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Michael reiix Dunal, professor at Montpellier, examined 

 the genus Solanimi ; (Ilistoire cle Solanum, Montpellier 1818, 

 quarto ; Solanoriim Generunuiiie aftinium synopsis, Mont- 

 pellier 1816, (xtavo.) 



A complete revision of the Contortae was published by Ro- 

 bert Brown, (Transact. Wern. Soc. vol i. p. 40. s.) ; and ex- 

 cellent montjgraphsof the genus Stapelia have been drawn up 

 by Francis Masson (Stapeliie Novae, London 1796, folio), and 

 by Nicolaus Joseph von Jaetjuin (Stapeliarum Descriptiones, 

 iconibus illustrata?, ^'ienna 1806, folio.) 



The species of the genus Erica have been described and 

 figured by H. C. Andrews, (Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 

 vol. i. — iii. London 1803 to 1809, folio) ; and by John Chris- 

 topher Wendland, (Ericarum Icones et Descriptiones, fasc, 

 1—17, Hanover 1798 to 1806, quarto.) 



A new tribe of the Composita^ was constructed by Marian 

 Lagasca (Amoenidades Naturales de las Espanas, Orihuela 

 1811, quarto), and by Augustus Pyramus de Candolle, (Ann. 

 du Mus. xix. p. 59. ; Ilecueil de Mem. sur la Botanique, Pa- 

 hs 1813, quarto). But Henry Cassmi (Journ. de Bot. Nouv. 

 iv. p. 231. s. ; Dictionnaire des Scien. Nat. x. p. 131. s.), and 

 Robert Brown (Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xii. p. 75.) have pub- 

 lished interesting observations on the whole family. 



The Valeriantx? were examined by P. Dufresne, (Histoire 

 Naturelle de la Famille des Valerianees, Mont})ellier 1811, 

 quarto.) 



Of the Rubiacca?, the genus Cinchona was described by 

 Aylmer Bourke, (A Description of the Genus Cinchona, 

 London 1797, quarto.) 



The umbelliferous plants were examined after Peter Cus- 

 son, professor at Montpellier, who died 1783, (Hist, et Mem. 

 de la Soc. Roy. de Medec. 1781, 1782, p. 275.), by George 

 Frederick Hoffman (Genera Umbelliferarum, ed. nov. Mos- 

 cow 1816, octavo,) and the author oi' this history, (Plantarum 

 Umbelliferarum denuo disponendarumProdromus, Halle 1813, 

 (x:tavo ; Species Umbelliferarum minus cognita', Halle 1818, 

 ({uarto.) The genus Eryngium was described by Francis de 

 la RocIk , (Ervngiorum Ilistoria, Paris 1808, folio.) 



