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Greece, presented to the Turkish government. The intervention was rejected, and the Greeks hav- 

 ing re-commenced hostilities, the Turko-Egyptian fleet entered the Bay of Navarino " Sept. 9th ; " a 

 British fleet arrived on the " 13th," and on the " 22d " was joined by a French, also by a Russian fleet. 

 Hostilities continuing notwithstanding a promise of cessation, the Turko-Egyptian fleet was attacked 

 and destroyed. 



"In this year" (Dallet 314), Third persecution of Christians in Corea. 



"In this year" (Winckl.), Gius. Hiacintho Moris, professor at Turin, publishing his Stirp. Sard, 

 elench., — the third fascic. "in 1829;" and his Flora Sardoa "in 1837-43." 



"In this year" (Winckl.), Ed. Poeppig visiting South America. — He travelled in Chili, Peru, 

 and on the Amazons "until 1832." and published his Nov. gen. Plant, "in 1835-45." 



" In this year " (Pritzel), J. Velloso de Miranda publishing his Flor. fluminens. icon. 



" 1828 A. D " (Winckl.),* Blume publishing portions of his Flor. Java;.* 



As early as this year (R. Brown prod, suppl. 1830, and Winckl. 380), Cunningham in Australia.! 



"In this year" (Winckl.), after his Flor. Gallica "in 1806," Loiseleur-Deslongchamps publishing 

 his Flore generale de la France. 



Valerianella carinata of the West Mediterranean countries. Distinguished by Loiseleur, — and 

 observed by Gussone syn. in grassy pasture-land in Sicily. In Britain has been found springing up 

 spontaneously in some ten different counties (Wats. cyb. iii. 534, and A. Dec). 



" 1829 A. D." (Maunder), the pacification of Greece finally agreed on: Greece to pay an annual 

 tribute and enjoy "qualified independence" under Turkish sovereignty, but to be governed by a 

 hereditary Christian prince of the family of neither of the allied powers. "July 23d," address of Capo 

 d'Istrias, president of Greece ; giving an account of his measures and the state of the country, before 

 the fourth national assembly, called by him at Argos. 



" The same year "(....), the steam-engine successfully applied to land-transportation ; on a 

 rail-road at Liverpool, England. 



As early as this year (Brendel), Schiede and Deppe in Mexico, meeting with Qitercus calophylla, 

 poly/norpha, laui ifo/in. and germana (publ. in Linnaea for 1830). 



" In this year" (Pritzel), after his Etudes cryptogam, "in 1815," Lapylaie publishing his Flor. 

 Newf. and isles Saint-Pierre and Miclon. 



"In this year" (A. Gray), Dr. Robbins examining the plants growing around Uxbridge and in 

 other portions of New England, meeting with Astragalus Robbinsii, Polainogeton Robbinsii, Eleocharis 

 Robbinsii. 



" 1830, March" (am. sylv), Nuttall journeying in the Southern States as far as West Florida. 



" June 14th " (Maunder), landing of French troops before Algiers. The city captured " July 5th ; " 

 — and with the country around, held to the present day. 



"July" (Kobell ii.), rising of a new volcanic island out of the sea Southwest of Sicily. As in 

 other instances, the new island after a while settled down and disappeared. 



" In this year" (Winckl.), publication by Delile of the plants collected by Leon de Laborde in 

 Arabia Petraea. 



"July 30th " (Maunder), after three days fighting in the streets of Paris, Charles X. compelled to 

 abdicate. Fie was succeeded by Louis Philippe, of the Orleans branch of the Bourbon family. 



" In this year" (Winckl.), Lindley publishing his Orchidac. — the Seventh volume "in 1840." 



Opkrys atrata of the East Mediterranean countries. From transported specimens, described by 

 Lindley: — observed by Chaubard in the Peloponnesus. 



" In this year" (Humb. cosm. v.), journey of Fuss from Lake Baikal to Pekin ; where he estab- 

 lished a magnetic and meteorological observatory, in an old monastery that from the reign of Peter the 

 Great had been inhabited from time to time by monks of the Greek church. — Observations were con- 

 tinued "ten years " by Kovanko. 



" In this year" (title-page), Ernst H. F. Meyer publishing his Plant. Labrador. 



" 1831 A. D." (Maunder), Capo dTstria, president of Greece, assassinated. 



* Lobelia succulenta of Java. Described by Blume, and seen by him indigenous in Java. — 

 Farther North, enumerated by Mason v. 433 and 785 as "exotic " in Burmah, and called by the Eng- 

 lish Ncilgherry grass : but in Hindustan, according to Wight, "a small cespitose species much culti- 

 vated " in vases. 



f Castanospermtun Australe of Subtropical Eastern Australia. An elegant pinnate-leaved Legu- 

 minous tree, a hundred feet high, its seeds edible either crude or roasted : — observed by Cunningham 

 at Moreton Bay (Hook. bot. misc. i. pi. 51). " About thirty years ago " according to Drury was intro- 

 duced into Hindustan, its wood is used for barrel staves, and "there are several large trees in the 

 Lalbagh at Bangalore" (Cleghorn). 



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