302 TRANSPLANTATION OF THE PERUVIAN BARK 



fragillimo scabro. Palea inferior flosculonim siiperiorum sub apice 



breviter aristata, paleam superiorem muticam arete involvenSj utraque 



scabra raarginibus dense ciliolatis. 



On first discovering, early in June, 1850, a few plants of this Grass 

 growing sparingly along the low, central, rocky ridge at the top of 

 the little Northern or Flat Dezerta, I hastilv assumed it to be some 

 state or form of Lolium temttlenttim, L. Kevisiting the island with 

 Mr. Wollaston in 1855 again at the same season, I found, imme- 

 diately on landing, its whole surface sprinkled plentifully with a Grass 

 which, forgetting my former discovery, I at once conjectured on the 

 spot to be some species of Rotthoellia or Lepturus, On closer subse- 

 quent examination and comparison, however, my two plants not only 

 proved to be precisely identical, but could be referred neither to Xo- 

 lium^ Lepturus^ or Rottbcellia^ nor indeed to any other hitherto consti- 

 tuted genus ; and, in fact, the plant was altogether new. The foregoing 

 account will serve to indicate its natural affinities and intermediate rank 

 between Lolium and Lepturus, close to the latter, from which it is at 

 once distinguished by its many-flowered, partly awned spikelets. 



I cannot conclude this Paper without warmly acknowledging my 

 obligations to Eobert Brown and J. J. Bennett, Esq., for affording me 

 every possible facility and kind assistance at the Banksian Herbarium 

 with reference to the plants described in it. 



Oa the Transplantation of the Peruvian Bark-tree into Dutch East 



India; by Dr. De Vriese.* 



Were 



necessary to treat the subject more amply than is now attempted, as 

 nothing more is desired than to enable the inquiring reader to under- 

 stand what Quinquina is, its value to mankind, and the views that have 

 actuated the Dutch in what they have done in this important matter. 



On some points of a scientific nature it has been necessary to be 

 more diffuse than in other respects was desirable, as the greater part 

 of the uninitiated (and who would misinterpret this term?) are not 



* Extracted from a Work entitled * De Kina-Boom uit Zuid- America overgebragt 

 nw Java, Door W. H. De Vriese. 'S Gravenhage. (Translated by James Perrin, 

 Frofessor of the English Language at Leyden.) 1855 * 



