JAN. — MAE. 1857.] 



Natural History. 



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Dutch Government under the especial patronage of the King of 

 Holland. It is edited by Professor De Vriese. The first part 

 which has only as yet appeared contains a full account of the plants 

 found in the principal islands of the Eastern Archipelago — Java, 

 Celebes, Amboina, Ternate, &c. from the MS.S. of the late 

 Professor C. A. C. Reinwardt, between the years 1815 k 1822 

 edited by Dr. \V. H. de Veiese, Professor of Botany in the Uni- 

 versity of Leyden. The technical descriptions are given in Latin 

 and are illustrated by characteristic lithographed figures. 



The work will be published in 4 to. with 40 plates ; three num- 

 bers have appeared in 1856, four more are to be given in the cur- 

 rent year and the rest in 1858. 



Dr. Reinwardt died in 1854 without having given to the world 

 any consecutive work on the rich and important collections he had 

 made in the Dutch Colonies. His papers and drawings were pre- 

 sented to the Government and the task of editing them was entrust- 

 ed to Professor Vriese. 



" I purpose" says the Professor, " first to publish in this work, 

 44 the plants that Dr. Reinwardt discovered during his travels in 

 " the Indies and to elucidate such portions of their history as have 

 " not already been investigated by the researches of other botanists. 

 " When it is remembered that Messrs. Bennett and R. Brown 

 44 have only lately published the plants which Dr. Horsfield 

 " discovered in the island of Java at the commencement of the cen- 

 44 tury, it need not be matter of surprise that the discoveries of 

 44 Reinwardt in the other islands subsequent to 1815 should still 

 " be worthy of publication. We doubt not that the labor we now 

 £t propose to ourselves of making known the botanical researches 

 44 of Dr. Reinwardt will bring to light a great number of new 

 44 plants and contribute to give a better idea of the geographical dis- 

 " tribution of plants in the Indian Archipelago, of which so little is 

 44 yet known." 



One of the plates which have already appeared represents a plant 

 which would form a most desirable addition to our gardens. The 

 Dichrefrichum Ternateum found in the forests near the summit of the 



