Botanical Writings of Rafinesque. 225 



the natural history of the Funguses or Mushroom tribe of Amer- 

 ica. — Pubhshed in the Medical Repository, New York, (edited 

 by Dr. Mitchill,) 2d hexade, vol. 2, 1808. 



2. Essential generic and specific characters of some new ge- 

 nuses and species of plants observed in the United States of 

 America, in 1803 and 1804. In a communication to Dr. Mitch- 

 ill, dated Palermo, Sept. 1st, 1807. — Published in the same work 

 and volume. 



3. Notice on the medical properties of some North American 

 plants. — Published in the same work and volume, p. 423. 



4. Enumeration of the species of Calliiriche, and the Ameri- 

 can species of Potamogeton. — Published in the same work, A. 

 D. 1811. 



5. An essay on the Exotic Plants which have been naturali- 

 zed and now grow spontaneously in the middle region of the 

 United States. — Published in the work and volume last cited. 



6. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e 

 piante della Sicilia, &c. Palermo, 1810. 8vo., 20 plates. 



7. Precis de decouvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. 

 Rafinesque-Schmaltz, entre 1800 and 1814, &c. Palermo, 1814. 

 — A small paftiphlet, 24mo. pp. 55. 



8. Principes Fondamentaux de Somiologie, ou les loix de la 

 nomenclature et de la classification des corps organises. Paler- 

 mo, 1814. — An 8vo. pamphlet of 50 pages. 



9. Chloris Etnensis, o le quattro Florule del M. Etna. In the 

 Natural History of Mt. Etna by Recupero. Catania, 1814. 



10. Specchio delli Scienze Enciclopedico di Sicilia. Palermo, 

 1814. — A periodical, of which two volumes were pubhshed. 

 The following botanical articles are stated to be published in the 

 work, (which we have not seen,) viz : — Plan of the natural meth- 

 od of Semiology ; Description of 20 new genera of plants ; of 

 15 new species of Sicilian plants; of a new genus of Conferva; 

 three new genera of marine plants ; and a new genus of Fungi. 



We do not include the following tracts, which Rafinesque has 

 enumerated among his works, since they have never been pub- 

 lished, viz : — Florula Delawarica, a Catalogue of plants found in 

 Delaware ; and Florula Columbica, or a Catalogue of plants 

 found in the District of Columbia; both sent in 1804 to the 

 Medical and Physical Journal, edited by Prof. Barton. A Mo- 

 nography of the genus Bertolonia, sent to the Linnaean Society 



