THE PLANTS OF ABERDEENSHIRE. 135 
Feet. Feet. 
Prunella vulgaris. .......... 1900 Spergula arvensis ......... 1386 
Polygala vulgaris........... 2500 Stellaria media ............ 1386 
Poa pratensis.............. 2900 Silene maritima............ 2163 
Plantago lanceolata... ..... 1900 Stellaria uliginosa.......... 2800 
Pedicularis palustris .. .. .... 1667 Solidago Virgaurea......... 1200 
Polygonum viviparum....... 2500 ` Stachys sylvatica.......... 1200 
Parnassia palustris. ...... . 2500 Spergula nodosa ......... . 1175 
PERUEC. Sn c. 2199 Trientalis Europea . ....... . 1300 
Potamogeton natans........ 1658 Thymus Serpyllum. ........ 1800 
"eos heterophyllus, . 5... 1658 Triodia decumbens. ........ 1742 
Primola’veris,............ . 1516  Trifolia repens.............+ 2000 
Quercus Robur,.......... 1500 Triticum repens............ 1200 
Rubus saxatilis.......... . 1747 Tussilago Farfara.......... 1200 
Rumex Acetosella.......... 3559 Tanacetum vulgare. ........ 1200 
— — Acetosa ..... ve ds oe (TOO Vidi Crate i os eee 1886 
Ranunculus Flammula...... 2000 Veronica Chamedrys....... 1900 
Rosa canina Q) ............ 1863 officinalis ........ . 1900 
— —- spinosissima ,....... 2000 Beccabunga.. ..... 1200 
Ranunculus acris .......... 2800 Valeriana officinalis ........ 1200 
Sagina procumbens ........ 1742 Utricularia vulgaris ........ 1500 
Spirea Ulmaria............ 1386 Urticadioica...... . ..... 1300 
Some Data towards the Botanical Geography of New Holland, 
by Dn. Jonn Luorsxv, late of the Civil Service in Van 
Dieman's Land. | 
It is an interesting and, I believe, hitherto unnoticed fact, 
that it has fallen to the lot of one single individual to be- 
Come connected in a conspicuous, I might almost say, exclu- — 
sive manner, with the Botany of New Holland, and that. 
from its very outset. Whatever increase the Flora of this 
country may in future receive, and accessions doubtlessly will 
take place to a considerable extent, still, the foundation laid 
by that eminent naturalist, Dr. Rt. Brown, has been of such 
|. à broad and comprehensive kind, that bis name must ever 
remain identified with the Botany of New Holland, far more 
Permanently than those of Humboldt and Bonpland with 
the Flora of South America. Already the fame of these latter 
