ISLAND OF COS. 29 
upon that island, and it was his wish to see her, CHAP. 
in his way to Constantinople. We readily acceded <.. .. . > 
to his proposal ; and a very fortunate circum- 
stance it proved, in the services he rendered 
to us during a negotiation with the Monks of 
Patmos for the Manuscripts we afterwards ob- 
tained. 
We employed the rest of our time principally Botanical 
J DUCOY- 
m botanical excursions, and were very sue- ties, 
cessful; having found no less than six non- 
descript species : although, as we mingled all 
the specimens collected in this island in March 
with those which we now gathered in October, 
we cannot precisely state the time when any 
particular plant came into flower. There is, 
however, reason to believe that they principally 
belong to the autumnal season ; as our stay was 
very short in March, and it was before observed 
that the plants of this island had not then 
attained a state of maturity 1 . According to our 
usual plan, we shall only refer the reader now 
to the new-discovered species ; reserving for a 
General List, in the Appendix to this Part of our 
Travels, the names and the localities of others, 
(l) Sec Vol. III. Chap. VJI. p. 258. Octavo edit. 
