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The rice-plants, however, may be excepted ; they chap. 
had not attained maturity, being now about two ^'_ . 
feet in height, and resembhng a species of 
Typha, common in large ponds in the south of 
England, vulgarly cdX\Q.(\. Jlags; as these appear, 
when young, rising from the water. We made 
the usual observation upon Fahrenheit's ther- 
I. A non-descript grass, bcinj a new species of Polypogon ; growing 
in little tufts, about two inches high. We have called it Polypogon 
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FUMiLUM. (See the character of this genus in the Flora j4Uantica oi 
M. Desfontalnes, Professor of Botany in the Museum of Natural 
History at Paris.) This was found nearRoSETTA. Polypogon pumi- 
htm, pa7iiculd ovatd cnarcUitd, aristis cuJyce hirsuto fere duplo lon- 
gioribits. Radix annua fibrosa. C'ulini numerosi geniculati, fere ad 
apices foliosi. Folia glabriuscula striata, longe vaginantia, supra 
plana, patentia. Stipule lacerata, nitida. Panicidce incequalts, 
superior es tineas sex ad nnvcm longce ; infer lores dimidio minor es. 
\\. A non-descript species of Lotus, with shining silky leaves, very 
closely crowded together towards the tops of the branches. Wi- 
have called it Lotus polyphyllus. This was found between 
Aboukir and Rosetta, in the month of April. Lotus caule siiffrit- 
tescente ramoso, folds Uneari-paraboUcis obliquis, imlricutis, seri- 
ceis, nitidis internodiis longioribus; floribus subternis; leguminihus 
gialris calyce hirsutissimo paido longioribus. Rami adscendentes 
flcxxiosi, deorsum e casu foliorum cicatricibus notati nudi; supra- 
dense foliosi, hirsuti. Foliola tineas tres longa, utrinquc sericeu. 
Stipules foliolis simillimce. Flores folds pnrum longiores, interdum 
solitarii. Legumina turgida stylo persistente coronata. 
l\\. A magnificent non-descript species of Orobanciie, with a furrowed 
scaly stem, and a close spike of flowers about three inches broad, 
and above a foot in height. We have called it OROBANCnn 
iNsiGNis. This was also found between -Ihoukir and Rosetta, at 
the same time. Orobanche caule simplici, corollis infatis, recurvlt, 
quinquefidis, laciniis integerrimis, calycibus quinqtiepartitis, bracleis 
ternis quaiernisve, spied imbricatd, oblongd, crassissima ; antherts 
hii'sttlis. 
IV. A ron- 
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