8g CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



Achillea Aegyptiaca of the East Mediterranean countries. The " absinthium seriphium aegyptia- 

 cum"of Matthiolisu— is referred here by Sprengel : A. Aegyptiaca is termed "ptarm.ca incana 

 pinnulis cristatis " by Tournefort cor. 37 and voy. i. pi. 87 as seen by him in the East; was observed 

 by Sibthorp on the mountains of Southern Greece and in Cyprus ; and farther East, is known to grow 



around Astrakan (Pers.). .,,,,,,.,■ o 



Catananclu coeruha of the West Mediterranean countries. Described by Matthioli p. 847, — 

 Dodoens 638 (Spreng.), and Linnaeus, and known to grow in Southwestern France and Barbary (Lam. 

 ill. pi 658, and (Pers.) : observed by Valle on Corsica (Spreng.). 



Moluccella lavis of Middle Asia. A Labiate annual : the "melissa Constantinop." of Matthioli 

 602 — (Spreng.), further described by Caesalpinus xi. 24 as exotic in Italy, clearly corresponds : M. 

 lsevis is termed " molucca laevis " by Tournefort inst. 187 ; is known to occur in Syria (Sabb. hort. 

 iii. pi. 45, and Pers.) ; and was observed by Sibthorp in cultivated ground in the environs of Smyrna. 



Dracouphalum Moldavicum of Siberia. The "melissa moldavica " of Matthioli 603 — is 

 referred here by Sprengel : D. Moldavicum is also described by Linnaeus, and Lamarck ill. pi. 513 ; 

 has been long cultivated in gardens ; and according to Clot-Bey and Figari, has recently by the way 

 of France been introduced into Egypt. In its wild state, D. Moldavicum is known to grow in Sibe- 

 ria (Pers.). 



Juncus bufonius of Europe and Northern Asia. The "holbstium" of Matthioli 687 — is 

 referred here by Sprengel: J. bufonius is termed "j. palustris humilior erectus etiam repens " by 

 Tournefort inst. 246; was observed by Savi in Italy; by Desfontaines in Barbary; by Brotero in 

 Northern Portugal ; and is known to grow along roadsides and in places subject to overflow through- 

 out middle and Northern Europe as far as Lapland and Iceland (Hook., Pers., and Wats.). East- 

 ward, was observed by Sibthorp, and Bory, frequent in moist situations in Greece ; by Delile, on 

 islands in the Nile ; is known to grow in Abyssinia (A. Rich.) ; was observed by Bieberstein around 

 Caucasus ; and by Gmelin, throughout Siberia. From Europe, was perhaps carried by colonists to 

 Northeast America, where it abounds along roadsides, "and was observed by Lapylaie on Newfound- 

 land, by Drummond at Cumberland house in Lat. 54 , and by Nuttall on the Arkansas; to New 

 Granada, Chili, and Monte-Video (Kunth); to Austral Africa (Drege, and E. Mey.) ; to Southwest 

 Australia (Preiss , Lehm., and A. Dec.) ; and to New Zealand (J. D. Hook.). 



Accras anthropophora of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Called in Britain man 

 orchis ox green-man orchis (Prior) : termed "test, quintum " by Matthioli 636— (Spreng.) " o. flore 

 nudi hominis effigiem repraesentans, fcemina " by Tournefort inst. 433, and known to grow through- 

 out middle Europe (Curt. lond. vi. pi. 66, Vaill. pi. 31, and Pers.) : observed by Haller pi. 23 in 

 Switzerland; by Sestini, in the environs of Constantinople (Sibth.). 



Allium I'ictoriale of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Termed " anguinum " by Mat- 

 thioli 422 — (Spreng.), " a. montanum latifolium maculatum " by Tournefort inst. 383, and known to 

 grow from France throughout middle Europe (Blackw. pi. 544, and Pers.) ; observed by Lecoq and 

 Lamotte in central and Southern France, by Thurmann on the Jura, by Godron in Lorraine, by Gra- 

 bowski in Silesia (A. Dec); by Jacquin pi. 216, in Austria; by Sestini, in the environs of Con- 

 stantinople. 



" In this year " (Spreng., and Winckler), Andr. Lucana publishing annotat. in Diosc, and send- 

 ing plants to Matthioli, including Digitalis thapsi. 



" In this year" (Schmied. p. xxvii, and Spreng.), Franc. Calceolarius, an apothecary of Verona, 

 in company with Anguillara and Aldrovandus, ascending mount Baldo, " 6S60 feet " in elevation 

 (Sternb.), meeting with Campanula saxatilis, Sciiuum lineare, Anemone Bulciensis, and Arnica 

 Wulfeniana. 



Rhododendron chamaccistits of the Austrian Alps. The "rhododaphne alpina Aldrovand." of 

 Gesner i. pi. clxxxi — may be compared: R. chamaecistus is known to grow on mount Baldo and in 

 Austria (Jacq. pi. 217, and Pers.). 



marshes throughout Northern Europe (Pers.) ; and was received by Decandolle from Alsace on the 

 Upper Rhine. Eastward, was observed by Gmelin throughout Siberia to Kamtchatka : and farther 

 East, by Chamisso on Chamisso Island and at Kotzebue Sound; by Mertens, at Norfolk Sound in 

 57 ; by Pany, at Duckett Cove in Eastern Arctic America (Hook.). 



Chenopodinm glauaim of Europe ? A gooscfoot with leaves white-mealy underneath, the " atri- 

 plex sylv." of Matthioli ii. 362 — according to Spreng. praef. ; described also by Bauhin hist. ii. pi. 

 473; termed " c. concatenatum " by Thuillier paris. 125; and occurring in waste places from Den- 

 mark throughout middle Europe (fl. Dan. pi. 1 1 5 1, and Pers.). By European colonists, was carried 

 to Austral Africa (E. Mey., and A. Dec.) ; to Northeast America, observed by D. Murray in Rox- 

 bury near Boston, by Bromfield around Philadelphia, and by Porter around Lancaster Penns., (but no 

 specimens seen by A. Gray). 



