Mamie Fossil Flanls. 315 



American Farmer, 1819,-1823, and Nos. I — IO for 1824. 

 Jour, of the Acad, of Nat. Sciences of Philad. to Sept. 1824. 

 Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist of N. York, Nos. 1 — 5. 

 Journal of Foreign Medicine and Science, Philad. Nos. 1, 2. 

 Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, Nos. 1 — 6. 

 Archaeologia Americana, vol. 1. 



8. Lychnophora, a JVeiv Genus in Botany.— A new genus 

 of shrubs has been found in the Alpine regions of South 

 America, and described under this name by the Chevalier 

 de Martius, a young gentleman whom a love of science has 

 induced to travel extensively, not only in Europe, bis native 

 country, but in Brazil, and other parts of South America. 

 These shrubs attain the height of six or eight feet, and the 

 trunk and branches are covered virith a very dense, fleecy, 

 highly inflammable down, on account of which the branches 

 are used by the natives .instead of candles.* Eight species of 

 this genus are enumerated, and minutely described by the 

 author, seven of which are illustrated by neat lithographic 

 plates of a quarto size. C. H. 



9. Antediluvian Plants. — The Chevalier de Martius has 

 also published a memoirf on some antediluvian plants, in 

 bis investigation of which he has been aided by comparing 

 them with species which be found growing in the tropical 

 regions. He thinks that he has identified several of these 

 living species with some fossil species found in Europe. 



C. H. 



10. Marine Fossil Plants. — " Observations sur les Fu- 

 coides, et sur quelques autres Plantes marines, fossiles ; par 

 M. Ad. Brongniart" — 20 pages quarto, with lithographic 

 plates, Paris, 1823. In this little work the author mentions 

 the formations in which particular classes of vegetable fossil 

 remains occur ; and in a very neat, concise manner, describes 

 the species of which he treats, comparing them generally 



* Hence the name of the genus, from Xu^vw and (psp^iv to bear a 

 candle. 



I This memoir and also the above mentioned memoir on the genus 

 Lychnophora, both written in latin, were published at Ratisbon, Ger- 

 many, in a neat quarto form, and transmitted by the author to the edi- 

 tor of this Jouvnal. 



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