SIR J. E. SMITH’S ARTICLES IN REES’s ‘‘ CYCLOPEDIA.”’ 107 
arva numerosa aggregata vel fere gonidimia eben: cephalodia 
er taeanee planiuscula vel convexiuscula, innata (latit. fere 
imet yy “ar agar diffracta vel rimosa, pom miis sub- 
sytonemoideis » (Nyl. in litt.) 
DATES OF SIR J. E. SMITH’S ARTICLES IN REES’S 
“ CYCLOPADIA.” 
By B. D. Jackson, F.L.S. 
[ THE sy pes articles in Rees's ‘‘ Cyclopedia” were contributed 
by Sir J. E. Smith from towards the conclusion = the letter.C to the 
end of the alphabet, with the exception of a few by rs friend the 
Re ake. The earlier contributions were by , 0 
Leeds, who died suddenly in 1808 in the middle of Wining the article 
Cyperus. Smith put an S. to the articles for which he wished to be 
responsible or thought worth owning. The communications he sent 
amounted to 3348, besides 57 oie of botanists. (See Lady Smith's 
“ Memoir of Sir J. E. S mith,” . 448. 
It is of great im ortance to Liaw accurately the date of publica- 
—Ed. Jou 
The * waische was issued at uncertain intervals in parts, two 
of which usually went to make up a volume, and, on the e completion of 
the work, title pages were issued for all the volumes, bearing the date 
of the last—namely, 1819—for thirty-nine volumes me and 
a 
satisfaction beyond the price of the entire producti I then w 
to the publishers, but in their reply they informed ts me ° that their Soak 
for the time of publication were no longer in existence. My only 
to 
gather up from chance advertisements some fragments which might 
be acceptable, instead of the shiptadtioniile whole. I trust that what 
follows may be taken as a tolerably correct account of the issue of the 
work, although I — guarantee the absolute accuracy of the dates 
and similar inform 
There give stabil statement derived, as I have mentioned, Sm 
undry announcements in the ‘‘ Monthly Literary ou 
‘evial was a on oe 10th of each month, or the 9th if the 4 
happened to rahe day. I have quoted the month named in this 
periodical, so that in sett cases I have attributed the ——— a 
month later ‘ae the fact. Additions of my own, as —_— 
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