Botany and Zoology. 151 



Gavltheria, as Kalm, the founder of the genus, wrote the name, being dedica- 

 ted to Dr. Gaulthier, it is a good idea of Weddell's to insert the missing vowel, 

 thus by a slight change making the name of the genus, Gatdtkieria, conform 

 with that of the person commemorated. That it should have been so written 



3 doubtful 



while to change the original orthography, which is not far amiss, Gayhtsacia 

 is by no means peculiar to South America; Dr. Weddell must have casually 

 ovprlooked the North American species. . 



The remark that the seeds afford characters by which the species of Epilo- 



inguished, 



rked group the PhyllaniJwphora. Thus restricted it would none the 

 ; ?t upon a single character, and that one pertaining to the organs of ve- 

 ^.-lauon; while a general view of the tribe will, we think, lead to the conclu- 

 sion that the distinction between the stvles with capitate stigma and those 

 which are introrsely stigmatose is here well marked and well correlated with 

 real affinities-that, in fact, Malvasti-um, as a whole, and especially those 

 species which are referred back by Weddell to Malva, are really more closely 

 related to Sida and to SpJueralcea than to the genuine, old-world Malva. 



The fact is overlooked that Myosurus apetalus, Gay, is often petaliferous, and 

 occurs in North America. 



question that the Flora Andina is a 



5. fflstoire JSTaturelle des Zoophytes EcUnodermes par 



^- F. DujARDiN et par M. H. Husse, Paris. Encyclopedie Roret. 1862.— 

 It would naturally be supposed that a work on Echinoderms appearing in 

 1862 would advance in some decrree our knowledge of that class ; the 

 aore so as the authors had access to the Collections of the Jardin des 

 Plantes and to the best libraries of Paris. The authors had at their 

 disposal the original specimens of Lamarck and could have cleared up 

 »nany doubtful points, and it was at least to be expected that this volume 

 should be a faithful record of what bad been done in the diflerent orders 

 M Echinoderms up to the time of publication. Instead of this it is a 

 crude compilation of some of the most important works, made without 

 aiiy discrimination. The authors adopt or reject this or that classification 

 f their pleasure without attempting to combine what there may be of 

 t>-uth in the different writers. The literature of later years seems to 

 have escaped their notice entirely. Their ignorance of what has been 

 one by American writers can hardly be excused on the ground of t^ 

 difficulty of obtaining American publications in Europe, ^^^g^^^ 

 ^^chiv which they quote so frequently contains in the e-<=f,^^^f^X^ 

 ^f Prof. Luckart all that they needed to become acquainted with tbe papers 

 ;four American Naturalists on Criuoids, Starfishes Echini and Holo- 

 thunans. Their neMect is not confined to this side of the Atlantic, even 

 ;^e papers of Gray,"of Peters, of Pbilippi are left unnoticed. It would 

 ^ au endless task to enumerate the errors which have made this book a 

 UseW one, a needless addition to our overburdened scientific hterature 

 ,,What confidence can we have in a compilation m which we are told 

 f^l Cidaris imperialis Lam. is found in New Holland ; that Astropyga 

 '^^ata Gray, comes from South America and lYucleohtesrecens from the 

 ^•Itilles, although a few lines above we had been informed that the s ngle 

 ''^■^grepresentatiye of the genus Nucleolites was found m New Holland, 



