. The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. calobservations. Some of the plates are equal to anythingof the kind produced in Europe ; those of Mallowwortsin particular will, we trust, meet the eye of ProfessorSchleiden, and assist in changing his views of the true istructure of such plants. I Dr. Grays remarks upon the genera of this familyare among the most novel and striking in the can only wonder that he should not have seen thennsoundi:es3 of the French doctrine of deduplication,instead of unreservedly accepting it, on the faith of interpretation of the prog
. The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. calobservations. Some of the plates are equal to anythingof the kind produced in Europe ; those of Mallowwortsin particular will, we trust, meet the eye of ProfessorSchleiden, and assist in changing his views of the true istructure of such plants. I Dr. Grays remarks upon the genera of this familyare among the most novel and striking in the can only wonder that he should not have seen thennsoundi:es3 of the French doctrine of deduplication,instead of unreservedly accepting it, on the faith of interpretation of the progress of develop-ment. We would also express our doubt of the pro-priety of following Mr. Bennett in separating the spu-rious genus Frangula from Rhamnus, upon verbalrather than f-ubstantial differeooes. These aie, how-ever, slight blemishes, and in no way detract from thecharacter of the work, which promises to become one ofwhich the United States may well be proud ; for noneof the states of Europe will have produced its equal,when it is Miscellaneous. Catboa glohosa.—A rambling perennial, raised fromseeds received from Mr. Hartweg in January 1846, andsaid to have been collected on the eastern declivity ofOrizaba, in Mexico. It is smooth in every part. Theleaves are thin, dull green, on long stalks, and extremelyvariable in form*; some are cordate and acuminate ;•others sagittate; others completely hastate, with thelobes all narrow, and the lower ones deeply flowers grow in naked umbels, on a peduncle 9 or10 inches long; the pedicels are from l* to 4incheslong. Each sepal has a long subulate process at theback. The corolla is 2J inches long, deep rich red,with a curved cylindrical tube, and a campannlate erectlimb, divided into five erect rounded wavy lobes. Thestamens are declinate, and longer than the very curious plant, of which the annexed wood-*ut is a representation, was referred to Qoamoclitby Mr. Bentham, but it appears to be per
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