whose botanical accuracy and acquaintance with the Fk 
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Scapus folium æquans v. longe superans, glaberrimus v. 
tenuissime præcipue infra capitula puberulus.—Scorzonere 
(Moniermos) scapigere, Forst. valde affinis, differt squa- 
morum involucri forma. 
Botany of the Niger Expedition; by Sir W. J. Hooker 
and Dr. J. D. Hooker. 
(In continuation of the Journal of the Voyage to the Nicer of 
Dr. J. R. T. Vocez, Vol. VI. p. 106.) 
Notes on MADEIRA Plants. 
So great was Dr. Vogel's zeal in the cause of Botany, 
that his collections were commenced before leaving England, 
during the few days spent by the Niger Expedition in 
Plymouth Sound, The plants in question consist princi- 
pally of 4/ge, and being only the common South of England 
species, and foreign to the P of this Memoir, need no 
further notice. 
During his four days’ stay at Madeira, although unable to e 
make any distant excursions, Dr. Vogel formed a very ex- — 
cellent Herbarium, having been assisted in his investiga- 
tions by the Rev. Mr. Lowe. These plants we deem worthy 
of enumeration, as shewing what future voyagers gr xpei 
to obtain during an equally short visit, and facilitating the - 
troublesome task of determining their names by those end 
Works on Botany in which alone the Madeira plants are de- — — 
= scribed. The names of those collected by the Antarctic —— 
— Expedition* on its outward voyage are added to this list; 
. the majority of which, having been gathered (in ie ies at 
a very different season, were not met with by Dr. Vogel. |. 
_ All the species have been determined by Dr. Leman 
of S. Europe, Madeira, and the Canaries, entitle us 
..." The smallness of this collection is to be attributed 
