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Original Experiments. By Tiberius Cavallo, F.R.S. Fourth edi- 

 tion. 3 Vols. 8vo. London, 1795. — From Mr. John Vaughan. 



C. Julii Csesaris quse extant, &c. &c in usum Delphini. Edit. lima. 

 8vo. London, 1794. — From the same. 



Corpus Juris Civilis Romani, &c. &c. cum notis integris Dionysii 

 Gothofredi, &c. &c. 2 Vols. 4to. Lipsise, 1720. — From the 

 same. 



The Constitution and Laws of the Cherokee Nation : passed at Tah- 

 le-quah, Cherokee Nation, 1839. Washington, 1840. — From 

 Mr. John Ross. 



Twenty-second Annual Report of the Controllers of the Public Schools 

 of the City and County of Philadelphia, composing the First 

 School District of Pennsylvania, &c. &c. 8vo. Philadelphia, 

 1840. — From Mr. Justice. 



A Fourth Supplementary Catalogue of the Plants of Kentucky. By 

 C. W. Short, M.D., Professor of Materia Medica and Medical 

 Botany in the Medical Institute of Louisville. — From Mr. Wm. 

 Short. 



Chinese Maps. 1. Map of the Chinese Empire. 2. Map of Pekin. 

 3. Map of Canton.— From Mr. J. S. Oakford. 



FOR THE CABINET. 



Five Notes of Mr. Law's Bank. Paris, 1120.— From Mr. Du 

 Ponceau. 



The Committee, consisting of Mr. Lea, Dr. Wood, and Dr. 

 Coates, on a communication, entitled "Descriptions of New 

 Species and Genera of Plants, in the Natural Order Composite, 

 collected on a Tour across the Continent to the Pacific, a Resi- 

 dence in Oregon, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands and Up- 

 per California, during the Years 1834-5, by Thos. Nuttall," 

 reported in favour of publication, which was ordered accord- 

 ingly. 



In this paper, Mr. Nuttall makes a large addition to the Flora of 

 North America, consisting of fifty new genera, with numerous spe- 

 cies of plants, in the order Compositse. 



The Committee, consisting of Mr. Nicklin, Prof. Bache, and 

 Mr. Lukens, on a communication entitled " Descriptions of 

 new Fresh Water and Land Shells, by Isaac Lea/' reported in 

 favour of publication, which was ordered accordingly. 



