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data, and I add the general means for months, seasons, and years, as by 
various preceding visits of botanists (amongst which, that of Dr. 
Hooker ranks as the most important), the vegetation has been much 
better examined than its distance from Calcutta and the imperfect state 
of the mode of travelling in the interior might allow us to expect. 
At the same time the type of vegetation exhibits many new features, 
—modifications caused by the quantity of rain. Cherapunji and its 
environs are the most rainy regions of the globe known,* the amount 
of rain reaching 600 to 620 inches ; the rainy season lasts from April 
to middle or end of October.” 
“Mean temperature at Cherapunji, lat. 25° 14 2" N., long 
91° 40' 5" E. Greenw., height 4125 feet. 
Jan. . 518° F. April. 635°F. July . 685°F. Oct. . 658 F. 
N 
Feb. . 54°7° May .672 Aug. . 6ST ov. . 688 
March. 61°5° June . 6717 Sept. . 67:8» Dec. . 551° 
Dec. to Feb. March to May June to Aug. Sept. to Nov. 
= E Nds v 
53:9? 641° 67:9» 641 
Ye... MU RT 
“ I beg to dedicate this species to Professor von Martius, Privy Coun- 
cillor and Secretary of the Bavarian Academy, as a token not only of 
my high esteem of his numerous important works on botany and geo- 
graphy, but also as an expression of sincere gratitude of one of his 
most devoted pupils." 
far, Mr. Hermann de Schlagintweit, with regard to the new 
species. New varieties I have to add the following species :— 
Ocimum Basilicum, L. ; y. incisum, nob. shmir. 
Mentha Royleana, Benth. ; B. glabrata, nob. Panjab. 
M. Royleana, Benth. ; y. nervosa, nob. Kashmir 
` M. arvensis, L. ; glabriuscula, nob. Kashmir. 
Origanum normale, Don ; B. incanum, nob. Simla. 
O. vulgare, L. ; B. subglabrum, nob. Kashmir. 
Buddleia crispa, Benth. ; B. decipiens, nob. Simla. 
Veronica capitata, Royle; B. tomentosa, nob.. Tibet.t 
* [Query, more rainy than the Bay of Choco, where it rains for eleven months 
of the year? — En. JOURN 
_t At first this variety appeare 
gintweit, proposed to name after 
Petersburg Academy. 
d de be a new species, which M. Herm. de Schla- 
Admiral von Lütke, President of the St. 
