The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown

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The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown
Robert Brown (compiled by John Joseph Bennett)

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Volumes

CONTENTS.

PART I.

GEOGRAPHICO-BOTANICAL MEMOIRS.

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General remarks, Geographical and Systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis	1—89
List of new and rare Plants, collected in Abyssinia during the years 1805 and 1810, arranged according to the Linnean System	91—95
Observations, Systematical and Geographical, on the Herbarium collected by Professor Christian Smith, in the vicinity of the Congo, during the expedition to explore that river, under the command of Captain Tuckey, in the year 1816	97— 173
List of Plants collected by the Officers, &c., in Captain Ross's voyage, on the coasts of Baffin's Bay	175—178
Catalogue of Plants found in Spitzbergen by Captain Scoresby	179—182
Chloris Melvilliana, a List of Plants collected in Melville Island, in the year 1820, by the Officers of the Voyage of Discovery under the orders of Captain Parry	183—256
Observations on the Structure and Affinities of the more remarkable Plants collected by the late Walter Oudney, M.D., and Major Denham, and Captain Clapperton, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, during their expedition to explore Central Africa	257—303
General View of the Botany of Swan River	305—312
Botanical Appendix to Captain Sturt's Expedition into Central Australia	313—340

PART II.

STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MEMOIRS.

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Some Observations on the Parts of Fructification in Mosses; with Characters and Descriptions of two new Genera of that Order	343—355
On some remarkable Deviations from the usual structure of Seeds and Fruits	357—366
An Account of a new Genus of Plants, named Rafflesia	367—398
On the Female Flower and Fruit of Rafflesia Arnoldi and on Hydnora Africana	399—431
Character and Description of Kingia; a new Genus of Plants found on the South-west coast of New Holland. With Observations on the Structure of its Unimpregnated Ovulum, and on the Female Flower of Cycadeæ and Coniferæ	433—461
A Brief Account of Microscopical Observations made in the Months of June, July, and August, 1827, on the Particles contained in the Pollen of Plants; and on the General Existence of Active Molecules in Organic and Inorganic Bodies	463—486
Observations on the Organs and Mode of Fecundation in Orchideæ and Asclepiadeæ	487—543
Supplementary Observations on the Fecundation of Orchideæ and Asclepiadeæ	545—551
On the Relative Position of the Divisions of Stigma and Parietal Placentæ in the Compound Ovarium of Plants	553—563
On the Plurality and Development of the Embryos in the Seeds of Coniferæ	565—576
On the Origin and Mode of Propagation of the Gulf-Weed	577—582
Some Account of Triplosporite, an undescribed Fossil Fruit	583—591

CONTENTS.

PART III.

SYSTEMATIC MEMOIRS.

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On the Natural Order of Plants called Proteaceæ	3—192
On the Asclepiadeæ, a Natural Order of Plants separated from the Apocineæ of Jussieu	193—247
On Woodsia, a New Genus of Ferns	249—255
Observations on the Natural Family of Plants called Compositæ	257—318
Characters and Descriptions of Three New Species of Plants, found in China by Clarke Abel, Esq.	319—328
Characters and Description of Lyellia, a New Genus of Mosses, with Observations on the Section of the Order to which it belongs; and some Remarks on Leptostomum and Buxbaumia	329—351
Remarks on the Structure and Affinities of Cephalotus	353—359
Characters and description of Limnanthes, a new genus of plants allied to Floerkia	361—364

PART IV.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SYSTEMATIC WORKS.

Genera et Species Plantarum Cruciferarum, necnon Generis Cleome, quæ in Horto Kewensi coluntur	367—415
Genera et Species quædam Plantarum Leguminosarum, quæ in Horto Kewensi coluntur	417—447
Genera et Species quædam Plantarum Myrtacearum, quæ in Horto Kewensi coluntur	449—457

Genera et Species quædam Plantarum Compositarum, quæ in Horto Kewensi coluntur	459—470
Genera et Species Plantarum Orchidearum, quæ in Horto Kewensi coluntur	471—499
Genera et Species Plantarum e variis Familiis, quæ in Horto Kewensi coluntur	501—510
Extracts from Dr. Richardson's Botanical Appendix to the "Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea, by Captain Franklin;" with Addenda	511—527
Names of and Notes on Indian Plants; extracted from Dr. Wallich's "Numerical List"	529—538
Notes and Observations on Indian Plants; extracted from Dr. Wallich's "Plantæ Asiaticæ Rariores"	539—556
Extracts from "Plantæ Javanicæ Rariores"	557—666
Contributions to the "Botanical Magazine"	667—679
Contributions to the "Botanical Register"	681—699
Names, &c, of Plants contributed to various publications, between 1818 and 1826; and Names quoted from R. Brown's Herbarium in Mr. Bentham's "Flora Australiensis"	701—711
Short Contributions to various Works, and occasional Notices, Botanical and Geological	713—727

Index of Subjects to Vol. II	729—735
Index of Names of Plants to both Volumes	737—786