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Obispo in latitude 35°, at an elevation of 3000 feet. 3. P, radiata 

 found about Monterey in latitude 36°, near the level of the sea, and 

 growing almost close to the beach. It affords excellent timber, which 

 is very tough and admirably adapted for building boats. 4. P. tu- 

 herculata, resembling in position and appearance the preceding. 

 5. P bracteata was found growing on the sea side of the mountain 

 range of St. Lucia, about 1000 feet lower than P. Coulteri. The 

 trunk rises to the height of 120 feet, not exceeding 2 feet in circum- 

 ference and as straight as an arrow. 



Some account of the Galls found on a species of Oak, from 

 the shores of tJie Dead Sea. By Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq., 

 F.R.S., V.lP.L.S. 



This paper contains a description with figures of some galls brought 

 from the Holy Land by the Hon. R. Curzen, and which the author 

 considers to be the " mala insana," or apples of Sodom of history. 

 They grow on the Q vercus infectoriaj a tree which grows abun- 

 dantly in Syria. The insect which forms them has been named by 

 Olivier Diplolepis. When on the tree the galls are of a rich purple 

 and are varnished over with a light substance of the consistence of 

 honey, shining with a most brilliant lustre in the sun, which makes 

 them look like a most delicious and tempting fruit. 



Note on the Mustard Plant of the Scripture. By Mr. 

 Lambert. 



The author considers this plant to be the same as that daily used 

 among us. He conceives that the expression " less than all the seeds 

 that be in the earth," used in Scripture was used comparatively and 

 meant nothing more than a small seed. Captains Irby and Mangles 

 have informed the author that our mustard plant, the sinapis nigra, 

 grows in the Holy Land as high as their horses heads, and other 

 travellers have seen it growing to the height of 10 feet. 



On several new or imperfectly understood British and Euro- 

 pean Plants. By C. C. Babington, F.L.S., &c. 



1. Herniaria hirsuta, has been found only at Colney Hatch 

 Barnet, by Hudson, and Milne, and Gordon, but not since 1793. 



2. H. glabra. Near Newmarket, Rev. Mr. Hemsted. The 

 description under this title in Hooker's Flora applies to H. ciliata. 



3. H. ciliata. Liyard point, Ray and Borrer. 



4. Orepis Virens. Common on walls, &c. This plant has 

 usually been confounded with C. tectorum, which does not appear to 

 be a native of this country. It is distinguished from virens by its 

 ** very long fruit, equalling the pappus : attenuated above, its ribs 

 rough ; the margin also of the upper leaves is revolute that not being 

 the case in C. virens." 



5. C. biennis. Involucrum, ovate, oblong, both when in flower 

 and seed, not becoming ventricose as in C. virens. 



