An Account of Plants, §c. 



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I have endeavoured to ascertain what have not been des- 

 cribed by those authors, and are therefore new plants, although 

 apparently indigenous. A few remarks of this kind I have 

 added to my list of the seeds which I send. I have also 

 given some of the local names, and present uses ; these, 

 I trust, you will find an appropriate accompaniment to the 

 seeds. 



And now, dear Sir, I have only to add, that I shall be 

 glad to hear from you on any subject in which I can assist 

 the objects of the Society, and request you to believe that I 

 am with great truth, very faithfully yours, &c. 



Robert Walsh. 



British Palace, Pera, Constantinople, 

 March 6, 1824. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 

 Cercis Siliquastrum. 

 This tree does not appear to have been known to, or des- 

 cribed by the ancients. There is no good reason to suppose 

 that the K^i? or Ke^W of Theophratus* was the same. It 

 abounds, notwithstanding, in these countries at the present day, 

 and is found clothing the shores of the Bosphorus, and the 

 sides of Mount Libanus. It is very beautiful in all its stages. 

 Very early in spring, flowers of a bright pale red burst out be- 

 fore any leaf appears, not only from every part of the branches, 

 but from the trunk, piercing the thick strong bark nearly down 

 to the root in a very remarkable manner, and it is, for this 

 * Lib. iii, c. 13. edit. Stackhouse. 

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