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" Nov. 91I1 " (Maunder), in consequence of French invasion, sailing; of the royal family of Portugal 

 for Brazil. b 3 } b 



"The same year" (....), by Fulton, the steam engine successfully applied to navigation. 

 F. A. Michaux, taking passage in the boat on its return voyage down the Hudson, continued South- 

 ward through the Atlantic States as far as Georgia, — and after nearly three years stay left America 

 "in 1809" (Durand in Am. phil. trans.). 



"In this year" (Winckl.), A. L. Jussieu publishing memoirs on Dicliptera* Curanga, Hydropi- 

 tyon, and Physkium. 



" 1808 A. D." (Maunder, and Nicol.), Charles II. of Spain succeeded by Ferdinand VII. ; who 

 before the close of the year was superseded by Joseph Bonaparte, a brother of Napoleon. 



"The same year" (....), Mustafa IV. succeeded by Mahmood II., thirty-first Turkish sultan. 



" li ] tms year" (Jap. mann. 232), Capt. Pellew in a British armed ship, looking for Dutch ves- 

 sels, aniving off Nagasaki seized the Dutch boat and entered the port without ceremony; and not 

 finding the expected vessels, again retired. The affair caused the suicide of several Japanese offi- 

 cials, and instilled among the people hatred of the English. 



As early as this year (Pursh pref. xiv to p. 228, and Baldw. p. 329-32), John Leconte resid- 

 ing thirty-nine miles South of Savannah, meeting with Gerardia aphylla (Baldw. 155), Utricularia 

 striata. 



" April " (biogr. not., and pref. p. vii), Nultall landing at Philadelphia, and on the following day 

 mistaking a Smilax for a passion-flower his attention was directed to Botany. Before the close of 

 the season, he made an excursion in the Delaware peninsula as far as Dagsborough and Lewiston, 

 meeting with Lobelia paludosa, Gymnopogon brevifolius (A. Gray). 



"In this year" (Spreng.), Turpin and Poiteau publishing their Flore des environs de Paris,— 

 the seventh and last number "in 1809." 



"In this year" (Spreng.), Pieri publishing his Corcir. flor. cent. i. 



"In this year" (Spreng.), F. R. de" Tussac publishing his Flor. des antilles, — completed "in 

 1811." 



" In this year" (Spreng.), Claude Louis Richard publishing his Analyse du fruit. 



"1809, March 13th" (Nicol. p. 207), decree of Napoleon uniting the Roman States to the 

 French empire : and "July 5th or 6th," pope Pius VII. taken prisoner. 



"July 5th and 6th " (Maunder), the Austrians defeated at Wagram by the French under Napo- 

 leon. Followed by the dissolution of his marriage with Josephine in " December," — marrying after- 

 wards in "April " Maria Louisa, daughter of the Austrian emperor. 



"In this year" (Spreng.), F. Batard publishing his Flor. de Maine et Loire; — "in 1812," a 

 Supplement. 



"In this year" (Winckl ), Willdenow publishing his Enum. plant, hort. berol., including Phila- 

 delphus grandiflorus, Gillenia stipulacea, Corydalis atirea, Aster simplex : "Nov. 21st" (praef.), 

 the Fifth volume of his Sp. plant., comprising Equisetac, Lycopodiac, and ferns. — He died "in 



tSl2." 



In this year ( . ), having made the acquaintance of Dr. B. S. Barton who had conceived 



the idea that there must be many unknown plants " in the country beyond Lake Superior," Nuttall 

 in company with John Bradbury ascending the Missouri from St. Louis to and beyond the Mandan 

 villages, meeting with Ranunculus Purshii, Linum rigidum, Psoralea argopkylla, Geum triflorum, 

 Androsace Occidentalism Hedeoma hispida, Cheilanthes dcalbata, Batschia longiflora, Biunelia ser- 

 rala, Solatium (Nycterium) heterandrum, Viola A'ultallii, Evolvulus Nuttallii, Cymopterus acaulis, 

 Suaeda depressa, Gamassia Nuttallii, Yucca angustifolia, Gaura coccinea, Oenothera albicaulis 

 (Nutt.), Oe. piunatijida, Eriogonum sericeum, E. pauciflorum, Bartonia nuda, Hyssopus foenicu/um, 

 Hedeoma hispida, Vesicaria argentea, Polanisia graveolens, Dalea aurea, D. laxiflora, Petalostemum 

 gracile, Amoipha canescens, Lathy rus decaphylltis, Psoralea cuspidata, Orobus longifolius, Glycyr- 

 rhiza lepiduta, Hosackia sericca, Mulgcdium pulchelluin, Troximum glaucum, T. cuspidalum, Hy- 

 menopappus lenuifolius, Artemisia longifolia, A. Ludoviciana, Iva axillaris, Erigeron pumilum, 

 Actiuetla acaulis, Amelias ? villosus, Rudbeckia columnaris, Oxybaphus angustifolius, Pulmonaria 

 lanceolata, Myosotis glomerata, Seseli divaricatum, Rumex venosus, Cactus viviparus ; Petttstemon 

 cristatum, eiianthera, anguslifoluan, granaiflorum ; Castilleia sessili ora, Stanley a piunatijida, 

 Astragalus carnosus, A. racewosus, Phaca triphylla, Oxytropis Lamberti, Prenanthes juncea; Poly- 



* Dicliptera ciliaris of Madagascar. Known to grow there in arid situations (A. Dec.) ; and 

 from transported specimens described by A. L. Jussieu in ann. mus. ix. (Winckl.). Occurs also in 

 Guayana and at Pernambuco and Bahia (Nees in Dec. prodr.), probably carried by European 

 colonists. 



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