Miscellanies. 179 



^formation, &c., which is prepared with great care, and one or two 

 plates. The numbers of each year form a very thick octavo volume : 

 that for 1839 (of which the earlier numbers only have reached us) is 

 the thirteenth of the series. It is doubtless one of the cheapest bo- 

 tanical works ever published, and as books printed in the German 

 language pay a mere nominal duty, it may be imported at a very low 

 price. The following is a list of the contents of the original portion 

 of the three earlier numbers for 1839, viz. 



1. Anatomical Researches concerning the Organs of Reproduction 

 in Riccia glauca: by Prof. Unger, of Gratz, (with a plate.) 



2. De Vicieis Brasiliensibus, scrips. Dr. J.'R. Theod. Vogel. - 



3. Account of the Mosses collected in North America, by the late 

 Mr. Beyrich : by E. Hampe, Apothecary in Blankenburg. [Three or 

 four new species ai'e desci'ibed.] 



4. On Mount Slavnik in Carniolia, and its Botanical curiosities ; 

 with a description of Pedicularis Frederici-Augusti : by M. Tom- 

 aiAsiNi, (with a plate.) 



5. On a new Pancratium, and a new Gilia : by C Bouclie. 



6. Remarks on the American species of Cerasus of the section 

 Laurocerasus : by the Editor. 



7. Notice of the late Adelbert von Ckamisso, as a botanist : by the 

 Editor. 



8. On Porella pinnata, Linn., or Jungermannia Porella, Dicks. 

 {Madotheca Porella, Nees.) by Prof. SchwjEgrichen, of Leipsic. 



9. Additamentum Filicum Mexicanarum, partim a B. Schiedeo, par- 

 tira a cl. Car. Ehrenhergio aliisque collectarum. Prof. Ktjnze. 



10. On Couyza Chilensis, and C. diversifolia, Weinm. : by Mr. 

 Weinmann of Pawlosk. 



11. Malpighiacearum Brasiliensium centuriam, recens. Aug. Grise- 



BACH, M. D. 



12. De Plantis Mexicanis a G. Shiede, M. D., Car. Ehrenhergio, 

 aliisque collectis, &c. : by the Editor. 



13. On the development of the spores of Anthoceros IcEvis : by 

 Prof. Hugo Mohl, (with a plate.) 



14. Observationes de Bauhiniis Americanis, scrips. Dr. J. R. Theod. 

 Vogel. 



15. Synopsis Draharum Scandinaviae, auct. A. E. Lindbloom. 



12. Lindley ; An Introduction to Botany; third edition, 18.39. 

 (London, pp. 594, 8vo.) — The first edition of this well-known and 

 excellent work was published in 1832; the second in 1836; and the 

 third has appeared during the last season. So great has been the 

 increase of our knowledge within the last three or four years, partic- 



