OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 941 



(though not in his herbarium), and from at least 1705 occurring along streams from Paris throughout 

 middle Europe (Linn., Mieg, Schreb. vi. pi. 22, Web., Spreng., and A. Dec): termed "homalocench- 

 rus oryzoides " by Pollich (Steud.), and observed by Savi in Etruria ; by Delile, in Lower Egypt ; 

 known to occur also in Persia (Kunth), and Japan (Thunb.). Westward, observed by myself from 

 48 on the Lower St. Lawrence to 42° ; by Conrad to 40 ; by A. Gray, " common" in central New 

 York ; by Michaux, from Pennsylvania to Carolina and Kentucky ; by Elliot, to 33 in South Carolina ; 

 by Chapman, in " Florida, and northward ; '' by Nuttall, on the Arkansas ; and by Beck, on the Missis- 

 sippi near St. Louis. 



Phlcitm pratense of Northeast America. The herds-grass or timothy said by Prior to have been 

 introduced by Timothy Hanson from New York "into Carolina, and thence into England ; " termed 

 " gramen typhoides maximum" by C. Bauhin theatr. 49 — (Spreng.) ; and attributed to Europe by 

 Linnaeus, Schreber pi. 14, and Leers pi. 3 ; known to occur in meads and cultivated ground from Lap- 

 land to Switzerland and North Africa (Pers., and Wats.), and according to Kunth as far as Caucasus 

 and Siberia: Westward, was observed by Hooker in Iceland ; by Drummond, in 54 at Fort Cumber- 

 land ; by myself, from 45 to 42 in wild situations in New England, often within the margin of the 

 forest, but besides regularly cultivated. Var. "nodosum" is termed "gramen spicatum spica cylin- 

 dracea brevi radice nodosa" by Tournefort inst. 520, is known to occur from Denmark (fl. Dan. pi. 

 380) throughout middle Europe, and according to Bieberstein in the Tauro-Caucasian countries, was 

 observed by Sibthorp, and Chaubard, around Constantinople, by Hooker in Iceland, and by myself in 

 wild situations in New England. (See Leersia oryzoides and Cornus Canadensis.) 



Carex ampullacea of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Termed "gramen cyperoides 

 quartum" by C. Bauhin theatr. 84 — (Spreng.), "cyperoides polystachion spicis teretibus erectis " by 

 Tournefort inst. 529 ; known to grow in marshes from Lapland and Russia throughout middle Europe, 

 also in Siberia (Engl. bot. pi. 780, Leers pi. 16, Pers., and Wats.) : observed by Hooker in Iceland; 

 by Thuillier 490, in the environs of Paris ; by Sibthorp, in watery places in the Peloponnesus. 



Burserus collected plants throughout Europe, labelled them with the names adopted by his asso- 

 ciate and friend C. Bauhin, — and this lierbarium continued extant at Upsal in the days of Linnaeus. 

 The unnamed plants in the Collection were published by Petrus Martin "in 1724" (Linn. fl. suec. 

 p. xi). 



" In this year" (Spreng.), Vespasian Robin, successor of his father in the charge of the Royal 

 garden at Paris, publishing his Enchirid. isagog.* 



occur in the Tyrol, Switzerland (Pers.), and other parts of middle Europe. Westward, was observed 

 by myself in cultivated ground in New England ; but by A. Gray, indigenous, and in " dry rich ground 

 common from W. New York to Lake Superior and northward." 



Solidago limonifolia of the seashore of Northeast America. The seaside golden-rod described by 

 C. Bauhin pin. 517 — (Spreng.) : observed by myself from 43° to 39 along the seashore especially in 

 salt marshes, rarely exceeding four feet, and the stems more or less oblique ; by Pursh, in salt marshes, 

 Canada to Virginia ; by Elliot, near salt water in South Carolina ; by Chapman, " salt marshes, Florida, 

 and northward ; " and by Nuttall, on the Azores. 



Rudbeckia laciniata of Northeast America. A cone /lower, transported to Europe is termed 

 "doronicum americanum" by C. Bauhin pin. 516 — (Spreng.), seems the "aconitum helianthemum 

 Canadense" of Cornuti pi. 179, and is clearly described by Morison vi. pi. 6, Miller, and Linnaeus 

 (Pers.). Westward, is known to grow from Lake Huron to the Red river of Lake Winnipeg; was 

 observed by Nuttall towards the sources of the Missouri ; by Short, in Kentucky ; by Pursh, from 

 Canada to Virginia; by myself, from 44 to 42 along the Atlantic ; by W. Barton, to 40 ; by Schwei- 

 nitz, at 36 in Upper Carolina ; by Elliot, in the Western district of Georgia. 



Ipomoea (Pharbitis) purpurea of the Andes from Mexico to the Equator. Transported to Europe, 

 is described by C. Bauhin pin. 295,— Ehret pict. pi. 7 (Linn.); and escaping from cultivation, has 

 been found growing spontaneously near Saint-Barnabe in France (Castagne, and A. Dec). West- 

 ward, came from America (Pers.) ; and was observed by Humboldt and Bonpland from the city of 

 Mexico to Chillo near Quito, at the elevation of 1200 to 1350 toises (Kunth). Transported to North- 

 east America, is one of the two kinds of morning-glory planted in gardens, occurs besides " around 

 dwellings, escaping from cultivation" (A. Gray). 



* Robinia viscosa of the Alleghany mountains. The clammy locust, a small tree introduced by 

 Vespasian Robin into the gardens of Paris as early as this year, — the "acacia Americana Robini" 

 havino- according to Cornuti pi. 172 erect racemes of flowers, and pods "ex omni parte echinatis : " 

 R. viscosa as planted in European gardens, is described also by Duhamel ii. pi. 17, and Ventenat 

 pi. 4. Westward, is known to grow wild on the Alleghanies from about 36 30' to their Southern 

 termination. (F. A. Mx, Ell., A. Gray, and Chapm.). 



Smilacina stellata of Northeast America. Transported "from Virginia" to Vespasian Robin in 



