Catalogue of Works on Gardening, fyc. 371 



pubescent. A Native of the Island of Geby. Corson, Jan. 1840. Fruit 

 capsular, two-celled. Petioles pubescent. Flowers white. Allied to S. 

 oppositifolia of Roxb.] 



3. JJthospermum Corsomkxnim (G. Don. MS.). Erectum hispido-strigosum 

 apice ramosum, foliis linearibus, spicis binis terminalibus bracteatis, seg- 

 mentis calycinis acuminatis, tubo corollas calyce eequali. © Hab. Bata- 

 goda. Corson, 1839. Herba annua, basi simplex, 4 — 5 uncialis. Flores 

 parvi, lutei. 



[Litkospermum Corson'mnum (G. Don, MS.). Corson's Lithosper- 

 mum. Erect, hispid from strigse, branched at top; leaves linear; spikes 

 twin, terminal, bracteate ; calycine segments acuminated ; tube of corolla 

 equal in length to the calyx. O Native of Batagoda. Corson, 1839. 

 Herb annual, simple at the base, 4 or 5 inches high. Flowers small, 

 yellow.] 



4. Zdmia Corsoniana (G. Don, MS.). Squamis strobili cuneatis apice supra 

 incurvo-uncinatis. Pj Hab.? Castera ignota. 



[Zdmia Corsoniana (G. Don, MS.). Corson's Zamia. Scales of stro- 

 bile cuneated, each with an incurved hook at top, on the upper face. 

 i Native country, as well as all other particulars, unknown.] 

 Bays water, June, ] 842. 



Shells collected by Mr. Corson. 

 The following names include most of the genera : — 

 Tritonia variegata, Harpa ventricosa, Dolium olearium, Nassa 3 sp., Ricf- 

 nula 3 sp., Terebra maculata and babylonica, Pteroceras laciniatus, Aphor- 

 rais pes-pelicani, Strombus many sp., Conus millepunctatus and other 

 species, Columbella several sp., Cerithium sp , Pirena terebralis, Voluta se- 

 veral sp., Purpura, Buccinum sp., Mitra sp., Cyprse'a several species (par- 

 ticularly the money cowry), Oliva sp., Ancillaria sp., Turritella sp., Turbo 

 several species (from a very large size to a very small one), Delphinula 

 (dolphin shell), Trochus several species, Haliotk sp., Patula several spe- 

 cies (particularly a beautiful specimen of the tortoiseshell limpet), Chiton 

 squamosus, Bulla sp., Nautilus Pompilius, Solen or razor-shell, Venus 

 shells, Hippopus, Tridacna (formerly included in the genus Chama), A'rca, 

 Avicula, Pinna, Lima, Malleus vulgaris (the hammer oyster), Ranella 

 neglecta, Murex several species, Monodonta or Odonitis labeo, Fissurella 

 oriens, Nerita, Fusus Colus, Fasciolaria trapezium, Scarabus imbrium, Pota- 

 mis muricata, and many others. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, fyc, lately published, iviih some Account of those 

 considered the more interesting. 



BOTANY, being Part of a Popular Cyelopcedia of Natural Science, published by 



the Society for the Promotion of Popular Instruction. 8vo, pp. 301. to 536. 



London, 1842. 



Of the previous part of the volume, which treats of vegetable physiology, 

 we gave a summary of the contents in our Volume for 1841, p. 327. The 

 following advertisement, prefixed to the part now before us, will give the 

 reader an idea of what he is to expect. 



" The object of the following treatise is to communicate a popular, but at 

 the same time a scientific, view of the chief tribes of flowering plants, ar- 

 ranged according to the Natural System. The author is not aware that any 

 sinnlar attempt has been heretofore made, to embody this arrangement in a 



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