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in leather thongs (the quippus) like the Chinese and natives of South America. He made a vocabu- 

 lary of the language — (given by Klaproth transl. San-kokf). 



"The same year" (univ. hist. xli. 208, and Holmes), the Negroes imported in three years into 

 Barbadoes, Jamaica, and Antigua, ascertained on parliamentary inquiry to number "forty-two thou- 

 sand." 



" The same year " (Hewet 317, and Holmes), yellow fever in Charleston sweeping off multitudes 

 of the inhabitants. " The physicians knew not how to treat the disease, which was as unknown as 

 it was fatal;" and the planters suffered no one to carry in supplies, "lest the disorder should be 

 brought into the country." 



" The same year" (Spreng., and Winckl.), after residing in the West Indies, as related in his 

 Voyag. Amer. "in 1722," Labat publishing his Afr. Occid. — He died "in 1738." 



" In this year" (Spreng.), Franz Baltli. Lindern publishing his Tournefortius alsat., enumerating 

 Lindernia pyxidaria p. 156, and Jfyagrum dentatum 94. — He published his Hort. alsat " in 1747." 



At this time (Spreng., and Winckler), Zannichelli writing his Plant. Venez. — He died "in 

 1729," and his Opuscul. bot. were published "in 1730." 



" In this year" (Spreng., and Winckl.), Buxbaum publishing his Cent, plant., enumerating* Erica 

 abietina iv. 41, Sigesbeckia Orientalis iii. 52, Satyrium cucullatum iii. 8, S. coriifolium v. 10, Cory- 

 cium crispum v. II, C. vestitum v. 12, Pterygodium catholicum v. 21, and in Act. i. pi. 8. f. 1 Andro- 

 meda {Cassandra) caliculata. — He died "in 1730," Cent. iv. was published "in 1733," and the fifth 

 and last "in 1740." 



"In this year" (Spreng. gesch. ii. 223), John Martyn publishing his Plant, rar., enumerating f 

 Parietaria polygonoides p. 8, Phlox Carolina 10, Gronovia scandens 40, Crassula scabra 24, Pan- 

 cratium Caribaeum 27, Baptisia alba 44, Cassia ligustrina 21, Mesembryanthemum felinu-m 30, 

 Antirrhinum triste 35. f. 2, Mar/ynia diandra 42; Passiflora serratifolia, cuprea, holosericea, and 

 lunata 37-56; Erodium Chium 4, E. laciniatum 19; Pelargonium inquinans, papilionaceum, and 

 cucullatum 3-28 ; Aster grandi/lorus 19, Solidago altissima 14, Helianthus atrorubens 20, Coreopsis 

 lanceolala 26, Millera qttinque/lora 41, HI. b iflora 47, and Croton lobatum 46: — the fifth dec. "in 

 1732;" he died "in 1768." 



Amaranthus cruentus of China. Called by the Greeks "vlito kokino " (Forsk.), from trans- 

 ported specimens described by Martyn cent. vi. pi. 6 — (Linn, sp.) ; observed by Forskal at Con- 

 stantinople and termed " a. ruber foliis subtus rubris spicis erectis ; " cultivated in gardens, and has 

 become naturalized in various parts of France (A. Dec). Eastward, was observed by Moon under 

 cultivation on Ceylon ; by Roxburgh, under cultivation in Bengal ; by Blano, on the Philippines ; 

 and is known to occur in China (Pers.). By European colonists was carried to America, received 

 by Linnaeus from the Bahamas, observed by Maycock on Barbadoes, and by A. Gray " in gardens, 

 etc." in our Northern States. 



"In this year" (Spreng., and Pursh), Sherard, continuing his correspondence and receiving 

 plants from John Bartram in the environs of Philadelphia, Oldcnlandia glomerata (Pursh 745), from 

 Tilden at Hudson's Bay. — He died before the close of the year, leaving the most extensive collec- 

 tion of dried plants at that time in existence, including " twelve thousand " species. 



" 1729, May" (Hewet, and Holmes), the titles and interest of the proprietors of Carolina pur- 

 chased and surrendered to George II. The province was now divided into two distinct governments, 

 called North and South Carolina. 



Returning from Davis Straits (hist. coll. i. p. 233) along the Labrador coast, Capt. Henry Atkins 



* Lachenalia tricolor of Austral Africa. Transported to Europe, described by Buxbaum cent, 

 iii. 20 — (Spreng.), Jacquin rar. pi. 61, and the younger Linnaeus. In its wild state, known to grow 

 in Austral Africa (Pers.). 



t Modiola Caroliniana of the Alluvial margin of Northeast America. A humble Malvaceous 

 annual, transported to Europe, described by Martyn plant, rar. 34 — (Spreng.), Dillenius elth pi. 4, 

 and Cavanilles ii. pi. 15 (Pers.) ; has become a weed in cultivated ground around Soreze (Godron, 

 and A. Dec). Westward, was observed -by Michaux in Virginia and Carolina (as far North there- 

 fore as 37 ) ; by Elliot, in cultivated ground in South Carolina ; by Croom, as far as 30 30' ; by 

 Chapman, " waste places, Florida to North Carolina, and westward." 



Bletia verecunda of Florida and the West Indies. An orchid, transported to Europe, described 

 by Martyn 50 — (Spreng.), Miller diet. pi. 145, and Jacquin rar. iii. pi 602. Westward, observed by 

 Browne on Jamaica, the cormus " bitterish and attended by a clamniinerss that leaves a light prickly 

 warmth behind it, but this wears off soon," and " when dried it may be used with great propriety as 

 a stomachic " (Lindl.) ; by Swartz, also in the West Indies ; by Michaux, on the Bahamas ; by Chap- 

 man, "open pine barrens, Middle and East Florida; was received also from Florida by Nuttall (Ell.). 



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