OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 1023 



. At this time ( s P ren g-)> Patrick Browne writing his Civil and natural history of Jamaica,* enumer- 

 ating Rubia Brownei, Hypoxis decumbent 195. — The work was published "in 1756." 



"1756, June 15th" (Maunder), capture of Calcutta and the English factory there by Surajah 

 Dowla, nabob of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa. Of the captured English, "one hundred and forty-six 

 were confined for the night " in the Blackhole ; a room " twenty feet square," constructed under their 

 own supervision " for a place of confinement ; " in the morning, "only twenty-three were taken out 

 alive." 



"Aug 13th and 14th " (Holmes), capture of the forts at Oswego, on the Southern shore of Lake 

 Ontario, by Canadian French under Montcalm. The forts, which had excited the jealousy of the 

 confederate tribes called the "Six nations," were at once demolished. In the Southern provinces 

 (Hewet ii. 205, and Holmes), a fort built in this year on Tennessee river " above five hundred miles " 

 from Charleston, and called " Fort Loudon." 



" In this year" (Linn. sp. pi.), Linnaeus publishing the Third volume of Amoen. acad., enumerat- 

 ing Agave ]'irginica p. 22. 



"In this year" (Spreng.), Russel publishing his Nat. Hist, of Aleppo. — He died in " 1768," and 

 a Second edition was published by Solander "in 1794" (append. Sibth.). 



"1757 A. D." (art de verif.), Osman II. succeeded by Mustafa III., twenty-seventh Turkish 

 sultan. Coins issued at Cairo by Mustafa III., are figured in Marcel p. 239. 



'■ In this year" (Spreng.), Joh. Gottfr. Zinn publishing his Cat. hort. et agri gottingens. 



" At this time " (Europ. settlements ii. 29 to 38, and Holmes), the whole colony of Louisiana 

 containing "not more than ten thousand" Whites and Negroes ; the inhabitants of Montreal "about 

 five thousand." 



" I7S 8 > J uI Y 26th" (Blair, and Holmes), Louisbourg and the island of Cape Breton again captured 

 by British and colonial forces. "Aug. 27th " ( . . . \iniv. hist., and Holmes), Fort Frontenac on 

 Lake Ontario captured from the French ; and " Nov. 25th," Fort Du Quesne captured, and the name 

 changed in honour of the English minister to " Pittsburg." 



" '759. Sept. 13th" (Blair, and Holmes), capture of Quebec by the British and colonial forces 

 under Wolfe; bringing French power in Canada to a close. — The final surrender of Canada took 

 place on "Sept. 8th, 1760" (univ. hist, and Holmes). 



"Sept. 29th " (Kobell ii.), at Jorullo in Interior Mexico, a new mountain, " fifteen hundred and 

 eighty feet above the plain," rising out of a fissure. 



" In this year " (Winckl.), Venegas publishing his Nat. and civil hist. Californ. 



" In this year" (Winckl.), Arduino publishing his Animadvers. bot., enumerating "vena di Tar- 

 taria" A vena Orienialis. — He published a second volume "in 1764." 



"In this year " (Spreng, and Winckl.), after his Prim. flor. butisbac. "in 1743," Phil. Conr. 

 Fabricius publishing his Hort. med. helmstadt, enumerating Decumaria barbara (Linn. sp. 1663) : — 

 he died "in 1774." 



" 1760, Oct. 25th " (Nicol.), George II. succeeded by George III., now British king. 



" In this year " (Spreng.), John Hill publishing his Flora britann. 



"At this time" (Holmes), New England estimated by Stiles 142, to contain very nearly "five 

 hundred and one thousand nine hundred and nine" inhabitants. 



" In this year " (Winckl.), Mariti visiting Cyprus, and Palestine, meeting with " galetti " Latha- 

 ms articulatus. — He returned " in 1768." 



"In this year" (Winckl., and Spreng.), after his Meth. "in 1754," Scopoli publishing his Flor. 

 Carniol., enumerating Carex capillaris ; a second edition "in 1772 ; " his Fund, "in 1783." 



Ophrys andragnitis of the East Mediterranean countries. Observed by Scopoli in Carniolia; — 

 by Chaubard, in the Peloponnesus. 



Carex agastachys of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Termed "c. maxima" by 

 Scopoli, as observed in Carniolia, — " c. agastachys" by the younger Linnaeus suppl. 414, described 

 also by Goodenough, and known to grow throughout middle Europe (Curt. lond. iii. pi. 63, and 

 Pers.) ; was observed by Sibthorp, on mount Athos, by Chaubard in the subalpine region of the 

 Peloponnesus. 



* Crotalaria Brownei of Jamaica. Known to grow wild there — (Gardn.), and described by 

 Bertero (A. Dec.).' By European colonists, was carried about 1822 to Ceylon, where it was found by 

 Gardner (bot. mag. for 1848) a frequent weed, spreading in every direction. 



Hvptis pectinata of Tropical America- Observed by Browne 259 on Jamaica — (Linn. sp. 799). 

 Transported to Europe, is described by L'Heritier (Pers.) : by European colonists also, was carried 

 across the Pacific to the Marian Islands and Madras, and by way of the Atlantic to Guinea, Port 

 Natal, Madagascar, Abyssinia, and Fazokel (Benth., and A. Dec). 



