OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 899 



Radiola millegrana of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. A diminutive plant of the flax 

 tribe called in Britain flax-seed (Prior); termed " herba turca" by Lobel adv. 180 — (Spren- ) 

 "polygonum minimum s. millegrana minima" by C. Bauhin pin. 282, "radiola vulgaris serpillifolfa » 

 by Ray angl. 111. pi. 15, and known to grow from 63 20 7 in Norway to the Mediterranean (fl. Dan. pi. 

 178, Engl. bot. pi. 893, Pers., and A. Dec.) : observed by Linnaeus in Sweden, in places subject to 

 inundauon; by Vaillant pi. 4, near Paris; by Brotero, in Portugal; by Lemann, on Madeira; by 

 Boissier, near Cadiz, Gibraltar, and Tangier ; by Schousboe, in Morocco ; by Moris, on Sardinia and 

 Corsica; by Gussone, on Sicily; by Gaudin, near Bale; by Schrank, near Salzbourg ; by Baumgar- 

 ten, in Transylvania ; by Sibthorp, on the Bithynian Olympus. 



Seseli glaucum of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Termed " caucalis Anguillarae " 

 by Lobel adv. 325 — (Spreng.), "fceniculum sylvestre glauco folio" by Tournefort inst. 311, described 

 also by Morison iii. 9/ pi. 2, and known to grow from Carniolia to France (Pers.): observed by 

 Crantz, and Jacquin austr. pi. 144, in Austria ; by Sibthorp, on hills around Constantinople; by Gul- 

 denstadt, as far as Caucasus (Steud.) ; in less than fifty years between the opening of the Doubs 

 canal and " 1822" made its appearance in the environs of Montbelliard (Bernard). "S. junceum," 

 described by J. E. Smith from a specimen in Sibthorp's herbarium, is regarded by Sprengel as not 

 distinct. 



Cirsium eriophorum of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. A woolly-headed thistle said 

 to grow in various parts of Spain, described by Lobel adv. 370— (Spreng.), and observed by Dodoens 

 pempt. v. 5. pi. 5 exotic in the gardens of Belgium :— is described also by Caesalpinus xiii. 40 

 (Spreng.); is termed " c. capite rotundo tomentoso " by Tournefort inst. 441 ; was observed by 

 Scopoli in Carniolia (Jacq. austr. pi. 171, and Steud.) ; by Sibthorp, from the Peloponnesus to mount 

 Haemus and Smyrna. 



Carduus acanthoides of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Described by Lobel adv. 371 

 — (Spreng.) ; termed " carduus acanthoides " by Bauhin hist. iii. 59, " c. nigrescens " by Villars iii. 

 pi. 20, and known to occur in waste places throughout Europe (Moris, iii. 15 Jacq. austr. pi. 249, and 

 Pers.): observed by Linnaeus in Sweden, frequent along waysides and about villages in Scania; by 

 Villars, in Dauphiny; by Forskal, and Sibthorp, from Crete and the Peloponnesus to Cyprus and 

 Constantinople. 



Moluccella spinosa of middle Asia. Termed " molucca asperior" by Lobel adv. 221 — (Spreng.), 

 and according to Caesalpinus xi. 24 also exotic in Italy, taller with the floral whorls more spiny: M. 

 spinosa is termed " molucca spinosa " by Tourne r ort inst. 187 ; was observed by Sibthorp, and Chau- 

 bard, near Navarino in the Peloponnesus and on mount Parnassus. 



Pancratium maritimum of the seashore of Carolina and Florida. A large ornamental bulbous- 

 rooted plant called in Greece "agria skilla " (Sibth.), in Egypt "sousan " (Del.) ; described by Lobel 

 adv. 57— (Spreng.), having possibly without human intervention reached the shore of Southern 

 France and Spain (Pers.) : observed by Sibthorp, and Chaubard, frequent in the maritime sands of 

 Greece and Cyprus ; by Delile, near Alexandria. Westward, was observed by Catesby app. v. pi. 5 in 

 South Carolina (Ell.) ; by Chapman, in "salt marshes, South Florida to South Carolina." By Arab 

 visitors, or possibly by Spanish colonists crossing the Pacific, was carried to the Malayan archipelago ; 

 observed by Blanco on the Philippines, kept by the natives in vases ; by Rumphius vi. pi. 70, in 

 other parts of the archipelago. (See Lilium candidum and Iris sambucina.) * 



* Mamillaria simplex of the West Indies and neighbouring portion of Tropical America. A 

 melon-shaped cactus, transported to Europe, termed " echinomelocactus " by Lobel stirp. nov. 373 — 

 (Spreng ) ; described also by Tournefort inst., and Linnaeus. Westward, known to grow in rocky 

 situations in South America (Pers.). 



Sarracenia flava of Carolina and the Lower Mississippi. Its leaves from their size and shape 

 called trumpets, and one procured from a sailor figured by Lobel stirp. nov. 430 : the plant, trans- 

 ported to Europe, is described by Plukenet amalth. pi. 376. Westward, was observed by myself in 

 bogs from 37° in Lower Virginia ; by Catesby, and Walter, in South Carolina ; by Chapman, " Florida 

 to North Carolina, and westward; " by Drummond, from St. Louis along the Mississippi to New 

 Orleans. 



Yucca %loriosa of the seashore of Carolina and Florida. Having a palm-like stem two to four 

 feet high crowned with bayonet-like leaves and an upright panicle of white tulip-like flowers : trans- 

 ported to Europe, described by Lobel adv. 2. 508, — Cnoffelius (Spreng.), Barrelier rar. pi. 1194, and 

 Linnasus : by European colonists also, was carried to the environs of Bombay, where according to 

 Graham "it seems to be quite naturalized " in "gardens," flowering "in the rains when the large 

 panicle has a very showy appearance; " also to Peru (Pers.) ; and is cultivated in our own gardens 

 as far North at least as the Merrimack. In its wild state, was observed by Michaux i. 196 on the 

 seashore of Carolina (Pers.) ; by Elliot, in South Carolina ; by Leconte, in Georgia (Collins) ; and 

 by Chapman, " drifting sands along the coast, Florida to North Carolina, and westward." 



