114 Scientific Intelligence. 
2. The Chinese Rice- Paper Plant.—It was long thought that the beau- 
tiful and well-known “ rice-paper of China was made from the pith of an 
4ischynomene: but this has been shown to be incorrect. ‘Two years 
ago Sir Wm. Hooker published, in his Journal of Botany, some selec- 
tions from a series of Chinese drawings, representing its manufacture 
been a hoax upon Europeans, For at length Sir Wm. Hooker has ob- 
tained, from the island of Formosa, where alone it is known to grow, 
some imperfect specimens (stems and foliage) of the true plant; from 
which is made a figure, published in the January number of his Jour- 
nal ; and an account is given in the February number. Enough is now 
known to render it most probable that the plant is Araliaceous ; and it is 
provisionally named Aralia? papyrifera, Hook. The stems are arbo- 
rescent or frutescent, and are filled with a very large and beautifully 
white pith, from which the paper is made. * 
ungi Caroliniant Exsiccati.--Sets of specimens illustrating the 
Mycology of North and South Carolina, are in preparation, we un 
stand, by H. W. Ravenal, Esq., of Black Oak, South Carolina, one of 
the most zealous and active botanists of our Southern States, and who, 
incited by the example of Mr. Curtis, has engaged in the study of our 
Fungi with characteristic energy. He is aided by Mr. Curtis and by 
the Rey. Mr. Berkeley of England. The first fasciculus, comprising 
100 species, nearly half of which are said to be peculiarly American, 
is announced to be published in the course of the present summer. 
The publisher is Mr. John Russel, of Charleston, 8. Carolina, to whom 
early application should be made for copies. 
4. Antonio Bertoloni ; Miscellanea Botanica ; parts 1-10, Bologna, 
this work is an account of the tree that produces Ebony, from speci- 
mens received from Mozambique e tree proves to be a Legumt- 
Hieracium caulophyllum is H. venosum @ subcaulescens. 
Liatris radians is L. elegans, Willd. ; ee 
iatri is L. spicata, L. var. 8 Torr. & Gr. - 
is L. gracilis, Pursh. gre é 
is Vernonia angustifolia, Michx. — 
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