OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 995 



sand" inhabitants, and above "a thousand houses." The White inhabitants of Carolina amounting 

 to " five thousand five hundred " (Drayton). Building at Newport of the meeting house of the Friends 

 or Quakers (Adams 188). 



Gleditschia triacanthos of the Mississippi and its tributaries. A large Acacia-like tree, remark- 

 able for its branching thorns, transported to and first cultivated in Britain in this year — ( Loudon) ; 

 described also by Duhamel i pi. 105 ; and according to Clot-Bey recently introduced into the gardens 

 of Egypt. Westward, was observed by F. A. Michaux from 40 on the Susquehanna throughout the 

 Western States ; by myself, wild on the Lower Ohio ; by Long's Expedition ii., as far North as 41° on 

 the Mississippi ; by Nuttall, on the Arkansas ; by Darby, in Opelousas ; by Chapman, "Florida to 

 Mississippi, and northward ;" and is termed "g. meliloba" by Walter (Steud.). 



"In this year"(Spreng. and Winckl.), Plukenet publishing his Mantiss.,' enumerating Allosorus 

 atropurpureus pi. 349. f. 1, Phlox Carolina 348. f. 4, Oenothera linearis 426. f. 6, Andromeda Mariana, 

 Heterotheca scabra 340. f. 1. n. 5, Cypripedium parvijlorum 418. f. 2, Calystegia paradoxa 54, Nolina 

 Georgiana 342. f. 1, Azalea nudiflora 49, Rhexia Mariana 428. f. 1, Andromeda Mariana 448, Poly- 

 gala sanguinea 437. f. 5, "orobus virginianus foliis fulva lanugine incanis foliorum nervo in spinam 

 abeunte " 142 Tephrosia spicala, Sericocarpus conyzoides 29 (" conyza asteroides " of Linn.), Chrysop- 

 sis Mariana 340. f. 1, Coreopsis verticillata 344. f. 4, "viola virginiana platani fere foliis parvis et 

 incanis" 187 Viola palmata, Panax trifolium 435. f. 7. 



In this year (Fontenelle eloge), after his first work "Elemens de Botanique " published in " 1694," 

 Tournefort issuing a second edition under the title " Institutiones rei herbariae," enumerating "sani- 

 cula canadensis amplissimo laciniato folio" inst 326 Sanictila Canadensis, " onagra angustifolia caule 

 rubro flore minore " 302 Oenolhera fruticosa (Linn sp. pi.), " vitis idaea canadensis pyrola: folio " 608 

 Gaultheria procumbens, "astragalus canadensis flore viridi flavescente " 416 Astragalus Canadensis, 

 " a. alpinus procerior alopecuroides " 416 A. alopecuroides, "rapuntium canadense pumilum linariae 

 folio " 164 Lobelia Kalmii, " ascyrum erectum salicis folio magno flore " 256 Hypericum pyramidatum 

 (Willd.). 



Arenaria ciliata of Subarctic climates. Termed "alsine alpina serpylli folio multicaulis et mul- 

 tiflora" by Tournefort inst. 243 — (J. E. Smith) ; known to grow in Lapland and Finland (fl. Dan. pi. 

 346, Fries, and Ledeb.), in Northwest Ireland (Bab., and Wats.), on the Pyrenees (herb. Dec), on 

 the Jura and Swiss Alps (Pers., and A. Dec), on the Carpathians (Hook.) ; and observed by Sib- 

 thorp on the rocks of Cyprus and the mountains of Crete. Westward, by Hooker on Iceland, and by 

 Sabine in Greenland. (See A. ligericina.) 



Alyssum minimum of the Mediterranean countries and Siberia. Allied to A. maritimum, but 

 annual and the stamens all dentate ; possibly the species described by Tournefort inst. 217 : — known 

 to grow in Spain and Siberia ; and observed by Sibthorp, and Chaubard, on the seashore of Greece 

 and the Greek islands. 



Trifolium incarnatum of the Mediterranean countries. A showy annual called in English gar- 

 dens crimson clover (Prior), termed " t. spica rotunda rubra" by Tournefort inst. 405, and known to 

 grow in moist meads in France, Italy, Switzerland, and Carinthia (Sturm, and Pers.) ; observed by 

 Sibthorp on mount Athos, by Chaubard in the lower portion of the Peloponnesus. Regarded as 

 exotic in Britain, maintained there by the continued importation of seed for cultivation (Wats., and 

 A. Dec). 



Cytisus sessilifolius of the Mediterranean countries. Termed " c. glabris foliis subrotundis pedi- 

 culis brevissimis " by Tournefort inst. 648, — "majerella" by Micheli (Targ.), and known to grow in 

 Southern France and Italy (Pers.) ; observed by Sibthorp, and Chaubard, from the Peloponnesus to 

 the Greek islands ; by Pallas tr.iv. i. 235, near Samara on the Lower Volga. 



Epilobium alpinum of the Arctic region and mountains farther South Termed " chamsnerion 

 alpinum minus brunellae foliis" by Tournefort inst. 303, — "c. alpinum alsines foliis" by Scheuchzer 

 alp. 132, " e. anagallidifolium " by Lamarck ; known to grow in Lapland and on the Alps and Pyrenees 

 (fl. Dan. pi. 322, Pers., and Dec), also in Northern Asia (Wats.) : was observed by Linnaeus on the 

 mountains of Lapland ; by Lightfoot pi. 10, in Scotland ; by Haller 409, in Switzerland ; by Chaubard 

 on the upper portion of Taygetus, by Sibthorp on the summit of Bithynian Olympus. Westward, by 

 Hooker in Iceland, and received by him from the Rocky mountains and 56° on the Northwest coast ; 

 was observed by Colm. in Labrador (Pursh) ; and is known to grow in Greenland and Alaska (Wats.). 



Linaria supina of Western Europe. Termed "I. pumila supina lutea" by Tournefort inst. 170, 



"antirrhinum supinum grandiflorum " by Lapeyrouse, "a. dubium" by Villars, "1. pyrenaica" by 



Decandolle, and known to occur on walls and in sandy soil in France, Spain, and Italy (Pers.) : 

 observed by Sibthorp around Constantinople. In Britain found since 1843 near Plymouth (Bab. 2d 

 edit.) also near Poole in Dorset, near Newcastle, and in two localities in Cornwall (Wats.), but 

 regarded by A. Decandolle as exotic. 



Linaria simplex of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Annual, termed "1. quadrifolia 



