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the arguments, but will assent to the results, although many 

 botanists have adopted the contrary method ; the whole gist of the 

 matter is the direction of looking either up, or down the axis. The 

 last is that practically advocated by M. L>e Candolle, although the 

 plan adopted in Bentham and Hooker's ■ Genera Plantarum ' is 



the contrary. 



Next in order, microscopical observations, style in descriptions, 



abbreviations, orthography, and so on, are handled, bringing us to 

 the chronological account of plant description, only sixteen pages 



in length, but very suggestive. m 



The second part consists of " Preuves des descriptions/' and is 

 certainly the most important part of the book ; the mam portion 

 is devoted to an alphabetical list of botanical writers, with a record 

 of the present situation of their types of species. Here we must 

 close our brief recapitulation of the contents of a volume which 

 offers on every page temptation for extended digression. 



The second volume in our list is the production of a diflerent 

 stamp. It is the work of a classical purist who would unhesi- 

 tatingly alter every botanical name, generic and specific alike, 

 which does not square with the canons laid down by the author. 

 In our opinion Linnaeus exercised great discretion m not dealing 

 too harshly with many of the names which had been consecrated 

 by long usage ; but Dr. Saint-Lager laughs such temporising 

 latitudinarians to scorn ; he would entertain no pity for the names 

 he includes in his black list, such pity as the Congress of 18G7 

 so weakly showed. Here is a sample of the names recommended 

 in lieu of those still in common use : 



iEsculus Hippocastanum , to b 



Antirrhinon (sic) Asarina 



Asplenon (sic) Nidus 



Cactos (.sic) Opuntia 



Carex dioica .... 



Glypeola Jonthlaspi 



Datura Metel . 



Glechoma hederacea 



Kleinia Anteupliorbium . 



Lamium Orvala 



Lathyros (sic) Aphaca 



L. Nissolia .... 



Melaleuca Leucadendron ^ . 



Narcissos (sic) Pseudo-narcissus 



Orobanche Eapum . 

 0. Scahiosae . 



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M. castanea. 



A. quinquelobatunx 



A. neottium. 



C. opuntius. 



C. dioiscostrongyla. 



D. metelia. 



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Ranunculus Flannnula . 

 Viburnum Lautana 



Zizyphon (sic) Jujuba 



Zygophyllon (sic) Fabago 



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Glechonion hederaceum. 



K. anteuphorbia. 



L. phalacranthera. 



L. tilipetiolatus. 



L. foliaceopetiolatus. 



Meladendron leucocladum. 



N. granditlorus. [non Sati*l>.] 



0. sarothamnophyta. 



0. scabiosha>rens. 



E. lanceolatus, C. Bank. 



V. lentum. 

 Z. jujubum. 

 Z. J'abagineum. 



Home of the names lure proposed for adoption reca l those 

 proposed by C. E. AV. AYatkins, -Late Cap am m the Bombay 

 " " in his ■ Principles and Eudiments of Botany (18o8). 



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