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CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



2S2-3, and Pers.). Transported to Britain, has been found adventive, springing up spontaneously 

 (Wats. cyb. i. 154). 



Thlaspi alptstrc of Western Europe. Described by Clusius hist. 2. 131 — (Spreng.), Arduino 11. 

 pi. TS, and Linnaeus: observed by Hudson in Britain (Engl bot. pi. St) ; known to grow in moun- 

 tainous pasture-land in Switzerland and on the Pyrenees (Pers., Dec, and Wats ), but remains 

 unknown in Lapland and Siberia (A. Dec). By European colonists was carried to Northeast America, 

 observed by Airs. Perceval in Canada. 



Alyssum incanitm of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Termed "thlaspi incanum 

 machliniense " by Clusius hist ii. 132, — " alysson fruticosum incanum" by Tournefort inst. 217, and 

 known to grow throughout middle Europe (C. Bauh. pin. 108, and Pers.) : observed by Linnaeus in 

 Sweden ; by Roth, in Germany ; by Sibthorp, on mount Athos. 



HcliantJicmumfumana of middle Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Termed " cha- 

 maecistus sextus" by Clusius hist. i. 74, — "h. tenuifolium glabrum luteo flore per humum sparsum " 

 by Bauhin hist. ii. iS. and Tournefort inst. 240. " herba fumana " by Bartholin, and known to grow from 

 Gothland to France and Switzerland and throughout middle Europe (Jacq. austr. pi. 252, and Pers.) : 

 observed by Linnaeus in Gothland ; by Sibthorp, on mount Athos. 



Silene nutans of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Termed " lychnis sylvestris nona " 

 by Clusius hist. i. 291, — "1. montana viscosa alba latifolia" by C. Bauhin pin. 205, and Tournefort 

 inst. 335. and known to grow from Sweden throughout middle Europe (fl. Dan. pi. 242, En;], bot. pi. 

 465, and Pers.) : observed by Linnaeus in mountain meads in Sweden ; by Loesel pi. 40 in Prussia; 

 by Scopoli, in Carniolia ; by Sibthorp, and Chaubard, from the Peloponnesus to Constantinople. 



Silene alpestris of the mountains of middle Europe. Described by Clusius hist. 1. 291* — 

 (Spreng.); termed " lychnis quadrifida" by Scopoli (Steud.), and known to grow on the Tyrolean 

 and Austrian Alps (Jacq. aust. i. pi. 96, and Koch). A single specimen collected in Scotland, on a 

 mountain East of Clova (Bab., and A. Dec). 



Limodorum abortivum of middle Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Described by Clu- 

 sius hist. 1. 270 — (Spreng.), termed "orchis abortiva" by Linnaeus, and known to grow in shaded 

 situations throughout middle Europe (Swartz, and Pers.) : observed by Allioni and Decandolle fl. 

 in France; by Jacquin pi. 193, in Austria; by Scopoli, in Carniolia; by Chaubard, in the Pelopon- 

 nesus. 



Lilium Pyrcnaiatm of the Pyrenees and Southern Alps. Termed " montanum flavum " by Clu- 

 sius hist. 2. 256 — (Spreng.); observed by Gouan on the Pyrenees, known to grow also on the 

 Southern Alps of Switzerland (A. Dec). Transported to Britain, cultivated in gardens : but prior 

 to 1850 found by G. Maas in a locality about a mile and a half from Molland in North Devonshire 

 (Bot. Gaz. ii. 305, Phytol., and Wats. cyb. iii. 370), but A. Decandolle suggests, it .may have been 

 planted. 



Scilla autumnalis of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Described by Clusius hist. 185 

 — (Spreng.), termed " ornithogalum autumnale minus flore dilute purpureo" by Tournefort inst. 3S1, 

 and known to grow from Britain throughout middle and Southern Europe (Curt. lond. vi. pi. 25, Cav. 

 iii. pi. 274, and Pers.) : observed by Sibthorp, and Chaubard, frequent from the Peloponnesus to 

 Constantinople. 



A Ilium panicttlatuni of Eastern Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Described by Clu- 

 sius hist. 194 — (Spreng.) ; termed " a. montanum bicorne flore obsoletiore '' bv Tournefort inst. 384, 

 and known to grow from Italy and Switzerland to Siberia (Hall, opusc. 25. and Pers.) : observed by 

 Scopoli 398 in Carniolia ; by Sibthorp, Link, and Chaubard, from the Peloponnesus to mount Athos 

 and Bithynia; and received by Bieberstein from the Taurian mountains. 



Allium Clusianum of the Mediterranean Countries. Observed by Clusius hist. i. pi. 192 in 

 Southern Europe — (Pers.) ; by Chaubard, in the Peloponnesus. 



* Sarraccuia purpurea of Northeast America. The side-saddle jlowei\ transported to Europe, 

 described by Clusius hist. 2. 82 — (Spreng.), Plukenet amalth. pi. 376, and Miller pi. 376. Westward, 

 is known to grow from Quebec to Lake Huron and farther North (Hook.), and "from New England 

 to Wisconsin" (A. Gray), but farther South not seen West of the Alleghanies by Nuttall ; was 

 observed by Lapylaie from 51° in Newfoundland; by Josselyn pi. 54. in New England; by myself, 

 as far as 40 ; by Schweinitz, to 36 in Upper Carolina; by Catesby ii.pl. 70, in South Carolina; 

 by Elliot, in the middle district of Carolina and Georgia; by Chapman, in " Florida and northward." 



Scabiosa atropurpurea of Austral Africa? Herbaceous with sweet-scented flowers. Transported 

 to Europe, is described by Clusius hist. 2. 3 — (Spreng.), Linnaeus, Mocnch, and Schott (Steud.); 

 and is cultivated in gardens, sometimes springing up spontaneously in cultivated ground (A. Dec). 

 Eastward, was observed by Lush at Dapooree in Hindustan "introduced from the Cape " (Graham). 



