FLORA OF DALMATIA. 8l 
land, has examined its Flora, especially the immediate environs 
of Sebenico, and found, I may say, immediately before his 
own door, a dozen of new plants. Several more extensive 
excursions that he made at various seasons of the year, after 
returning home, enabled him to publish, in 1826, a still little- 
known, though meritorious work, the Specimen Stirpium Dal- 
maticarum. Besides a survey of the country itself, including 
the late discoveries, it contains the first list of the plants 
detected by himself in Dalmatia. This was followed, in 1828, 
by his ** Plante rariores in Dalmatia recens detect,” contain- 
ing 37 new plants. At this period, several zealous botanists 
accidentally met in this country. M. Von Thomasini was, 
for a short time, at Cattaro, where he made some interesting 
discoveries, which he communicated to Host. Neumeyer, an 
industrious collector, though not a favourite of Fortune, re- 
mained a long while at Ragusa, and carefully examined its 
environs, and Dr. Visiani, who formerly lived at Sebenico, is 
now settled at Cattaro as a physician. The country round 
Spalatro owes a most assiduous examination of its productions 
to Professor Petter, who has detected there many plants that 
were formerly considered excessively rare. To the work that 
he is preparing on Dalmatia he will annex a Botanical Ap- 
Pendix of the plants hitherto found here; for which he has 
received contributions from all the botanists. Professor Als- 
chinger and Mr. Rubrizius, Commissary of Police, are two 
very industrious collectors, and they have discovered many 
things in the environs that had formerly been sought for ata 
great distance. The first also devotes his leisure hours to in- 
structing young people in botany, purely from a fondness for 
this interesting study,and both are most active and unwearied 
mountain-climbers. At Pago resides the physician of the dis- 
trict, Dr. Cariboni—at Trau, a landed proprietor, M. Von 
?aragnini, who employs himself in the cultivation of forest 
ümber-trees; and during last spring, Dr. Biasoletto of Trieste 
also travelled in Dalmatia, and made some interesting dis- 
Coveries. During my stay in the country, I did not fail to 
avail myself of my frequent excursions, and the security with 
Skconp Serres. 
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