THE BOTANICAL EXPLORATION OF ARABIA. 
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800 species in Abyssinia and on tbe ooasts and islands of the Ked 
Sea. At Aden he gathered 35 species. The botanical resnlts of this 
ejcpedition were published by Brogniart. 
Brogiiiart, A. — Notices sur les resultats relatifs a la botanique 
obtenues par le Dr. Alfred Courbon, pendant le cours d’uuo explo- 
ration de la mer rouge executee en 1859-00. Bull. Soc. Jtot. do 
France, VII, 898-903. 
Coiirboii, A. — Exploration de la mer rouge sous les ordrcs do 
Mr. Russel Capitaine de Vaisseau, 1859-60. — The book is not known 
to me. 
1859. — Stilie, A. W. — A visit to the Hot Springs of Bosher, near Muscat. 
Trans. Bomb. Geogr. Soc. XV, 1859. 
1859. — Strauss, F. A. — Sinai und Golgatha. Reise in das Morgenland. 
7. Auflage. Berlin, 1859. 
1859. — Wliish. — Memoir on Bahrein. 1859. 
Ab. 1859. — Zolirab, James. — Collected at Jeddah about 1859. Plants 
sent to Kew in 1881.* 
1860. — Pengelly, W. M. — Remarks on a portion of the Eastern Coast of 
Arabia between Muscat and Sohar. Trans. Bomb. Geogr. Soc. XVI, 
I860. 
1860. — Wichura. — Collected some plants at Aden in 1860, when accom- 
panying the Prussian Expedition to Eastern Asia. Plants in the 
Herbarium of Berlin. 
1861. — Kotschy, Th. — Umrisse von Sudpalaestina im Kleide der Fruhlin- 
gsflora. Wien (Z. b. G.) 1861. 
Kotschy, Th. — Plantse Arabise in ditionibus Hedschas Asyr et 
el-Arysch a medico germanico nomine ignoto, in el-Arysch defuncto 
annis 1836-1838 collectse. Sitzb. d. k. Akad. d. Wiss. Wien LII, 
(1865). 
1861. — Steudner, H. — Collected at Jidda in June 1861. Plants at Kew. 
186^. — Palgrave, William Gifford. (1826-1888). — Diplomatist and travel- 
ler. Received a lieutenant’s commission in the 8th Bombay regiment 
of native infantry. Became a Jesuit. In 1862 he undertook an 
adventurous journey across Central Arabia which he accomplished in 
1863. He passed as a Syrian Christian doctor and merchant ; but he. 
carried his life in his hands. His route lay along El Jauf, Hail, 
Beraidah, Riyadh, el Hofuf and Katif. On his return to Syria he, 
with the consent of his superiors, severed his connection with the 
Society of Jesus, and engaged in diplomatic work for the English 
Government. 
