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EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 
sckaften zu Berlin, &c., fur das Jahr 1816 ; ” 
afterwards published in a Collection of Memoirs, 
4to, Berlin, 1825. 
Holl A List of Plants observed in the Island of Ma- 
deira, with descriptions (by Reichenbach in the 
Phanerogamous Plants, and Kunze in the Cryp- 
togamous) of some new species. By Fr. IIoll, 
Dresden. Published in the Ratisbon Flora, 
Regensburg, 1830 ; and reprinted, with “Notes 
and Observations on the above list, &c., by 
R. T. Lowe,” in Hook. Journ. of Bot. (Bot. 
Misc. 2nd Ser.) vol. i. Lond. 1834. 
Prim., Novit. Lowe’s Primitise, Camb. 1830 ; Novitiae, Camb. 
1838 ; and Lond. 1851. 
Altitudes of the principal mountains, stations or localities 
specified in the following pages (from Vidal’s Survey chiefly). 
Madeira. 
Feet 
Pico Ruivo .... 6056 
„ dos Arrieiros . . 5893 
„ Grande .... 5391 
„ Ruivo on the Paul 
da Serra . . . 5210 
Travellers’ house on do. 4608 
Pico do Arrebentao . . 3844 
Mr. Veitch’s house at 
the Jardim da Serra . 2526 
Mount Church . . . 1965 
Cabo Girao .... 1934 
Penha d’Aguia . . . 1915 
Brazen Head .... 421 
Encumeado de S. Vi- 
cente, about . . • 4000 
Levada in Rib. Frio and 
Rib. da Metade, about 3000 
Church at Camacha and 
atS. Antonio da Serra, 
about 2300 
Church in theCurral das 
Freiras, about . . . 2000 
Pallieiro, about . . . 2000 
Hotel at S la Anna, about 1 100 
Levada de S ttt Luzin, 
from 500 to 600 
Quinta do Valle, about 350 
Deanery, about . . . 300 
Porto Santo. 
Pico de Facho . . . 
Feet 
1663 
„ do Castello . . . 
1446 
„ Branco . . . . 
1389 
„ d’Anna Ferreira . 
911 
Illieo de Baxo . . . 
570 
„ de Cima . . . 
364 
Dezertas. 
Dez. Grande . . . . 
1610 
Bugio 
1349 
Ilheo Chao . . . . 
336 
Sail-rock, off N. end of 
I. Chao 
160 
Lat. of Funciial — 
32° 38' 
22" N 
Long. . . . 16° 54' 
56" W. 
Lat. of Porto Santo- 
33° 3' 
30" N. 
Long. . . . 16° 20' 14" W. 
Mean annual temperature of 
Funchal, 65°-67° Falir. 
