1863.] EUROPEAN RANGE OF BRITISH PLANTS. 549 



mer of 1862 in studying the botany of that charming kingdom, 

 reminded us of the Azorean and Japanese lists of plants, put 

 aside some time ago. 



There are many remarks in hand on the Greek plants, which 

 we hope ere long to submit to the readers of the ' Phytologist -^ 

 and as soon as M. von Heldreich, the botanist par excellence of 

 Greece, has had time to study them, and to give us the results 

 of his investigations and comparisons, they will be printed in our 

 pages, for the delectation and instruction of British botanists. 



It is confidently anticipated that several of the species of this 

 great collection brought home by our obliging correspondent, 

 and liberally supplied to us, are of considerable commercial 

 value ; or, in other words, will increase the stocks of nurserymen 

 and florists, and be objects of special interest to amateur culti- 

 vators. 



One of the Crucifers has already been introduced, viz. a dwarf 

 Alyssum, with hoary foliage, bright yellow flowers, of a dwarf, 

 bushy, erect habit, quite hardy, for it is now blossoming (May 

 1st) in the open grounds of the Green Park, adjoining Picca- 

 dilly. The usual bedding-stuff", viz. the Verbenas, Calceolarias, 

 Lobelias, Heliotropes, Geraniums, and such like half-hardy 

 things, will not bear the cold nights of April and the beginning 

 of May; they can rarely be transferred to the open ground before 

 Midsummer. 



These hardy early ornamental plants, which are semialpine 

 in the south of Europe, v\'ill bear our coldest nights at this sea- 

 son, and afford something worth looking at weeks ere the ten- 

 derer plants can bear the open air. 



The list of Azorean plants which follows is arranged systema- 

 tically, and the number of species in each Order common to the 

 Azoric and the British Isles is entered. Some of the species, it 

 may be remarked, are only doubtful natives of Britain. Some 

 few of them are recent introductions, or have been only recently 

 observed or published as growing on British soil. 



FLORA AZORICA. 



Graminece (13). 



Holcus mollis. Poa loliaeea. Bromus madritensis 



Anthoxanthum odoratum Poa rigida. Triticiun repens. 



Agrostis verticillata. Briza minor. Hordeum miiriniim. 



Polypogon mouspeliensis. Cynosiirus ecliinatus. Lagiirus ovatus. 

 Cyuodon Dactylon. Festuca bromoides. 



