Crucifere, Nuttall’s Phenicaulis is remanded to Cheiranthus, 
hink most 
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proper, but is left in Cochlearia. Arabis includes Turritis, a view 
already adopted with us. Cardamine takes Dentaria, which is 
hardly necessary, while Draba is not allowed to swallow Hrophila, 
Warea is said to have but one species, a of two. Pachypodium, 
e 
Lindley’s genus of Apocynee pre-occupies Pitas ame, The Califor- 
? 
imes occurs in the tetracarpellary state. Biscutella, ix ding 
pe Bee of Harvey, gets two American species, B, Calptornian an 
asli. 
arenpines ee. The prim divisions are selltncd to the rank 
of tribes, Silenea, Alsinee, the. atter including the stipulate Sper- 
gula and. Spergularia, and Polycarpee, while the uniovulate Lilecebree 
proper are to find a place next Amarantacee, and Mollugo and its 
allies go to the Ficoidee further on,—the dist. tinction between hypo- 
gynous and perigynous insertion bein ept up as far as possible. 
As to genera, Saponaria and Lychnis are restored to their Liman 
limits, and so on. The position of the styles in respect to t 
sepals j is corrected in the addenda as to Sagina, but not as to Stel- 
laria, There is nothing more to remark as to the related orders, 
except that i 
Elatinee, our anomalous Texan species is referred to Bergia on 
account of the pentamerous flowers and the habit, notwiths 
the dehiscence of the fruit. This seems proper, ’and so the plant 
must take the name of Bergia Texana. 
_Hypericacee. The typical genusis extended to include Ziodes, a 
view which we are not inclined to adopt. 
iia The order is arranged to include the Bombacee, but one 
of the authors has already ihe that this is not a tenable : arrange- 
ment, at least as r irodendron and our Californian 4re- 
montia, ‘Otherwise e rat proposed in this country is 
Our curious Thurberia is suspected to | 
to differ from foepeoas in its trimerous gynecium ; in the ad. 
uthors are reminded by Mr. ‘Wright that common Cotton gen- 
i hyllee. Th Tribulus receives back Kallstramia. 
wea * h - ge so ambiguous between —— and 
exan plant whi 
Bolen is here Ata nat y referred to both genera. It should, 
as Ww pose, belong: to the 
: i Nae ek Jussizan view of the order will 
