PROFESSOR GREENE'S MISSION IN EUROPE. 153 



Index ierUus seminum^ quae hortus hoianicus Imperialis 

 PetropolUaniis pro mutua commuiaiione offert. Accedunt 

 animadver stones hoianicae nonnullae. — 8vo,^^ 



Claytonia perfoliata, Don. yS.^^humilior, praecocior, 

 saepe ex purpurascente virens; folia radicalia et petala angus- 

 tiora; sepala breviora. — Hab. in Nova California, circa colo- 

 niam Euthenorum Ross. O. 



Delphinium ( Delphinastrum : Coh. grumosa: Petalorum 



lamina dilatata, bifida; petioli basi vix dilatati; radix tuber- 

 oso-grumosa. Hue D. Menziesii, D. eleganSy D. tricorne) 

 DECORUM, Fisch. et Mey,^ D, pubesceus, subglabrum; foil is 

 tripartitis: segmentis lateralibus bifidis indivisisve; lobis 

 oblongis tridentatis I. integerrimis; floralibus bracteisque 

 suboblongis (plerumque) integris; caleare curvnlo sepalorum 

 longitudine. — D. Menziesii et D. eleganti proximum, sed 

 foliis bene distinctum. Floras speciosi, primo ex coeruleo 

 violascentes, dein violaceo-purpurascentes. — Hab. circa colo- 

 niam ^uthenorum Boss in portu Bodega Novae Califor- 

 uae. 



PROFESSOR GREENE'S MISSION IN EUROPE, 



Within the last few days Professor Greene sailed from 

 New York for Europe. He proceeds directly to Kew, 

 England. With the herbaria there and at the British 

 Museum perhaps two months' time will be spent. Later it 

 is expected that the greater continental herbaria at Paris, 

 Berlin and Geneva will be visited. 



This journey, a journey for work, means much to us and 

 deserves more than passing notice* It hardly needs explana- 

 tion that the foremost purpose of the author of PUtonia is 



^iProbably dated 1836 and printed and distributed early in 1837: vide 



Pfeiffer Nomencl. Bot. under Amblyocarpum and Caryolopha. Extracts 

 reprinted from Linnsea xii., Litteratur-Bericht, pp. 89 — 108 (1838). 



^^F. & M. Index, L c- 92; Linnsea 1. c. 92. 



^^Index 1. c. 33; Linnvea 1. c. 



