20 
the extreme rarity of the species, it is not 
possible to procure a sufficient supply of 
specimens: so that the whole will form a 
work admirably illustrative of the British 
individuals of this extensive and beautiful 
family of plants. The species given in the 
first Fasciculus, or Number, are, Endo- 
carpon, miniatum, Squamaria crassa, 
Squamaria murorum (plate), Solorina 
saccata, Spherophoron coralloides, Cla- 
donia rangiferina, Scyphophorus gra- 
cilis, Scyphophorus filiformis. The plate 
is extremely well executed, both as to 
drawing and colouring, and the specimens 
are prepared with much care and neat- 
ness : so that we trust this useful publica- 
tion will meet with the encouragement it 
deserves. 
GARDENER’S BRITISH: MOSSES. 
Mr. Gardener, of Glasgow, has, for a 
long time, been engaged in collecting 
Specimens of British Mosses, with the 
view to the preparation of a work to be 
entitled “ Musci Britannici,” on a similar 
plan to that of the beautiful * Deutsch- 
lands Moose,” &c. (or Pocket Herbarium 
of German Mosses,) of H. C. Funck; and d 
the author considers his collections now 
to be sufficiently numerous to warrant him 
to commence the undertaking, and to so- 
licit the names of subscribers, By the 
plan he has adopted, a neat pocket volume 
is capable of containing a full set of British 
species. Each page is marked out in com- 
partments suited to the size of the respec- 
tive species, in their proper order, and the 
generic and specific names are written in 
lithography, precisely according with the 
arrangement of this tribe of plants in 
Dr. Hooker's British Flora. As, however, 
every set must, of necessity, be deficient 
in specimens of several species, from the 
difficulty of procuring some, and the im- 
ossibility of obtaining others, the price 
of the copy will vary according to the 
number of species it may contain; each 
species being reckoned at the moderate 
sum of 3d. It is ealculated, upon the 
average, that each copy may contain from 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
one hundred and fifty to one hundred and 
eighty species; and, as the author will 
spare no exertions to increase his store of 
species, he trusts to be able, from time to 
time, to offer specimens to his subscribers, 
which may enable them to fill up many of 
their blank compartments. With a view to 
further this object, he will thankfully offer 
rare Mosses which are peculiar to Scot- 
land, for those which are confined to the 
more southern parts of Great Britain: a 
system of exchange which may be of mu- 
tual advantage. Dr. Hooker will be happy 
to be the medium of communication be- 
tween Mr. Gardener and any Muscologi- 
cal friend. 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN 
BOTANY. 
By Dr. Wight & G. A.W. Arnott, Esq.—T as. II. 
ABUTILON GRAVEOLENS, 
Ramis pubescentibus pilisque mollibus 
sparsis horizontalibus tectis, foliis rotundo- 
cordatis breviter ac repente acuminatis 
dentatis utrinque velutinis, pedicellis peti- 
olum subequantibus sub flore articulatis, 
laciniis calycinis ovatis acuminatis, corolla 
emum reflexa, capsula hirsuta truncata 
calycem paullo superante, carpellis 25—30 
acutis exaristatis. 
Abutilon graveolens. Wight et Arm. 
Prod. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 56. 
Wight, Cat. n. 191. 
Sida graveolens. Roxb. Hort. Bengh. 
p. 50; Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 179 ; in Cet. Merc. 
Angl. Ind. Or. Mus. tab. 1492. De Cand. 
Prod. v. 1. p. 473. Spr. Syst. Veg. v. 3. p. 
118. Wall. List. n. 1856. 
Sida tomentosa. Wall. List. n. 1852. 
B. (quoad spec. e Gonga-chora)—Abutilon 
hirsutum, &c. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4. p. 29. 
(descr, bona), ¢. 10 (haud bona). 
Herbaceous, erect, branched, every- 
where clothed with clammy pubescence. 
Stems clothed with much soft pubescence, 
mixed with longer, but also soft hairs. 
Leaves alternate, roundish-cordate, occa- 
sionally slightly lobed, 5—7-nerved, re- 
pandly-toothed, very various in size, being 
from one and a half, or two inches, to a 
