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An Account of Plants, $c. 



Ruscus Racemosus. 

 I am inclined to think that this, and not the Ruscus Hy- 

 poglossum, is the Aa'cp^ ctX^uv^U, or Alexandrian Laurel, of 

 Dioscorides.* He describes it as having softer and whiter 

 leaves than the Ruscus, and the berries growing not on but 

 among the leaves. This plant is found in the islands of the 

 Archipelago, though it is not noticed in the Prodromus to 

 the Flora Graeca. 



Kcelreuteria Paniculata. 

 This native of China I found growing in a garden at Se- 

 dikui, about ten miles from Smyrna. Hasselquist, the pupil 

 of Linnaeus, visited the place, and mentions a garden formed 

 there by Sherrard the Botanist. t On enquiry I found that 

 this garden was supposed to be that which he had planted. 

 The Kcelreuteria, which he had obtained from China, pro- 

 bably was one of the very few exotics which now remain 

 after him. I sowed some of the seeds in the British Palace 

 garden, and they have succeeded very well. 



Artemisia — — . 

 This is a pretty and very aromatic species of Artemisia, 

 used in salads, and produced spontaneously in gardens. I 

 am not sure of the species. 



* Lib. iv. cap. 14 7. 



-f- Voyage, p. 51. 



