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Hughes 197 it is eaten by Negroes. Eastward, lias been observed in Guinea (Benth. fl. Nigr.) ; by 

 Graham, in the environs of Bombay, "common in the rains ;" and by Roxburgh, as far as Eastern 

 Hindustan. 



Aldrovanda vesiculosa of Hindustan? Termed " lenticula palustris indica fol. semirotundis 

 binis capillamentis ad imum barbatis " by Plukenet aim. pi. 41. f. 6 — (Pers.). Probably exotic in 

 Europe, but observed by Allioni at Candia and Viverone in Piedmont, by Bertoloni from Piedmont 

 to Bologna and in Bientina lake near Pisa, by Maratti in the Pontine marshes near Rome, by Pour- 

 ret from Aries and Montpelier to the baths of Molight in the Eastern Pyrenees, and by Besser in the 

 Pinsk marsh in Lithuania (A. Dec). 



" 1692, March 20th " (Pauth. p. 445), in China, at the end of " twenty-two years," the prohibi- 

 tion against attending Christian churches removed by the emperor Khang-hi. 



"May 14th'' (Hutch., and Holmes), arrival at Boston of Sir William Phips as governor, bring- 

 ing a new charter for Massachusetts. By which, the power of the governor was increased, at the 

 expense of some of the privileges of the colonists, and the boundaries of the province were enlarged 

 so as to include Nova Scotia. Rhode Island and Connecticut were however allowed to resume their 

 old charters. 



"The same year" (Hutch., and Holmes), the witchcraft delusion at Salem and in the vicinity; 

 and nineteen persons executed. One of the accused, Giles Cory, refusing to plead, was pressed to 

 death : — " the only instance " of the enforcement of " this barbarous punishment " in New England. 

 The proceedings at Salem evidently connected with similar witchcraft trials in Suffolk, England, pub- 

 lished in 1684 : but after the first year, no one appears to have been executed. 



"June 7th" (univ. hist. xli. 364, and Holmes), a severe earthquake at Jamaica; and "in the 

 space of three minutes," nine tenths of the city of Port Royal inundated, " two thousand " persons 

 perishing. 



In this year (Spreng.), Volckamer writing his Flor. Norimb., enumerating Aizoon Canariense 

 236, Mesembtyanthcvium difforme 165, Stapelia hirsuta 30, Dracocephalum Canariense 145, D. cane- 

 scens 353, Herman nia scabra 24, Colutea herbacea I iS, Clirysocoma co/na-aurea 148, Gnaphalium 

 feetidnm 194, G. helianthemifolium 194, Senccio elegans 225, .S. rigidus 225, Aster rubricaulis 50, A. 

 angastifolius 50, Arctotis hypochondriaca 224, Osteospermicm spincscens 105, Othonna abrotanifolia 

 225, and O. parvijlera 226. — He died "in 1693," and his Flor. was published "in 1700." 



Mesembryaiitlicmiun crystallinnm of Austral Africa. Transported to Europe, described by 

 Volckamer 166 — (Spreng.), Dillenius elth. pi. 130, and Linnaeus: known to occur about Athens 

 (Pers.), and observed by Sibthorp, and Chaubard, around the acropolis ; by Delile, springing up 

 spontaneously at Alexandria. Is said to have been seen by Thunberg in Austral Africa. 



" 1693 A. D." (Stiles, Humph., and Holmes), the episcopal church introduced into the province 

 of New York by Governor Fletcher; and an Act passed by the provincial assembly for settling and 

 maintaining a ministry. — Nothing was done in pursuance of the Act until 1696, when Trinity church 

 was built in New York city. 



" The same year " (Colden 150, and Holmes), arrival at Montreal of "two hundred canoes " laden 

 with furs, accumulated at Missilimakinak ; the route having been interrupted for several years by the 

 confederate tribes called the " Five nations." 



"The same year" (Kobell ii.), "after a violent eruption of its volcano," sinking beneath the 

 waves of one of the Molucca Islands named " Sarca." 



" At this time " (Spreng.), Geor. Ios. Kamel at Manila, sending to Ray and Petiver plants of the 

 Philippines, including Hibiscus lampas, Brad/eia Philippensis, Stylocoryna racciuosa, and Columbia 

 serratifolia. 



"In this year" (Pursh, and Spreng.), Plumier, having commenced his Plant, amer., making a 

 Second visit to the West Indies, meeting with * Acrostic/tutu auicum am. pi. 7, Pteris pedata am. pi. 

 34, Lobelia Clifortiana spec. v. 235. f. 2, Phoradendron piirpurcum spec. 25S. f. 3. — He made a 

 Third visit " in 1695," published his Nov. gen. "in 1703," died " in 1704," and ten fascic. of his Plant, 

 amer. were published by Burmann "in 1755-60." 



" 1694 A. D." (Charlev., and Holmes), Fort Nelson, a fur-trading post on Hudson's Bay, captured 

 by the French ; and garrisoned by them. — After two years, the fort was re-captured by the English. 



* Dieffenbachia seguina of the West Indies. The dumb cam; Araceous though five or six feet 

 high and palm-like, was observed by Plumier amer. 60— (Spreng.), and Jacquin amer. pi. 229 in the 

 West Indies : the root if chewed producing a dangerous swelling of the tongue, and said to produce 

 dumbness if merely applied to the lips, the stem according to Browne employed to bring sugar to a 

 good grain (Lindl.). Transported to Europe, is termed "caladium seguinum " by Linnaeus; is 

 described also by Ventenat, and Hooker exot. pi. 1. 



