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KEPORT--1847. 
belong to trees of this class, and the largest and toughest timber tre« also, m 
Cotoposit* are all herbs hero, but some of the British genera are found dereloped io 
the hot regions of the world, in trees or shrubs, as Sonchus in Madeira, ci^ 
'n ^T‘ In St. Helena nearly aU the tree « 
u-ii 1 'hf finest species. as'tbeOal.M«d 
1 '. h *ame plant is fwvind in othercoaetria 
!uSw characfor, hut in very clifforont situations, in oitlerinfiiri* 
^ ojipwli^olia, which grows on hills in Ynf'ahH, 
■“ ‘^'vitm-lamf. Germany and Frao«. both 
of Britain; on thehigheLvips,oft«. m«lit 
Ix '“ountains of Bohemia and Momvia. la Me!- 
Buflicienlly cool temperatore on the level piaiu. r«r».i 
narts low racks in BrifaiD. but in Switzerland on the hifhts 
lind ft rtr nJ ® ^I’®' Sonic KniiunculuP, which erow here in mealots, 
trX th? «,^‘L Hitmilayasr In the CaHilndiiK* 
ttmi T\( iWfn;., I ^ 1’ “”^ represents it in very wule locahtjes; the small Cailifri>*f 
/ricAff aiifumiiniia loiind in Lord Auckland’s Isle and in the Arorci. and Cflffi- 
laud Thr> Vn ponds or ditches covers the same watery situations ia Ice* 
hut he will finJ I study first in fiilds nnd woods of limited eitnt. 
links which rnnnJ.!t gratilieatjon jii pursuing his i-esearchcs and tracinsoutthe 
inorr hielilv .h.v t ®‘^st insignificant plants of our idc wilh lie 
diminution nf productions of wanner climates, or in watching thegradod 
On the Arboreal Vegetation of Spain. 
i.«. .u V "'jriom-NtiTON, F.R.S. 
AssocinUoXt ^ habitats of the genus Pinus were read before tbi 
hU works f*n Snaln ni i I lyniuuth, which included those of the Peoinsula. h 
Gm Se *“ *334 and 1343. the author had treated 
brinr togethiT the infnr,. ^ country. 'Hie object of the present paper w» to 
funij to ffive i tfenp^ I obtained at different intervals, and in a MOilcnsed 
The 'V of Bjiain. 
aud aticBdcd to ^ ®**“*** “ hitherto on the whole the least kDCMH 
3- The Q.Subfr nr ropu I'™ of Italy and tlic soijthofFi««- 
s/ro/is of Link ; and 6 t£'o' r^' of Cavanilks. 5. Thei> 
T^e deciduous sorsir.^ ^ ot Keroaes oak. These are all etograefl- 
native name is proposed ^5*^ Qnexigo of the Spaniards, for winch d« 
until the lost work^.if »i,n been made out orproperlydestf**^ 
The Q jinf published in 1843. , 
ft. Rahur. ' I'nmchand .Rvarof the Spaniards. Q. Orm»l 
regi'on8,--thcnoi2*"J**cof!XM*^°*‘-'f®' P^^'osula is divided into three fK** 
the greater part of the coom^".^ middle, or temperate zone, con^*^ 
along th,j .Mediterranean ' ’ "arm or torrid zone, formed by the f*?^ 
high ningc ^C’anJXiaXSrXri^-species, ranging fron'J' 
shorr* of the Mediifrmn.^^ ^ divides the Castilos and Leon from Asturias to the 
to Gibraltar. This Mierio the Valley of Andora in the High Pf-'e'**'* 
sauic mnet the Eiirinn i i*^****^ Quexigo, which is found nearly i)*ff 
the Mnliu-rrani-on If 5 ’ ^ ***^*’®*’‘^*'^''®tion, and not on fbe shores 
lower and f^hcher^ locidilie. 5^" ““ 
above Oio'^f,w?diSTn..r'!n^"“"‘^, •" through the Penia'sh 
The other fycrcrten^nnk ' below the Pines. 
and Buuthfi-n rcgroiir '^escribed as inhabiting various parts of the 
‘o a small locality in theXrth'^^^**^ only coufin*^ 
