PIIAKEROGAMIA. 
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pars 1, 8vo. pp. 454. Ranunculaceae to Connaraceae. A Con¬ 
spectus of the Natural Orders of Polypetalous Dicotyledons is 
prefixed to the volume. Under each Order is given a ‘ Conspectus 
Generumthe ‘ Eormae abnormes,’ and * Genera affinia aut 
exclusa v. dubia ’ are also enumerated. The new genera here 
described are 47 in number. They are— Synclisia, Triclisia, 
Microclisia , Adeliopsis (Menispermaceae) ; Porphyrocodon , Ammo- 
sperma, JSTotothlaspri (Cruciferae); Peridiscus (Bixineae); Endo- 
desmia (Yismieae); Pelliciera , PI. and Tr. (Ternstromiaceae) ; 
Dicellostyles, Coelostegia (Malvaceae); Cheirolcena (Sterculiaceae) ; 
Aneutophus , Hebepetalum (Erythroxyleae) ; Leptothyrsa (Cus- 
parieae); Hyptiandra (Boronieae); Medicosma , Pentaceras , 
DecatropiSy Polyaster, Megastigma (Zanthoxyleae); Mannia, 
Picrolemma , Cneoridium (Simarubeae) ; Wallaeea, Spruce (Luxem- 
burgieae); Crepidospermum (Burseraceae); Beddomea (Trichilieae); 
LeptauluSy Phlebocalymna, Hb. Griff. (Icacineae); Tripterygium 
(Celastreae) ; JVesiota, Lasiodiscus (Rhamneae); Castanella, 
Spruce, Biploglottis, Dittelasma, Eriocoelum , Chytranthus , Glenniea, 
AJcania (Sapindaceae); Boxopterygiuniy EuroscJiinus , TricJioscypha, 
Drimycarpus. Drepanospermum (Cyrtospermum of Bentham in 
Kew Jo urn.), (Anacardieae) j Tceniochlaena, Ellipanthus (Con¬ 
naraceae) . 
Berg, O. — Die Balsamodendron- Arten der Berliner Herbarien. 
Bot. Z. 1862, p. 158. The new genus Balsamophloeos is founded 
on Amyris Kataf of Eorskal. Balsamodendron is re-described 
and the species enumerated. 
Besnoit et B. Lachefee.—C atalogue raisonne des plantes vas- 
culaires de 1’arrondissement de Cherbourg. Cherbourg, 8vo. 
pp. 257, 1862. 
Black, A. A.—Systematisches Verzeichniss aller seit Thunberg in 
Japan gesammelten Pflanzen. Bonpl. 1862, p. 88. A reprint 
from the list appended to Mr. Hodgson’s Japan, with additions 
and corrections. 
Bocqtjtllok, H.—Description d’un genre nouveau de la Eamille 
des Verbenacees. Adans. ii. p. 249, with fig. Baillonia , n. g. 
based on a Paraguay plant of M. Weddell’s. 
- - Observations sur les genres Oxera et Amethystea : leur organi¬ 
sation comparee a celle du Clerodendron. Ibid. p. 294. Shewing 
Oxera to occupy a position intermediate between Labiatae and 
Verbenaceae, and that Amethystea belongs to the latter rather 
than the former Order, with which it has been hitherto associated. 
Boiim, J.—Beitrage zur naheren Kenntniss der Genesis und Eunction 
von Pflanzen-Earbstoffen. Wien. Sitzb. xlv. p. 899. 
Boissier, E.—Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni vegetabilis. 
Vol. xx. Sect, post., Ease. i. Euphorbiaceae , Subordo Euphorbieae , 
including the genera Pedilanthus , Euphorbia , Synadenium , and 
Anthostema. Euphorbia contains about 700 species. 
