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““C. vulpineformis” is greatly preferable to C. vulpinoidea, Micha. ; 
but to discard the received names, as here proposed, on the strength of 
the axiom § 223 Phil. Bot., besides the danger of the precedent, is re- 
ally to be ‘‘ plus saint que le Pape; for Linneus himself ever adopted 
all the nomina Barbaro-Latina there cited as examples, viz. Tamarin- 
dus and Morinda, as well as one of the three N. Greco-Latina, viz. 
Sapindus. The practice of the great botanist affords the safest con- 
struction of the rule. The genus Carex, with all its difficulties, has 
long been an especial favorite with the botanists of this country; who 
will hail with pleasure so zealous a laborer in this yet unexhausted field 
as Mr. Tuckerman. A. Gr. 
4, Flora Brasiliensis, sive Enumeratio Plantarum in Brasilia hac- 
tenus detectarum quas cura Musei Ces. Reg. Palat. Vindobonensis 
suis aliorumque Botanicorum studiis descriptas, et methodo naturalt 
digestas sub auspictis Ferdinandi I, Austrie Imperatoris et Ludovici I, 
Bavaria Regis ediderunt SterpHanus Enpuicuer et Carou. Frip. 
Puit. De Martius. (Vienna and Leipsic, royal fol.) Fasc. I, 1840. 
Fase. II, Jan. 1841. Fasc. II1.-V, Apr. 1842.—This work, although prin- 
cipally based upon the rich collections of Martius, &c. at Munich, and of 
Pohl at Vienna, is intended to embrace all the known Brazilian plants ; 
which at the commencement of the undertaking were estimated at 
15,000 species. — Jt will extend, it is thought, to a dozen large volumes, 
and will probably require as many years for its completion; although 
the enterprising authors have secured the aid of many celebrated bota- 
nists, such as Nees von Esenbeck, Bentham, Lindley, Schlechtendal, 
Unger, Zuccarini, Spring, Reper, Peppig, Meisner, Kunze, Grise- 
bach, Hornschuch, Decaisne, &c. for the elaboration of particular or- 
ders. The first fasciculus comprises the Musci, which are elaborated 
by Prof. Hornschuch, and the Lycopodiacee by Prof. Spring; and is 
illustrated by eight plates. The second contains the Anonacee, by Mar- 
tius, (with 14 plates,) who adds an interesting historical account of the 
species cultivated for their edible fruit. In the third, fourth and fifth 
fasciculi, the learned Nees von Esenbeck has given a monograph of the 
Cyperacee of Brazil, illustrated by thirty plates from admirable draw- 
ings by Putterlich of Vienna. All the plates of the systematic part of 
the work, we should remark, are engraved upon stone in the same ex- 
cellent style as those of Martius, Nov. Gen. et Spec. Brasil.; Siebold 
§ Zuccarini, Flora Japonica, ete. Several new genera are estab- 
lished, one of the most interesting of which is Hoppia, nearly allied to 
Carex. The genera of the tribe Sclerieg are greatly, not to say undu- 
ly multiplied; and, in a note, even our Scleria triglomerata is separa- 
ted as the type of anew genus, Trachylomia; which name however 
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