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HISTORY OF PLANTS. ° 375 
shrivelled appearance. ‘Those which grow in the 
Archipelago are, in general, shrubby and provided 
with prickles. In Arabia almost all plants are low 
and grow in a very decrepid form. Inthe Canary 
Islands those put on the appearance of shrubs and 
trees, which in other countries occur as herbs onlv. 
There is a striking resemblance between the trees 
and shrubs of the northern parts of Asia and Ame- 
rica, whereas the perennial plants, herbs, and under- 
shrubs of both countries, do not in the least corres- 
pond with each other in their form. The following 
list will however prove the above similarity : 
In North Asia grow, In North America, 








Acer cappadocicum. Acer sacharinum, 
Pseudoplatanus. montanum. 
Azalea pontica. — Azalea viscosa. 
Betula davurica. Betula populifolia. 
Alnus. serrulata. 
Corylus Colurna. Corylus rostrata. 
Crataegus sanguinea Pall. Crataegus coccinea. 
Cornus sanguinea. Cornus alba. 
Fagus sylvatica. Fagus Jatifolia. 
Castanea. pumila. 
Juniperus /ycia. Juniperus virginiana. 
Liquidambar imberbe. Liquidambar styraciflua. 
Morus nigra. Morus rubra. 
Lonicera Periclymenum. Lonicera sempervirens. 
Pinus sy/vestris. Pinus inops. 
MOK ae Strobus. 
Platanus orientalis. —- Platanus occidentalis. 
Prunus Laurocerasus. . Prunus caroliniana. 
Aa 4 Rhodo. 
