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surely the Essequibo, so as to increase his 
collections to the utmost of his power. 
NOTICE RESPECTING THE UNIO ITINE- 
RARIA, ADDRESSED TO THE MEM- 
BERS. 
* The distribution of the Arabian spe- 
cimens of plants, collected by M. Schim- 
per, in the valleys and mountains of Sinai, 
is now proceeding; but in order not to 
keep the share-holders too long waiting, 
we intend to despatch immediately the first 
century of them, as a precursor of what 
may be expected to follow in the course of 
the summer, or towards autumn. There will 
be three centuries more, consisting chiefly 
of the productions of Arabia Petrea, with 
the addition of some interesting Egyptian 
plants, collected by the late Dr. Wiest, in 
e deserts round Cairo and as far as the 
Pyramids, during the months of February, 
March, and April. M. Gay, at Paris, has 
undertaken to examine and compare these 
Egyptian and Arabian specimens with other 
similar collections, especially with the one 
made by M. Boué on Mount Sinai, which 
had been determined by M. Decaisne (vid 
Annales des Sciences Naturelles 
result of this scrutiny we SURE in due 
time, communicate to the subscribers, so 
that if errors should have crept in, during 
the present hurry of naming them, we trust 
to be pardoned. 
* Wehavealready invited the subscribers 
to double the amount of their subscription 
the to-Arabian expedition, and 
most of them have responded to the call. 
Ll of them, however, not having yet 
, we consider it requisite for the 
cendi of distributing the shares to re- 
peat this request, and shall then take it for 
granted that every one who has not raised 
his subscription to 60 florins (£6) intends 
to receive only half of the species collected 
in Arabia Petrea. 
* With respect to the journey of M. 
Schimper to Yemen, and probably thence 
to Abyssinia, we intend to communicate 
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the particulars shortly, and in the mean h 
time shall only give the satisfactory state- 
ment that M. Schimper, who had set off in 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
October last for Gedda, from Suez, and 
had made an excursion from the former 
place during the months of November and 
Diodit) to Taifa, on the high mountains 
of the Hedja, was on the 24th of January 
in Gedda, and in perfect health. 
* Highly afflicting, however, is the ac- 
count of the decease of that zealous Bo- 
tanist, Dr. Frank, with whose merits the 
members of our Ünio- Itineraria had been 
made acquainted through his collections 
of dried specimens of plants, gathered in 
the State of Ohio. What he had again 
collected for us in the year 1835, has been 
delivered into our hands by his widow, 
who was attacked with the yellow fever at 
New Orleans at the same time with her 
husband, but having happily recovered, is 
returned to Germany. These specimens 
had been gathered with great care, and 
consist partly of interesting and scarce in- 
dividuals, as, for instance, Jeffersonia di- 
phylla of Persoon, in flower and in fruit; 
Loranthus piperoides of Kunth; Panas 
quinquefolia, Linn.; Menispermum Coc- 
culus, Linn.; 
Collinsia verna, Nuttall, Capraria mul- 
tifida, Michaux; Synandra grandiflora, 
Nuttall; Houstonia varians, Michaux; 
Parietaria Pennsylvanica, Muhlenberg; 
Trillium sessile, Linneus; Ligusticum 
acteifolium, Linn.; Flérkea palustris, 
Nuttall; Stylophorum Ohiénse, Sprengel; 
Queria Canadensis, Linn.; Aira capilla- 
ris, Lamarck ; Festuca nutans, Muhlen- 
berg; Triodia cuprea, Jacquin ; Zizania 
clavulosa, Michaux; Trichophorum line- 
atum, Pursh; and particularly of a great 
many scarce individuals of the genus 
Carex. From these plants, which are 
chiefly natives of the State of Ohio, but 
partly also of the more southern States, 
three different collections will be formed, 
viz.— 
“No. I. About a hundred species for 
such subscribers as have already received 
a centuria from Ohio, excluding as much 
as possible, such as they have previously 
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* No, Il. In like manner, for such in- 
dividuals as have already received a cen- 
Silene Antirrhina, Linn.; 
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