OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 963 



Boccone mus. pi. 84 ; by Desfontaines, in Algeria ; by Soleirol, in Corsica (A. Dec.) ; by Savi in 

 ttruna ; by Roth, m Germany ; by Sibthorp, in Southern Greece ; by Ledebour, South of Caucasus, 

 occurring according to Decandolle as far as Persia and Siberia; and by Drege, in Austral Africa 

 Westward, according to Hooker, grows throughout Canada to the Saskatchewan ; was observed by 

 myself from 45 to 40 along the Atlantic, clearly indigenous ; by Schweinitz, at 36 in Upper Caro- 

 lina; by Elliot, in South Carolina; by Baldwin, as far as 31 ; by Short, in Kentucky; was received 

 by Torrey from Oregon, and by Decandolle from Mexico. 



Cypertis compressus of Tropical and Subtropical America. Observed by Banister in Virginia — 

 (Ray suppl. 623), by Sloane pi 76 in the West Indies, known to grow also in the warm district of 

 Mexico and on Jorullo (Kunth) : was received by Muhlenberg from Georgia; was observed by 

 Pursh from Pennsylvania to Carolina; by Baldwin, from Delaware to Florida; by Chapman, in 

 "cultivated grounds, Florida to North Carolina, and westward," the umbel "sometimes reduced to 

 few spikelets or a single one." Possibly through European colonists, was carried across the Atlantic 

 to Equatorial Africa (Benth. fl. Nigr.) ; to Madagascar (Ad. Juss , and A. Dec); to Bombay (Gra- 

 ham) and Eastern Hindustan (Roxb ). " C. Nuttallii," growing according to A. Gray in "salt or 

 brackish marshes, Massachusetts to Virginia, and southward," may be compared. 



"The same year" (Holmes), by the legislature of Rhode Island, all men professing Christianity, 

 though of different judgment in religious affairs, Roman Catholics only excepted, admitted as freemen, 

 with power to hold office. 



''The same year" (Chalm., and Holmes), a charter from Charles II. for the territory South of 

 Virginia, under the name " Carolina : '' permitting even some religious freedom. Proposals for set- 

 tlers were issued, agreeably to the request of New England colonists residing for three years around 

 Cape Fear. And a small plantation, established for several years on the Chowan river received the 

 name " Albenarle." 



" In this year" (Spreng., and Winckler), Io. Siegesmund Elsholtz publishing his Flor. Marchica. 

 — He died "in 1688." 



" The same year (= 2323d of Synmu," art de verif.), Sinin succeeded by his youngest brother 

 Kinsen, son of Kouotei, and now dairo of Japan. 



The same year =' " 2d year of Khang-hi " (topog. Cant., and Pauth. 474), by the English, an 

 admiral sent, to assist against the pirates of Fou-kien : with a request, for opening trade. Leave 

 was granted them, to come once in every two years. — At the end of three years, they were forbidden ; 

 on account of proposing to bring tribute only once in eight years. The next year, contrary to law, 

 they sent the tribute by Fou-kien. 



" The same year," Navarrete in China.* 



" 1664, March 12th" (Smith, and Holmes), a charter for extensive tracts of land in America, 

 granted by Charles II. to his brother, duke of York and Albany. A portion was conveyed to other 

 persons "June 23d" under the name "Nova Caesarea " or New Jersey. Stuyvesant, the Dutch gov- 

 ernor of New Netherlands surrendered " Aug. 27th ; " and the name of the fort and town of New 

 Amsterdam, was changed to "New York." The Dutch garrison at Fort Orange surrendered "Sept. 

 24th," the name was changed to "Albany;" and the reduction was completed by the surrender 

 "Oct. 1st" of the Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware Bay and river. Before the close of the year, 

 Elizabethtown was founded by colonists from Long Island: — and soon afterwards by various colonists, 

 Newark, Middletown, and Shrewsbury, in the same portion of New Jersey. 



" The same year" (Josselyn, and Holmes), in New England, the translation of the Bible into the 

 aboriginal language by John Eliot, completed and printed. 



" May 1 ith " (narrat.), arrival at Cayenne of F. De la Barre, lieutenant-general of French Guayana : 



soil along the tide-waters of the Delaware ; by Pursh, on the seashore of New Jersey ; by Michaux, 

 on the seashore of Virginia (Pers ) ; by Baldwin, from New York to Florida ; by A. Gray, "along 

 the Great Lakes ; " by Nuttall, on the 1 Arkansas ; by E. James, as far as the sources of the Canadian ; 

 and according to Kunth, grows also in Mexico, and at Rio Janeiro and Montevideo. Transported to 

 Europe, is described by Morison iii. 8. 5. f. 4 (Linn. sp.). 



* Rosa arborea of China. The "rose " seen by Navarrete in China, becoming a tree and putting 

 forth new flowers every month, — may be compared. R. arborea is otherwise known only from 

 Olivier, who brought seeds " from Persia " to France, the growing plants young when seen by 

 Persoon. 



Loniccra Japonica of Japan. The "honeysuckles" wild according to NavarYete i. 16 in the 

 Northern provinces of China, — may be compared. L. Japonica, a climbing species, is described by 

 Thunberg 89 as observed in Japan. By European colonists, was carried to Burmah, observed 

 " exotic " there by Mason ; and to Northeast America, where it continues in gardens. 



