592 Scientific Intelligence, 



Q. Carex.—ln the third part of the Illustrations of Carex, by Dr. i 

 (Lorid. 1862, p. 119) the C. argyrantha, Tuckerm. (Dew. in Wo-xi"^ ; 



p. 753) is referred, as stated in "this Journal for May (p. 431) to ihe. 



C. adasta, Boott. But it appears proper to add that the same splendid 

 work upon Carex, which is in few hands, refers (p. 118) the C. admta of 

 Carey in Gray's Manual of Botany (a plant supposed by the describer of 

 C. argyrantha, without any doubt, to be Boott's) to another species, and 

 it follows from this, on the high authority cited, that the plant called, as 

 above, C. argyrantha — the true C. adusta of Boott — was really, as sup- 

 posed by its later describer, and others, a nondescript, as respects the 



The two plants here in question {C. adusta, Carey, 1. c, = C.f«n(o. 

 y, Boott, ^nd C. argyrantha, Tuckerman, I. c, = C' ac?M5 to, Boott 1 

 nearly akin, but they appear to be quite distinct. -• 



10. Geaffroy St.Hilaire's System of Zoology.— VaQ death of 1^ 

 Oeoflfroy Sl.Hilaire, a distinguished savan and learned zoologist of i' 

 WHS noticed in this Journal for Jan., 1 862, p. 1 49. His system of zoology. 

 ''Hist. nat. Generale, Paris, 1856," is not generally known, and may be 

 inteiesting to many. The synopsis which he gives of his views is short, 



"Organized bodies are distributed by St.Hilaire in three kingdoms" 



" thus charactei-ized." 



I' In the first, only the characters common to all beings, organized and 



"In the second, the same general characters as in the firet, with th« 

 addition of sensibility and mobility. 



" In the third, which embraces man alone, the same general characters 



"Intheiirst,lifeisall vegetative. 



" In the second, to vegetative life is added animal life. 



" In the third, to vegetative an 1 animal life, is added moral life. 



" And to exhibit in terms still more concise, not only this long chap- 

 ter but all that precedes, .' ^ ^,. 



"The plant lives; the animal lives and feels ; man lives and >« 

 and thiyiks. 



^^'^ Life is simple in the first kingdom, double i 



.the second, ^r.>?.iatne 



" Vegetability, animality, hu 

 of view succeed each other in . 



" A series where not only no 



manity;threetermswhichinthis_pcnnt 

 hierarchical order, manifestly as simp'* 

 term could be transposed, but to which 



IV. ASTRONOMY AND METEOROLOGY. 

 ; of the great comet of 1858, being vol. 3d of the Annals of t* 

 Observatory of Harvard College; by G. P. BoNP, D""«'^^( 

 i'atory, 4to, pp. 392, with 57 plates.— This m^g^'^c^''^ 'L 

 I a detailed account of the remarkable appearances presen 



