qq 2 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"1696 A. D." (Anders, ii. 625, and Holmes), by the English parliament, an Act prohibiting the 

 export of goods from the colonies to " Ireland or Scotland, without being first landed in England, and 

 having also paid duties there ; under forfeiture of ship and cargo." — In regard to Scotland, the pro- 

 hibition after ten years was rendered void by the Union. 



•' November " (Humb. cosm. v.), the island of St. Paul discovered by Vlaming. 



"In this year" (Chain)., and Holmes), the city of New York containing "five hundred and 

 ninety-four houses, and six thousand inhabitants : " the shipping consisting of "forty ships, sixty-two 

 sloops, and sixty boats." The aboriginals of New England maintained among themselves no less 

 than "thirty" churches (Rawson, Stiles, and Holmes). 



" In this year " (Spreng.), Cupani publishing his Hort. Cathol, enumerating* Tordylium hnmile 

 200, Silent giutinosa no, Linaria rcjlexa 214, and Seriola urcus 95. — He died in " 1711," and his 

 Pamphyt. Sicul. was published in " 1713." 



"In this year" (Spreng.), Plukenet publishing his Almagest, enumerating "quercus Am-ricana 

 rubris venis " (Q. coccinca), " q. castaneae folio" (Q. primes) figured, "q. pumila castanea folio Vir- 

 o-iniensis " f (chinquapin oak Q. pumila, Brendel in Am. Nat. for May 1870), Coldenia procumbens pi. 

 64. f. 6, Smilax tamnoides III. f. I and 3, Iris cristata 196. f. 6, IVoodwardia Virginica 179. f. 2, 

 Phacelia parviflora 245. f. 5, Lysimachia heterophylla 333. f. r, Stylisma cvolvuloida 166. f. 4, Phlox 

 subulata 98. 2, Cicuta mam lata 76. f. I, Hypoxis erect a 315. f. 2, Juncus polycephalus 92. f. 9, Cassia 

 (Chamacrista) nictitans 314. f. 5, Crataegus coccinca 46. f. 4, Scutellaria pilosa 313. f. 4, Draba incana 

 42. f. 1, Mclothria pendula 85. f. 5, Passiflora peltala 2 10. f 4. Kuluiia eupatorioides 87. f. 2, P Inched 

 bifrons 87. 4, Solidaga latifolia 235. f. 4, Scrieocarpus so/idagincus 79. f. -" ("Conyza linifolia" of 

 Linn.), Aster tenuifolins 78. f. 5, Corn its /lor/da 20. f . 3, " frutex virginianus triiolius " Ptelea trifoliaia 

 159, Oldenlandia glomerata 74. f. 5, Ampelopsis bipinnata 412. f. 2, Claytonia Virginica 102. f. 3, Sau- 

 rurus ccrnuus 117. f. 4. lihexia Virginica 202. f. 8, Kalmia latifolia 379. 6, Clethra alnifolia 1 15. f. I, 

 "sanicula virginiana alba" 59. f. 1 Saxifraga Pennsylvania, Iris vema 196. f. 6, "polygala rubra 

 virginiana spica parva compacta " 300 Polygala vit idescens (" P. Nuttallii " of Carey), " cicer astraga- 

 loides virginianus hirsutie pubescens floribus amplis subrubentibus " 23. f. 2 Tepkrosia Virginiana; 

 ''hypericum virginianuin frutescens pilosissimum " aim. 245. f. 6 //. villosum ("Ascyrum" of Linn , 

 and " H. pilosum" of Walt.); " sonchus elatus s. dendroides virginianus, ari in modum articulatis 

 foliis, ramosissimus, floribus luteis parvis pentapetalis " 317. f. 2 Xabalus altissimus ; " eupatoria 



Labrador; and was observed by Peck, and myself, on the summits of the White mountains of New 

 England. 



Salix mvrsinites of the Arctic region and alpine summits farther South. Observed by O. Rud- 

 beck jun. 340 in Lapland; — known to grow in Scandinavia (fl. Dan. pi. 1054, and Fries), on the 

 mountains of Scotland (Bab), the Pyrenees (Benth.), the Swiss Alps (Yill. iii. pi. 50, and A. Dec), 

 and on the Altaian mountains (Ledeb.). Westward, was observed by Hooker on Iceland, and received 

 from Arctic America and the Rocky mountains (A. Dec); was received by Pursh from Labrador; 

 and is known to grow in Greenland (W.its ). 



* Lathy rus odoratus of Ceylon. First cultivated by Cupani at Panormus in Sicily — (Spreng.) ; 

 described also by Commelyn hort. Amst. ii. 80; cultivated in gardens, and called in Britain sweet pea 

 (Prior). From Europe, carried by colonists to Northeast America, where it continues a favourite 

 garden flower. Received by Linnaeus from Ceylon. 



f Rhus venenata of Northeast America. The poiuvi sumach, a tall smooth shrub, transported to 

 Europe described by Plukenet aim. pi. 145. — Miller, Dillenius elth. pi. 292, and Linnaeus. Westward, 

 the "poison-wood tree" was seen by Paul Dudley in New England about 1723 (phil. trans, xxxi. 135, 

 and Tuckerm. arch. Am.): R. venenata was observed by Michaux from Canada to Carolina; by myself, 

 in swamps from 44° 30' throughout New England ; by Elliot, rare in the low country as far as Savan- 

 nah ; by Baldwin, as far as 31° ; by Croom, to 30 30' ; by Chapman, " Florida to Mississippi ; " and 

 by Nuttall, on the Arkansas. 



Helonias bullata of the Marginal alluvial of Northeast America. Transported to Europe, described 

 by Plukenet aim. pi. 174. f. 5, — (Linn. sp. pi.), Trew (Spreng.), Miller pi. 272 ; continues under culti- 

 vation as a garden flower. Westward, was observed by Michaux wild "in marshes in Pennsylvania 

 and Maryland " (Pers.J ; by Pursh, from New Jersey to Virginia. 



Eragrostis ciliaris of Tropical America ? Transported to Europe, and described by Plukenet pi. 

 190 — (Spreng.), Linnaus, and Jacquin coll. ii. p. 338. Westward, was observed by Swartz in sterile 

 or cultivated places in the West Indies ; by Chapman, in " waste places and along roads. Florida to 

 South Carolina." On the Atlantic side of Equatorial Africa, is known to grow in Guinea, and on the 

 Niger and Congo (R. Brown, Benth., and A. Dec.) : and farther East, was observed by Roxburgh, and 

 Graham, in Hindustan. 



