1812. BOTANICAL SEASONS. 537 
ductions which are met with only at different seasons. Such 
catalogues are not uninteresting ; they are, to a certain extent, the 
Floras (in the Linnasan use of the word) of each separate spot. And 
if they indicate concisely the state with respect to flowering, seeding, 
or leafing, in which plants are at that season, and give briefly some of 
the more remarkable particulars, their utility in various points of 
view, will, it is hoped, be sufficiently obvious, to induce future travel- 
lers to bestow a small portion of their time on the forming of 
them. 
The whole country was covered with verdure produced by an 
abundance of tall, fresh grass, of a variety of sorts, most of which 
happened to be now in flower. Of these, I collected in this short 
journey six and twenty species, plucked merely as I walked along : 
and it is very probable that many more might have been discovered, 
had there been time for a more careful search.* 
* The botanical collection of this day consisted of - 
Corchorus serrcefolius, B. Catal. Geogr. 
1962. Caules elongati procumbentes 
villosi. Folia linearia grosse serrata. 
Pedunculus, in medio internodii, ti'i- 
florus. Alabastra acuta. Capsulae 
lineares teretes scabrse ssepius tor- 
tuosae sexvalves. 
Ornithogalum nervosum^ B. Cat. Geog. 
1968. Folia erecta marginata nervosa 
rigida. Scapus foliis paulo altior, 
sursiim sensim incrassatus. Bracteae 
setaceae. Flores parvi virentes. Pe- 
dunculi longissimi horizontales. Fi- 
lamenta omnia subulata. 
Asparagus laricimis, B. C. G. 1971. 
Fruticosus erectus 4-6-pedalis. Rami 
ramulique albidi. Spina brevis subre- 
curva. Folia subulata subpollicaria 
fasciculatu; floribus 1-5 in singulo 
fasciculo. 
Briza nigra, B. C. G. 1978. Gramen 
erectum annuum. Folia pilis raris 
conspersa. Ligula pilosa. Panicula 
nigrescente vel obscure viridis. Lo- 
3 z 
custae cordatae, 14-18-florse. Glumas 
subcarinatae. 
Cleome heterotricha. B. C. G. 2011. 
Caules et petioli pubescentes, pilis 
longioribus interspersis. Folia quin- 
ata ; foliolis obovatis subintegerri- 
mis. Petala alba. Stamina 6. Max- 
ime affinis Cpentafhyllce, sed huic 
sunt folia vix serrata. 
Celosia odor at a, B. 
Uncaria procumbens, B. 
Cassia arachoides, B. 
Cyperus usitatus, B. 
Amaryllis lucida, B. 
Indigqfera 
Achyranthes 
Lappago. 2 sp. 
Digitaria 
Selago. 2 sp. 
Ruellia 
Panicum 
Poa. 2 sp. 
Aristida 
Tripsacum 
