I 02 8 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



Verbena Aubleiia 88, Aster (Galatella) hyssopifolia p. 114, Muhhnbergia Mexicana 31, Koenigia 

 Islandica 35 ; Bamelia decandra 48 (" Sideroxylon " of Linn, and '■ B. oblongifolia " of Nutt.) received 

 by Munchhausen from N. America. 



"In this year" (Spreng.), Linnaeus the younger publishing his Fascic. plant, rar., describing 

 Raphanus caudatus, Silphium lerebinthaceniK. 



" The same year " (Spreng.), Wallis among the " Friendly" Islands. 



"The same year = 33d of Kien-loung" (Amyot, and Pauth. 269), under his direction, the 

 Chinese chronological table compiled and published ; together with the Li-tai-ki-sse, a collection of 

 annals from the time of Yao. Kien-loung also caused to be published a Chinese and Mantchou dic- 

 tionary, including words invented by himself for ideas wanting in Mantchou. 



"1768, Feb. nth" (Gordon, and Holmes), a circular letter addressed by the Legislature of 

 Massachusetts to the other colonies. The British ministry taking umbrage, Lord Hillsborough wrote, 

 requiring the rescinding of the resolution. The Assembly, declaring '-the right of the subject, jointly 

 or severally, to petition the king for the redress of grievances," voted not to rescind; and on the fol- 

 lowing day, "Aug. 4th," was dissolved by Governor Bernard. "Sept. 28th to Nov. 10th " (Adams 

 iett. i°and Holmes), arrival in Boston of "four thousand" troops, to protect the revenue officers in 

 collecting the new duties. 



"The same year" (Marcel), war between Russia and Turkey declared, and Egypt called upon to 

 furnish "twelve thousand men." An attempt by the sultan to get rid of Ali-Bev having failed, the 

 Memluk chieftain now declared himself independent ; — and held possession of Egypt about four 

 years. Coins issued by Ali-Bey, are figured in Marcel p. 335. 



"July 14th" (tr.iv. i. 21), Pallas leaving Moscow. Journeying Eastward along the Volga, he 

 reached Sinbirsk " Sept. 22d." 



" In this year" (append. Sibth., Spreng., and Winckl.), Haller publishing his Hist, stirp. Helvet. 

 indig , enumerating " twenty-four hundred and eighty-six" species, among them Veronica fruticosa 

 pi. 16, Aretia Helvetica II, A. alpina 1 1, Arcnaria multicaulis 17, Saxifraga inutata 16, Pedicularis 

 recutita 8. 2. P. gyrqflexa n, Oxytropis campestris 13, O. Uraknsis 14, Inula Vaillanti 2, and Cir- 

 sium spinosissimum. — He published his Nomenclat. "in 1769," and died "in 1777." 



"The same year" (Spreng.), S. T. Gmelin voyaging on the Caspian, from Astracan along the 

 coast of Ghilan and Masanderan, provinces of Persia. — His Reise were published " 1770-S4." 



"The same year" (Spreng.), Bougainville among the " Friendly" Islands : accompanied by Com- 

 merson — who died "in 1773." 



" The same year" (second edit.), end of the chronicle of Blair. 



" In this year" (Spreng., and Winckl.), Giov. Targioni-Tozzetti publishing his Relaz. viag. Tosc. 



— The work was completed "in 1779," and he died "in 1782." 



"In this year" ( . . Winckler), Labillardiere visiting Syria, — where he remained "until 

 1787." His Icon. Plant. Svr. were published "in 1791-1812." 



J J eriploca angustifolia of the Atlas mountains. Observed by Labillardiere icon. ii. pi. 7 in Syria, 



— by Desfontaines i. 209 on mount Atlas (Pers.). According to Gussone has not crossed from 

 Favignano to Maritimo, islands only two leagues apart (A. Dec). 



Helichryswn fngidum of mountain-summits in S\ria and Corsica. Observed by Labillardiere pi. 

 4 on Lebanon : — elsewhere known to grow only on Corsica (Pers., and A. Dec). 



"lepidium anglicum" by Hudson "in 1778," as found naturalized in Britain ; occurring also in waste 

 ground in Sweden (Fries), Italy (Scop., and Savij, Southwestern France (A. Dec), Spain (Boiss.); 

 and by European colonists carried to St. Helena (Wats ), and Port Jackson in Australia (R. Brown, 

 and Nutt.). Westward, is known to grow in Brazil (A. Dec ), Buenos Ay res, and Chili (Hook.); 

 by Humboldt and Bonpland, on the Equatorial Andes at the elevation of " 1350" (Kunth); by Nut- 

 tall, to all appearance indigenous along the Missouri and .Mississippi : but has become a weed in our 

 Atlantic States, from Virginia Southward (A. Gray); on the Santee before the days of Walter, and 

 Michaux (Steud., and Ell.); was observed by Chapman, in "waste places, Florida to North Carolina;" 

 by Drummond, around New Orleans. 



Gentiana Pyrenaicn of the Pyrenees, Carpathians, and Caucasus. Described by Linnaeus mant. 

 55, — and Gouan illustr. vii. pi. 2: known to grow on the Pyrenees above -4800 feet," on mount 

 Berzsowa in Hungary, and on Caucasus, but seems unknown in Switzerland (A. Dec). 



Terniinalia angustijolia of the Malayan Archipelago. From transported specimens described 

 by Linnaeus mant. 297, — and Jacquin hort. iii. pi. 100, and Gaertner ii. pi. 127. Eastward, observed 

 in the countries on the Indian Ocean by Commerson (Steud.) ; according to Royle, a milky juice flows 

 from the stem and concretes into a fragrant substance resembling benzoin, and in the Mauritius used 

 in churches as a kind of incense (Lindl). The tree has recently been introduced by Nimmo into 

 Hindustan (Graham. See Styrax benzoin). 



