OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 971 



"In this year" (Sieb. elucid Vries p. 69), the Kurils first made known to the Japanese, a coaster 

 driven by a storm among the Southernmost islands. 



"In this j ear " (Winckl.), Georg Frank von Frankenau publishing his Lex. veget. usual. — He 

 died "in 1704." 



"The same year" (Blair), by the French under Louis XIV., Utrecht captured and a great part 

 of Holland overrun. 



"Aug. 1 2th " (Mather, and Holmes), eclipse of the sun, total in New England. 



"The same year" (Blair), by Cassini and Picard, the Longitude determined by eclipses of Jupi- 

 ter's satellites ; and for the first time, the relative position of places on the Earth's surface satisfac- 

 torily ascertained. 



At this time (Spreng.), Barrelier writing his account of plants observed in Italy, France, and 

 Spain, enumerating Salvia Barrelieri n. 186, S. multifida 220, .?. valentina 1317, S. Lusitanica 167, 

 Valeriana supina 868, Phleum asperum 28. f. 2, Bromus ereilus 13. f. 1, Achnodonton tame 14. f. 1, 

 Briza humilis 15, f. 2, Chrysurus cynosuroides 4, Melica pyramidalis 95. f. 1, Koeleria phleoides 123. 

 I. I, Festuca stipoides 76. f. 1, Avena fragilis 905, Poa Cilianensis 743, Galium linifolium 583, 

 G. maritimum 81, Anchusa stylosa 578, Campanula diffusa 453, C. cochlearifolia 454, Trachelium 

 coeruleum 683, Atropa frzitescens 1173, Viola Zoysii 691, A triplex glauca 733, Salsola polyclonos 

 2 7S, Ligusticum ferulaceum 836, Statice dichotwna 805, Daphne vermiculata 231, Polygomim Bel- 

 lardi 560. f. 2, Gypsophila perfoliata 1002, Dianthus ferrugineus 497, Silene longiflora 380, Oxalis 

 Barrelieri 1 139, Reseda undata 588, Euphorbia terracina 833, E. pilosa 885, Cistus sericeus 1315, 

 Helianthetnum Italicum 36C, H. torosum 446, H. racemosum 293, H. hirtum 488, Teucrium thymi- 

 folium 1062, T. flavescens 1072, T. Valentinum 1048, T. pycnophyllum 1091, T. libanotis 1090, 

 T. pumilum 1092, T. angustissimum 1080, T. coeleste 108 1, Sideritis glauca 250, 5. linearifolia 172, 

 Mairubium candidissimum 686, Phlomis purpurea 405, Nepeta graveolens 735, Bartsia visccsa 665, 

 i?. spicata 774, Linaria villosa 597, Anarrhinum crassifolium 131 5, Iberis rotundifolia 1305, 2?/.r- 

 cutella longifolia 841, Cardamine chelidonia 156, Hesperis alyssoides 804, Sisymbrium Ban elieri 

 1016, Cleome violacea 865, Ononis Cenisia 1104, (9. minutissima 1107, 0. viscosa 1239, Oxytropis 

 Pallasii 557, Trifolitnn sphaerocephalum 859, 7". badium 1024, Scorzonera calcitrapifolia 800, Atrac- 

 tylis humilis 1127, Santolina alpina 522, Anthemis Barrelieri 457, Artemisia Arragonensis 447, 

 Senccio crassifolius 261, 3". Nebrodensis 401, .S". Barrelieri 801, 6". rotundifolius 145, Cineraria longi- 

 folia 266, C. minuta 1 153, Chrysanthemum pectinatum 421, Centaurea linifolia 139, C. abrotanifolia 

 149, C. hyssopifolia 306, C argentea 218, C. Uucantha 1229, Fucus volubilis 1303, Phallus Hadriani 

 1258, Clathrus flavescetis 1265, Boletus umbellatus I26g, B. polycephalus, Physostegia Virginiana 

 1 152. — He died " in 1673," and his work was published " in 1714." 



Diplotaxis muralis ofWestern Europe. Described by Barrelier pi. 131, — termed "sisymbrium 

 murale " by Linnaeus, " S. erucastrum " by Gouan, "sinapis muralis" by others, "eruca decumbens " 

 by Moench, and known to grow in Italy and France (Pers.) : observed by Thuillier near Paris ; by 

 Gouan, near Montpelier ; by Chaubard, at Patras in the Peloponnesus. To all appearance wild in 

 Britain (A. Dec), though regarded by some writers as probably exotic. 



f/0/tf arboretcens of the Mediterranean countries. A woody-stemmed species observed by Bar- 

 relier pi. 568 in Spain, — and termed "v. Hispanica fruticosa longifolia" by Tournefort inst. 421 : 

 observed by Gittard at the base of the heights of Philatra in the Peloponnesus (Chaub.). 



Salsola vermiculata of the Uralian plains. Observed by Barrelier rar. pi. 215, — and Cavanilles 

 iii. 215, in Portugal and Spain (Pers., and Steud.) ; termed "kali fruticosum incanum folliis exsuccis " 

 by Buxbaum. cent. i. pi. 15 ; observed by Pallas trav. i. 337 on the Lower Volga ; by Gmelin iii. pi. 

 18, in Siberia. 



Phalaris aquatica of the Mediterranean countries. Described by Barrelier rar. pi. 700 ; — termed 

 "o-ramen spicatum perenne semine miliaceo tuberosa radice " by Tournefort inst. 519; and known 

 to tow in the Tiber and in Algeria (Pers., and A. Dec). Eastward, was observed by Sibthorp in 

 watery places in Asia Minor; and by Delile in Egypt, from Alexandria to Cairo. By European 

 colonists, was carried to Southwest Australia, where according to J. Drummond it has become 

 naturalized. 



Beckmannia erucaeformis of Subarctic Asia and America. A grass described by Barrelier rar. 



pi. 29 (Pers ). Observed by Bieberstein along the Taurian mountains ; by Pallas iv. 443 abound- 



ino- along tributaries of the Yenisei ; by Gmelin, throughout Siberia to Kamtchatka. Farther East, 

 b^E. James on the Platte ; by Nuttall, at Fort Mandan on the Upper Missouri ; and is known to 

 grow at Hudson's Bay (Pers.). 



" 167^, A. D." (Minot, and Holmes), a fort built by the French at Michilimackinac " May 13th " 

 (Churchill coll.), leaving the "Lac des Puans " (Michigan), the Jesuit F. Marquette with six other 

 Frenchmen proceeded in two canoes through the territory of the " Folle Avoine and Iliquois," tribes 

 at peace with France. Sometimes carrying their canoes, and sometimes carried in them, they dis- 



