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qua; itcm in af^ro patno repcnssc sibi vidcntur. Qii;un (1is(piisitionem priusfjiiiam ingredinntr , varise 

 temperiei zonns probe distingticndas putamus. 



Extra omnem dubitalioncm posllum csl , in Amcrica Lorcaii , cujus non nisi cxlgnam parlcm Pcn- 

 SYlvanije,Marilandia3et Columbia», incunteanno i8o4, pcrlustra^-imus, complurcs spccics Anti^pii Orbis 

 occurrere, quamquam pauciorcs quam vulgo crcditur.rnlcr 2S90 Pbancrogamas,in Turshii locuplctissima 

 plora enumcratas, Kunlhius 385 specics Europasas agnovil ' , quarum Giumacca:' 7^, ComposiUT 3n , 

 Crucifcr<T 21 , CaryophylUe i8. Sane quidcm allie harum slirplum a colonis nostralibus iii ^'ovum 

 prbem importata} sunt ' : alia^ , botanicornfn solcrtia accuraliiis cxploraljc, Amcrir;c pccuharcs spc- 

 cies cssc dcprehendenlur^. Scd tamen baudquaquum crcdcndum cst , omn<'s plaulas Eiuopicas 

 Yirgluiaj vcl Pcnsylvani;e in eandcm venire dubitalioucm ; persitasusquc cril quiruufpic vcl mlc- 

 riora , vel minus culta illaiimr rcgionnni pcrcgravcrit , zonis frigidis ct lcmpcratis ambarum coiih- 

 ncutium quasdam plautas ab iuitio commuucs fulssc. Excniplo sint ; Clrcrea alpina, Irls sii)irica , 

 Carcx curla, C. divulsa , Poa ncmoralis , Linua?a borcalls , Cynoilon Daclylon , Stipa juncca , Poa 

 alpina, Gentiaua Pncumonanlhc , Saxifraga Aizoon , S. opposiiifolia , Potculilla uorvcglc;i, Draba 

 xjivaliS , Lychnis alpina , Di^as octopclala, LohcfLa Dorlnianua , Bctula nana , Salyrium virldc, Or- 

 chis hypcrborca, Salix hcrbacca; nc stirpcs commcmorcni pcr uuivcrsam Enropam fusas , ul Polcn- 

 tillam Anscrinam , Alnnm glutinosam, Solanum Dulcamaram , Polygonum avicularc , Aucmoucui 

 nemorosam , Arbutum iJvam Ursi , Yaccinium ullginosum , Pyrolam sccundam , P. unifloram, P. lo- 

 tnndlfoliam, VcronicED spccics 7 , Rumicis 6, Epilobii 5, Polamog^^cionis 6, CbcMopodii (i , Ccra- 

 stii 4 , Arenaria; 4 1 Ranuncnli 11. Qnibus argmucntis adiiclas porro , si dcscriptionlbus plaulanuii 

 Japonicarum ,prtesertlm Conifcrarum , plena tidcs habt-uda cst , Asia' lIllor;i oriculi sdli opposila 

 tomplures alcre stirpes , quas ilcm in ora oriculaii Novi Orbls rcpcrics , sub paralJL-lIs 3u — 4^ 



gradnum." 



ISequc dubitamus , etiam zonam tcmpcraUuu auslraUnn , (piam^Is pcrcxlj>iiani lcrr.x parlcm 

 complcclcnLcm , eodcm modo plautas (^uasdam phancro^amas Europ.Tas cxbibcrc. lla , ul cas solas 

 Commemorcmus, quas sununa Uobcrli Brownii sollcrtia conip;n-atas cssc conslat, llclvfticc Phlcum 



" Nernpc ; Graniincffi 3^ , C)pcroi<lex 28,^111100:0.9. P!i.incrogania? illce , nuniero 38"» spiTicruiii , sopliniam j>;irifin om- 

 nium Monocotylcdonum et 'Dirotylcdonuni AraerieEe borealis cniciuiit. Arljicias porro 23 species agania^ vasculo.-ias , ex 

 Filicum , Lycopodaceariim et Equisctaccarum fainiliis, ambabus CorititicrillKus rommuncs. 



^ V. c. Urtica urens, Lcontodon Taraxacum , Bcrbcris vulgaris, Ciielidonium majns , Delpliinium Con.soUda, Arctium 

 Lappa , Cnicus arvensis. 



' Sic Yiola debiUs, Mich. ; Yalisncria amcricana, M. ; Allsma trivialis, Punsli. ; CralK-gns apiifolia , M. : Sorbus tiiUto- 

 phylIa,P.-, Cypripedium puhescens , W. olim confundcbantuV , in \Yall!uTi Flnra CaroUiiinna , i.nmA'iuta caniua, Yalis- 

 ncria spirali, Alismate Plantagihe , Cratopgo Oxyacantha, Sorbo aucuparia vl Cypripcdio Calccolo. Eodem mudo Ca^lanca 

 vesca , et Fagus sylvatira , a"Novo Rampshire ustiuead Gcorgiam ^ulgafissima: , auctore AndrealMicliaux , a.pecicbus Europxis 

 dirrcrunt,, di^scntiente tamen Fredcrico Purshio.' (///■^/■«s , ^ II , p. ijj. Flor. Anu l. II , p. 624.) De Typha nostra Truxiltcnsi 

 a T. latiJblia probc distingucnda , vid, infra , p. 83. 



