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Gymnostomum obliguum.— Hymen 
mum obliquum. Nees, Hornse gis e 
Brid. Apparently a very excellent spe- 
cies, allied to G. microstomum ; was 
d in Cheshire, by Mr. Wilson, in 
Gymnostomum rutilans. Hedw.—Hyme- 
nostomum rutilans, Brid. Was found by 
the same indefatigable Botanist, in May, 
1835. 
INTELLIGENCE RESPECTING THE UNIO 
ITINERARIA. 
The Unio Itineraria, supported by the 
liberal patronage of His Majesty the King 
of Wurtemberg, having arranged the plan 
of a journey to Egypt and Arabia, for the 
purpose of collecting objects of Botany 
and Natural History, we, the under-signed 
fixed upon Dr. Wiest and Mr. Schimper, 
as persons well qualified for the task. They 
accordingly set out for their destination in 
.. the month of September, 1834, and spent 
the winter months at Cairo, collecting what- 
ever was interesting in a scientific point of 
view, throughout the surrounding country ; 
when Dr. Wiest being unhappily seized 
with the plague, his life fell a sacrifice to 
this malady. More fortunate than his com- 
panion, M. Schimper, who had formerly 
collected for the Unio Jtineraria at Algiers, 
proceeded, early in March, to Suez, and 
being fully equipped with all the necessary 
materials for his employment, he directed 
his course into Arabia Petrea, stopping for 
a short time at El Tor, on the shores of the 
Red Sea, and afterwards fixing his head- 
quarters at the Convent of St. Catharine, 
.on Mount Sinai, whence he made excur- 
sions to the surrounding mountains and 
valleys, from the end of March to the close 
of summer. The produce of his labour 
. consists of about thirty thousand specimens 
of. dried plants, together with a variety of 
- 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
from the States of Ohio and Pennsylvani 
ion Esslingen, Nov. 1835. 
is likely to contribute greatly towards the 
extension of Natural Science, particularly 
Botany, many of the plants being either 
new or little known. But as the expenses - 
of this undertaking are not yet covered, . 
and as M. Schimper is desirous of augment- 
ing his stores by penetrating further into 
Upper Egypt or Syria, we hereby invite, 
not only our present subscribers, to double, 
if possible, their subscriptions, if they wish 
to obtain a full share of this valuable and 
rare collection, consisting, the greater part 
of Arabian, aud a smaller portion only of | 
Egyptian plants; but we also beg to ac- 
quaint those who have hitherto not been 
among the regular subscribers, that there 
are single shares at 60s,, or double shares at 
120s., still remaining open ; and we promise 
that a single share will produce at least two — 
hundred species. Those who may wish to 
receive also specimens, to the number of 
about forty-five, of those plants which were 
gathered on the island of Cephalonia, where 
the collectors were detained by shipwreck, 
will have to add 10s. more to the amount 
of their subscriptions. 
We further request leave to state, that 
specimens, from the Georgian Caucasus, 
put up in fasciculi, and ticketed, lie ready - 
for distribution, at the original price of 48s, _ 
for two hundred, or 40s. for one hundred 
and seventy species; while to those who 
have formerly subscribed for similar plants, 
we beg to observe, that a fresh supply from — 
the same quarter has partly arrived, and is — 
partly on the road, for which the. price is 
fixed at 30s. for one hundred species ; this 
at 22s. per hundred 
Prof. Cu. F. HocHsTETTER- 
Dr. E. STEUDEL. 
