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ding also Meliosma , Ophiocaryon, and Phoxanthus. The Order is 
exceptional amongst Disciflorae from its stamens opposite to and 
isomerons with the petals. The order Coriarieae follows Anacar- 
diaceae, and following it is Moringeae, which seems to have gone a 
little astray. 
As intimated above, a £ Conspectus G-enerum ’ precedes the 
generic descriptions of each Order; in some cases, as in Hipterocar- 
peae, based upon two separate sets of characters, derived from the 
flower and fruit. These synopses will save an immense amount of 
time, and are a feature most favourably in contrast with the ‘ Genera 
Plantarum’ of Endlicher. The descriptions of genera mostly run 
about four to a page (3 to 5). These include synonymy, distri¬ 
bution, estimate of the number of species, and, in the case of the 
larger genera, the characters of the subgenera or sections usually 
adopted. With regard to these details we may quote from the 
i Prsemonenda.’ 
“ Sub silentio praeterimus: 1. Nomina sectionalia pro generibus 
“propriis a nemine vindicata, 2. Nomina generica plurima in 
££ herbariis v. catalogis proposita sed adhuc verbis non definita, nec 
“ab auctoribus recepta. 3. Nomina generica ab auctoribus quibus- 
“ dam jam antiquis imprimis a Moenchio, Neckero, Adansonio, 
“ Gmelinio proposita et jam diu in omnibus operibus systematicis ad 
“ genera prius stabilita relata, nisi a Botanicis recentioribus vindican- 
££ tur. 4. Nomina generica magna copia a Bafinesquio temere pro- 
“ posita, et genera Maderensia Bowdichii certe falsa et nequaquam 
“ recognoscenda.” 
We abstain for the present from discussing the many philosophi¬ 
cal questions bearing upon physiological and morphological correla¬ 
tion, the comparative value of characters and the like, which an 
examination of a £ Genera Plantarum ’ is so apt to suggest, hoping 
to return to these as we notice the issue of the successive parts of 
this most valuable work, which all botanists must join with us in 
desiring may appear at intervals as short as the multitudinous en¬ 
gagements of its learned authors will permit. 
IY. —The British Flora. Eighth Edition. 1860. By Sir W. J. 
Hooker, K.H. &c. and G. A. Walker Arnott, LL.D. 
Manual of British Botany. Fifth Edition. 1862. By C. C. 
Babington, M.A. &c. 
Handbook of the British Flora. 1858. By George Bentham. 
Turning to the Bibliography of Phanerogamic Botany for 1861, 
contained in the last part of the Natural History Beview, we took 
the pains a few evenings ago, to count the number of authors there 
enumerated, that we might reckon the proportion borne by English 
writers to the whole. Were it not that Botanical Bibliography is no 
new study of ours, we might, considering the energy of our Islanders, 
