138 Scientific Intelligence. 
3 al panties B been seen since the time of Swartz;—showing “how rich 
new species of the Order is the vegetation of that little-known island, 
zs ow racks is still open to discovery by = diligent traveller.” a. ¢. 
4. Salices Boreali-Americane: a S s of North American Wil- 
lows ; by N. J. Anpersson, Professor of Botany in the University of 
Stockholm, Sweden.—In the March num the Journal we stat 
: that Prof. Andersson had undertaken to @abotate the Salicinee for De- 
Candolle’s Prodromus, and that materials in the form of complete speci- 
mens of Willows were earnestly solicited from every part of this country, 
in order that he may attain to something like the same full acqua cy 
with our Pca te which he gers of the European forms. 
examine; and that he has embodied the —— 2 a memoir upon the 
subject, which is just printed in the Proceedings of the American Acad- — 
emy of Arts and Sciences, vol. iv, where it opie thirty-two pages. 
The introduction and the conclusion, embracing a critical comparison 
of our Salices with those of Europe, are written by Professor Andersson 
in the English language (which he uses with mame ag persist fe er 
descriptive and critical matter is-in Latin. To render it access | 
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yuthor, who barely lived to complete serip 
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4to, pp. 113.—The late Mr. Webb, a celebrated En; 
resident in Paris, bequeathed his en i Per baring and | 
with some 
