OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 919 



622, Mentha gracilis 680, Stachys palustris 1005, Scutellaria minor 581, Trifolium maritimum 

 1208, Trifolium filiforme 11 86, Cineraria integrifolia 304, " snakeweed" 848 Aristolochia serpenla- 

 ria, Salix aurita 1390, and S. acuminata 1390.— He died "in 1607." 



" I59 8 . April" (Blair), by Henri IV. of France, the edict of Nantes granted to the Protestants. 



At this time (Spreng., and Winckler), Castor Durante writing his Hist. Plant. — He died "in 

 1599," and his work was published "in 1636." 



"In this year" (Spreng.), J. Bauhin publishing his Hist, balnei Boll. 



" In this year" (Spreng., and Winckl.), Pierre Richer de Belleval, having founded at Montpelier 

 the earliest botanic garden in France, now publishing his Nomencl. stirp. in hort. reg. Monsp., enu- 

 merating Scabiosa maritima 76, Plantago serraria 10, Androsace Septentrionalis 12, A. elongata 13, 

 Gentiana pumila 25, Campanula pulla 26, C. vesula 27, Seseli saxifragum 210, S. turbith 212, Statice 

 echioides 142, Allium narcissiflorttm 240, Arenaria saxatilis 153, Ranunculus Cassubicus 1 76, Betonka 

 hirsuta 53, Limosella aquatica 63, lien's saxatilis 193, Cardamine asarifolia 199, Brassica Richerii 

 197, Erodium Romanum 232, Ononis fruticosa 224, O.pubescens 225, Hedysarum saxatile 216, H. ob- 

 scurum 217, Hypericum Richeri 168, Huracium aureum 121, //. cerinthoides 128, H. porrifolium 133, 

 H. verbascifolium 135, Apargia dubia 120, Crepis alpina 126, Hyoseris hedypnois 123, Serratula 

 heterophylla 81, Cirsium helenioides 83, Carthamus mitissimus 86, Erigeron uniflorum 100, Chrys- 

 anthemum montanum 103, Centaurea amara 92, Micros ty lis monophyllos 262, Salix formosa 274, 

 .5". arbuscula_ 275. 



Allium moschatum of the Mediterranean countries. Described by R. de Belleval 241 — (Spreng.), 

 Bauhin prodr. pi. 28, Rudbeck elys. ii. 166, and known to grow in Spain and Southern France (Pers.): 

 observed by Kitaibel pi. 68 in Hungary, by Gittard in the Peloponnesus (Chaub.). 



Hieracium amplexicaule of Dauphiny and the Pyrenees. Described by R. de Belleval 134 — 

 (Spreng.); termed "h. pyrenaicum rotundifolium amplexicaule" by Tournefort inst. 472, "h. bal- 

 sameum " by Asso, " h. pulmonarioides " by Villars, '• lepicaune balsamea " by Lapeyrouse, and known 

 to grow in the alpine portion of Dauphiny and the Pyrenees (Pers., Steud., and A. Dec ). In Britain, 

 has been found only on the walls of a college at Oxford and of castle Cleish in Kinross, and is there- 

 fore considered not completely naturalized. 



"Sept. 13th" (Alst. p. 566, and Nicol.), Philip II. of Spain succeeded by his son Philip III.; 

 the war in Belgium continuing. — • In the following year, Philip III. married an Austrian princess : and 

 on the same day, " April 12th," his sister married Albert of Austria, an archduke and cardinal having 

 charge of Belgium. 



" The same year " (Churchill coll ), by the " Holland East India company," a fleet of " six great 

 ships and two yachts" sent to the East Indies. 



"The same year" (art de verif.), death of Fide-josi. He was numbered among the gods by the 

 dairo. a temple erected to him at Meaco containing his urn; he was succeeded by his son Fide-jori, 

 now at the age of six ruler of Japan, under the regency of Ijesaz. 



" 1599, March " (narrat., Wilmere transl. p. xvii and 6 to 48), Samuel Champlain accompanying 

 a Spanish fleet in sight of the island of Descada in the West Indies. He visited Guadeloupe, Hayti, 

 Porto Rico, Mexico,* — Panama, and Cuba, and returned to Spain after "two years and two months" 

 absence. 



Hcematoxylon Campechianum of Central America. A Leguminous tree, its wood called in com- 

 merce logwood; and " Campesche " wood was seen by Champlain on his way to the city of Mexico — ■ 

 (N. Shaw edit. 23) : goods were brought by Dampier for the logwood cutters in Campeachy : H. Cam- 

 peachianum was observed by Sloane ii. pi. 10, and Macfadyen 332, on Jamaica ; is described also by 

 Catesby ii. pi. 66; and is known to abound especially around the Bay of Honduras. By European 

 colonists has recently been carried to Burmah, and successfully introduced (Mason v. 511). Logwood 

 "is a powerful astringent," but as an article of commerce is "chiefly used by dyers" (Macf., and 

 Lindl.). 



* Icicat copallina of Mexico. The "copal" of the Mexicans of Papanth and Misantla (Linnaea 

 v. 601, and Lindl.) ; and the "copal" gum from a tree like the pine-tree and very good for gout and 

 pains, seen by Champlain in Mexico — (N. Shaw edit. 32), may be compared. 



Eicus Americana of the West Indies. The " sombrade " tree seen by Champlain on Porto Rico, 

 the tops of its branches, falling to the earth, taking root and producing other branches, and thus cover- 

 ing "more than a league and a quarter, bearing laurel-like leaves but no fruit," — is referred here by 

 N. Shaw p. 1 1, and identified with the " figuier maudit marron " of Hayti : F. Americana was observed 

 by Plumier pi. 132 on Jamaica (Pers.) ; by Aublet, in Guayana (Steud.). 



Cocos lapidea of Mexico. A species of cocoa-palm, distinguished by Champlain, its " cocques " 

 made by the Mexicans into " little cups and bottles," like those " of Indian nuts which come from the 

 pa l m » (N. Shaw edit. p. 30). From transported nuts, C. lapidea is described by Gaertner. 



