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Dublto cpidcm numcruni Phancrogamarum in zona lcmporata Americfp mnjorcrn csse, quam in 



Orbo noslro, sed conslat, ut alio loco cxposiii ' , sub eodeni parallclo , inter 36 el 5o gradus latilu- 



dinisLorcalls, Novum Orbem stirpium cum yarictatc , ium splcndore exccllcre. Ubi enim in lerra contl- 



nenli Ein-opjc, praescrtim intor parallclos 43—4-^ graduuni , arborcsinvenios , rniarum florcs 3— 8pol- 



■ b"ces, folin I— 2 pedcs longa suni , ut Magnolia} IripctaJa;", cL M. j,doMc?e? Sub zona , ubi calor annuus 



inediiis Parisiensi vcl Berolinensi rcspondet , nascun lur in temperatis Noai Orbis : IJricidendron Tulipi- 



fcra iriinco 8o — i^opedali, Pavialuica, P. ohiocnsis, Corniis florida ,' Rbododcndrum maxinnim ■ 



prffistantissima Flora? decora ! Glcdiisia triacanthos foliis pinnatis tenerrimis, Ar.aciaruni ceauinoc- 



lialium similitudine , progreditur usquc ad latitadincm 4^ graduura. Lauri dua;spedcs, Passmorjc 



Cassloe , Cactl , Schrankia! , Bignonlae^, CroLoncs , Cymbidia cl Limodora usc^uc in Yirgiuiaxn et 



ultra cxcurrunt. Dicat aliqnis , in contincntcnostra , mare mcditerraneum interfusum ct nivosorum 



jnontium Juga , al) Orienlc ad Occidentcm porrecla , obstctissc stirpibus cCquinoclialibus totque figuris 



speciosls in fervidiori zona a1>unc1antlbus , quo minus scptentrioncm vcrsus se latins ditTunderent. 



Amcric^e autcm terra contincns adeo uno tenore ameridie arctum versus proLenditur , ut Ijquidam- 



bar St^Taciflua, quic suh parallolo 18—19 graduum dcchvilalom monlium obLcgit, Bostonum usquc 



et Portsmuthum , latitudinc 43= graduum in loca plana sc cnimdat ■*. America^ boroali iSy arborcs 



sunl , quaruni Iruncus supra trlginLn pedcs assurgll , contra in uuiversa Europa vix 4^. 



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Quas in l^fovo Orbe , praescrlim in Yirginia , Carolina ct Goorgm , miramur siirplum liguras scp- 

 tcnlj-ionales .lequmoctialibus imuiixtas, Orbis Yctcris non nisl httora oricnti soh opposita common- 

 strant. Sic in Japonlje Insulis Kiusiu et Klpou , clrca Nangasati et Jeddo, sub paraUohs 33 — 36 gra- 

 duum , ubi hybcrno tempore congolat^ , ferc ubique in silvis ct planis locis , Bambusam , Cycadem 



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revobitam, Piuum sylvcstrora, P. Couibrara , Miraosam arboream , Charaoeropem excelsam , Pau- 

 liniam japonicam , Bcgonias, Epidendra ct Limodora ^ rcpeAnes- 



Tam cxigua pars t(UTarum inzonani tomporatamhcraispha?riiaustralisprotcnditur , quandoquidom 

 tluinlaxal m 44*^ooo Icucas cjiiadraias patont , wt adeo America <Tqmnodialis sola multo majorsit. Plagffi 

 temperal^ australes AIHca?, Novffi HoUandia? ci Amcricix? sc liabcnt ut numcii 4? 9 et lo. In uni-- 



^ Essti/. .mr la Geogi\ des Phmics ^ t8o8,/j, 88. 



^ Ex arboribns amplllujino folioi^um el flornni spcctabilibus prmclpne notanfl?e sxinl : Magnolia tripetala et ]\L macro- 

 phylla, qute noresbabent deccmpoUicaria, folia sublripedalia. Magnolia grandiflora, non ultra 35 i gradus latitudinis scptcn- 

 trioneni versus reperitur- M. macrophylla adscendit ad parallelum 36^ lo' ; M. auriculata ad 38" 4o- Andre Michaux, IlisL 

 des Arhrrs foresticrs de VAmerique. i^ib. 3' III. p, 76, 



^ Lauras Sassafras, L, carolinensis, Passiflora peU^ila j P- incwnat:i , IJignciiia radlcan^, Scbrankia unciiiata (Mimosa Li~ 

 isia, "V^ alter) Calypso borealis Salisb. , Croton capiiatum , Cassia Chanicecrisla, Caclus Opuntia, proveniunt in laliludine 

 38— 4o* quK frigoris hyberni causa Londinensi in Orbe A^eteri respondel- 

 ^ yhidrd Michaux. 7\ III, p. jcjf 

 Thiuiberg j Flora Jupon. p. XIL 

 Epidendrum monilc , E, torcs , Limodorum strialum , L. (Misatum. 



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