THE GENUS ALBIZZIA, 7 
of * Photographie Portraits of Men of Eminence,’ by E. Edwards, B.A., 
and from the memoir accompanying this, we have largely drawn in the 
above sketch, as we pa that the facts were communicated by Dr. 
Seemann himself. ‘The portrait here given is from a photograph taken 
in Paris in 1863. 
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Original Articles. 
THE GENUS ALBIZZIA: ITS ORIGIN AND SYSTEMATIC 
LIMITS CONSIDERED. 
By Baron FerD, von MurLLER, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.S., 
Director of the Botanie Garden of Melbourne. 
It is nearly thirty years ago when Mr. Bentham, on the occasion of 
writing his celebrated essays on the Mimosee, rescued the genus Albizzia 
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obscurity ; nor has this uncertainty been cleared away by any of the most 
recent phytographie writings. Having for several years entertained the 
view that Albizzia and Pillecólliem ought to be merged into one genus,f 
distinct from the legitimate 4cacie only in the concrescence of the i 
mens, it became necessary to esie be bicis of the two above gene 
appellations real priority was due. s question could not i salves 
here, where the comparatively scanty bed: of our young libraries and 
museums, however creditable it may be, affords, as yet, for rods of 
this kind, but very imperfect aid; and I was thus induced to ask my 
illustrious friend Dr. Giglioli, of Florence, the well-known naturalist of 
of the genus Ælhizzia and its first record. Although “porary with 
multifarious literary work, emanating from his travels, he entered, aided 
a : d 
me is so complete and important, that [ offer it at length in his own 
rds :— 
“ The founder of the genus in question, Dottor Antonio Durazzini, was 
a Florentine, who lived and wrote in the latter half of the last century. 
His description of the genus Albizzia, which, by the way, is dedicated to 
an old and noble family, the Albizzi, was read before the still existing 
Society of the Georgofili, and his communication bears the following 
title :€—* Memoria sull’ albero detto volgarmente Julibrissin, letta il di 5 
Agosto 1772, nella Società de’ Georgofili dal Sig. Dott. Antonio Duraz- 
zini, Socio onorario di tale Accademia. It is published in the Magaz- 
zino Toscano, tomo iii, parte iv., o sia volume duodecimo, in Firenze, 
appresso Pietro Gaetano Viviani, MDCCLXXII The Magazzino was a 
scientific and literary journal, very little known, and, I suppose, rare to 
get at now out of Florence. The author begins (at p. 1) with a very 
* Hook. Lond. Journ. of d 
t Documents relating to the acti NM. of "eril adim Mel- 
bourne, in which, at p. 28, I retained Pi 
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