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Caspar Count von Sternberg gave excellent figures of the 

 Saxifragae, (Revisio Saxifragarum, iconibus illustrata, Re- 

 gensburg 1810, folio.) 



The Anoneae were arranged by Michael Felix Dunal, 

 (Monographic de la Famille des Anonacees, Paris 1817, 

 quarto.) 



The cruciform plants were revised by Robert Brown (Aiton. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. iv. p. 71 — 130.), and by Desvaux 

 (Journ. de Bot. Nouv. iii. p. 145. s.) ; the genus Biscutella 

 by De Candolle, (Recueil de Mem. sur la Botan. 1813, quar- 

 to) ; the Papavereae by L. G. A. Viguier, (Histoire Natu- 

 relle des Pavots, Montpellier 1814, quarto) ; the Ranuncu- 

 leje by J. A. J. Biria (Histoire Naturelle des Renoncules., 

 Montpellier 1811, quarto.) 



Of the leguminous plants, the Clover species were more ac- 

 curately determined by Joh. Christ. Dan. Schreber, (Sturm's 

 Deutsche Flor. No. 17.) ; and by Gaetan Savi, (Observationes 

 in varias Trifoliorum Species, Florence 181 0, octavo). Augus- 

 tus Py ramus de Candolle (Astragalogiae, Paris 1802, folio), 

 and Peter Simon Pallas (Species Astragalorum descriptae et 

 iconibus illustratse, Leipzig 1800, folio,) revised the genus 

 Astragalus. Humboldt and Kunth are now publishing the 

 American Mimosae. 



Charles Lewis THeritier (Geraniologia, Paris 1787, 1788, 

 folio,) and H. C. Andrews (Geraniums, or a Monography of 

 the genus Geraiiium, London 1805,) examined accurately the 

 Gcraniae. 



Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin published an excellent mono- 

 graph of the OxalidcG;, (Oxalis Monographia, Vienna 1794, 

 quarto.) 



The Malvaceae, Meliess, Passifloras, and Malpighieae, were 

 revised by Antony Joseph Cavanilles, (Monadelphiae Classis 

 diss. X. Madrid 1790, with 296 copperplates, quarto) : the 

 Ochnese and Simarubese were revised by Augustus Pyramus 

 de Candolle, (Recueil de Mem. sur la Botan, 1813.) 



Of the Aizoidae, the Mesembryanthema were examined by 

 Adrian Hardy Ha worth , (Observations on the genus Mesem- 



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