re ere ee ee 
pace Pais aie 
Botany and Zoology. ; 12g 
out independently, without reference to his brother author ;” although, to 
ensure uniformity of plan, the ordinal characters and gene ral remarks are 
all written by Dr. Harvey, upon whom the general editorship devolves, 
e descriptions are moe full, so that only about three Ba ea: appear 
midable task they have undertaken. Noting that Dr. Sonder has adopted 
Dr. Klotzsh’s genus Dianthera, in the Capparidese, we beg to say that 
there is a Linnean genus of that name, unaccountably neglected by 
recent botanists (North American ones excepted), but not rightfully to be 
m4 seded. > &. 
. Flora of the British West Indic meee by A. H. R. Grisz- 
Bacu, M.D., Professor of Botany in the Uni versity of ves Lon- 
don: Lovell Reeve. Parts 1 Le , 1859, pp. 192, 8vo.—This is another 
of those Colonial Floras now fostered by the B fbich Government; in- 
deed this is the first strictly belonging to the series. It is written through- 
out in English, eis wonderfully good English too, ioreie- that the 
author is a German. Through abbreviations and the omission of refer- 
ences, it is more compact than the Flora Cape nsis, and will probably be 
comprised j in one or two volumes. The work is much needed, and Dr, 
Grisebach is doing si dbtieie service in clearing up the manifold confusion 
and obscurities of West Indian Botany, and indeed of Central American 
Botany generally, to which he has paid much attention. The third part 
of this work, ree ae the Polypetale and Apetalze combined, is, we 
learn, already publis 
e third part of 8 West Indian Flora has just come to hand. It 
finishes the Poly—apetalous orders, and closes the first volume o iss 
pages. The larger orders it comprises are the Leguminose, the Myr 
and the Melastomacee, the two latter are very eee y and sil 
re-elaborat ed. 
Dos b 
> 
“ upwards of 
ne _ meet 
qualities, and an indomitable spirit of Reece a 
Vest Indian flora; and the fruits are beginning 
Planice Wrightiane e Cuba Orientali, a A. G 
_— rs of the American Academy 
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