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lifere, Rubiacee and Dipsacee, and has borne a part in the elabo- 
ration of the Composite, 
more genera than would be expected, namely 117, and 17 are 
Gertn., replaces Webera of Schreber, being three years older ; 
also Chomelia Linn., is said to be the correct name, but Chomeliu 
of Jacquin is kept up. Canthivm Lam., is restored in good time 
for that important genus, much to the relief of the nomenclature, 
and the original Plectronia of Linneus is said to be Olinia! 
The Liberian coffee, the seed of Coffea Liberica, “is said to be 
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Psychotria, with 61 species, is made to include Chasalia, and to 
one, and another plant named Richardia, in honor of L. C. 
Richard, and the present state of things having been acquiesced 
im for more than half a century, this certainly is a case to whic 
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posits of the Sierra Nevada; by Leo Lesquerevx. i 
10 plates, 4to. 1878. (Vol. vi, No. 2 of the Memoirs of the 
Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.)—A me- 
Specimens figured are impressions of is ¢ a fine- 
ained whitish clay or soapstone,” mainly from a collection 
made r, Voy, of Oakland, California, which was sec red and 
resented to the California University by the liberality of Mr. D. 
O. Mills, remains are of special interest from the 
