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he gives the following account: —“ Of phaenogamic plants there 
are about 350 species gathered and dried; of the most inter- 
esting kinds, I have got 100 duplicates, and a smaller number 
of the rest; some only in single specimens, and of others 
6 or 7, or 12, 30, and 50, according as they appeared doubt- 
ful or peculiar in their appearance. Of Cerinthe major, 
which grows to the height of a man; of Ranunculus Ficaria, 
whose unusual size renders it scarcely recognizable; and of 
Ricinus communis? (hybridus?) which here attains the sta- 
ture of a tree, you will receive many duplicates. There are 
about 60 species of A/g@, some kinds numerous, and of others 
but a single individual. 'l'o these may be added 50 or 60 
Mosses, Lichens and other Cryptogamia, which I gathered as 
they happened to occur, and whenever I had time and paper 
for drying them ready. By the end of May or beginning 
of June, I think I may expect to have from 25,000, to 30,000, 
specimens of important Phanerogamic plants, in case no unex- 
pected obstacles arise, and that illness or other misfortunes 
do not befall me.” 
Among the plants collected by M. Schimper, he particu- 
larizes the following: Cynoglossum clandestinum, Desf.— Ra- 
phanus—? ; Spartium unifolium, Desf.—Genista tricuspidata» 
Desf.— Osyris? (non alba) ;— Centaurea pullata, L.—Elichry- 
sum Fontanesii, Camb.— Silene imbricata, Desf. (with three 
other undescribed species of this genus), — Lotus, (two scarce 
and undetermined species), — Senecio humilis, Desf.— Thymus 
inodorus, Desf.— Aristolochia altissima, Desf. (with one other 
related to it) ;—Viola frutescens, Roth.—Sisymbrium amplezi- 
caule, Desf.— Euphorbia (3 undetermined species, probably 
very good ones) ;—Physalis somnifera, L.— Ruscus androgy- 
nus, L.— Achyranthes aspera ? — Ranunculus flabellatus, Desf. 
(with another related to it), and R. trilobus, Desf.— 
Onosma—? a beautiful plant;—4 species of Allium—Meelope 
malacoides, L.— Lepidium glastifolium, Desf. —Astragalus* 
Er E: 
* A plant which has, of late, been extensively cultivated on the Conti- 
nent, and even in this country, and used as a substitute for coffee. 
