksonia, a beautiful 

 and curious fern, is well devoted to our great crypto- 

 gamist; Knappia, a small and singular grass, to an 

 author celebrated for his minute and curious drawings 



