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can flora. Especially interesting to us is the elaboration, in 

 the present volume, of the Graminece, in which General Mun- 

 ro's matured views — as yet little known by publication — 

 have passed under the independent consideration of a veteran 

 general botanist, and in which the author's own conclu- 

 sions regarding the morphology and, terminology of the floral 

 parts and their accessories are practically applied. "We duly 

 noticed Mr. Bentham's essay on this subject, and had to 

 acknowledge that its conclusions are apparently incontro- 

 vertible. 



Next to this order in importance is the order Cyjwracece, 

 upon the arrangement of which sound judgment is brought 

 to bear. The great order Liliacece is made to include the 

 Smilacece, and not the Roxbtirghiacece. "We should have 

 excluded both, but Smilax in jjreference. Contrary to Mr. 

 Bentham's opinion, we should insist that the anthers in 

 Smilax are unilecular but bilocellate. The diagnosis of It ox- 

 burghiacece in the conspectus distinguishes the order from 

 Australian Liliaceaj only, and by an oversight the second 

 genus of the order is said to be restricted to Japan, whereas 

 it was founded on a North American plant. 



DE CANDOLLE'S NEW MONOGRAPHS. 



In this form * and way we may hope to see the Monocoty- 

 ledonous orders elaborated, and some of the earlier Dicoty- 

 ledonous ones re-elaborated. The middle of this volume is 

 filled by the monograph of Hestiacece, by Dr. Masters. This 

 is an order allied on the one hand to Juncacece, on the other 

 to Cyperacece, of twenty genera and two hundred and thirty- 

 four species, wholly of the southern hemisphere, divided 

 between South Africa (which has much the larger share), 



1 Monographic^ Phanerogamarum Prodromi nunc continuatio, nunc revi- 

 ew, auctoribus Alphonso et Casimir De Candolle, aliisque Botanicis ultra 

 memoratis. Vol. I. Smilacece, Restiacece, Meliacece, cum tabulis ix. Paris, 

 Jane, 1878. (American Journal of Science and Arts, 3 ser., xvi. 325; 

 xxxiv. 490.) 



