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tuosum, native of the Canary islands, is new. In Androsace willsa, Dr. Sims is followed, and 
Menyanthes eealtata and Lyninachia quadr fiora aie adopted from the same author. Primula “ 
sivalis of Pallas, and ongifolia of Curtis. are both insertes, though a cording t, Dr Sims they 
are the same species. Epacris, Andetsonia, Styphe!ia’and Leucopogon, are New Holland ge- 
néra, and the characters of Mr. Brown, in his Prodromus, are used exclu ively. _Plumbaga _ 
a7istis is a new species, as is Phiox prestrata. P. pyramidalis is admities from Smith, and sto= 
lenifera, from Sims; as are Convolvulus erubescens and dryonicefilivs of the same, C. pannifolius 
of Salisbury. C. suffruticosus is ew. Ipomopsis of Michaux and Smith is taken up. -As are 
Cobeea of Cavaniiles, Campanula versicolor of Andrews and Smith, C. collina of Sims, Phy- 
teuma campanuloides, Lobelia gracilis and L éicoter of ihe same, Lb alata o: Labillardicre. In. 
Gwodenia, Scevela, Euthales and Samclus, the characters of Brown are adopted. It is re- 
_smatkable that Samolus Valerandi, a native of Europe, is fouad also in New Holland, Ron-_ 
deletia levigara and birta are new, as is Mussvenda pubescens. Oxyanthus of Decandolle, and | 
Pinckneya ot Michaux, are adopted ; as are Nicotiatia ‘wadvlata and Verbascum ovalifelium of 
Sims. “In V. Lyehnizis, V. pulverulenta, V. virgatum, V. Blatiaria De. Smith's characters arg 
used. As are those of Cavanilles for Solanum betaceun:; and of Poirec for S. Pyracantha, 
Plizsalis pubescens is inserted with the synonym of Feuiliée, which Dr. Sims says belongs to 
his P. edulis, a species not admitted. Are both the last mentioned species then to be con- 
sidered as the same? Strychnos agmina claudit. ins 
When we wrote ihe above Report, Mr. Dryander, although incommoded by a local com- 
plaint, not concidered in the least dangerous, was in good general health, and in the full pose 
session. of his great mental powers; but alas! already he is no mote 3 and we, in commen with: 
al} lovers of natural science, have to deplore a loss, that wiil be severely felt in the scientific. 
world, as a public calamity ; and to those whe, from a personal ai quaintance with him, had 
a knowledge of his worth, will cause the most poignant regret. Ia the situation he held, — 
as hibrarian to Sir Joseph Banks, the loss will, we fear, be in great measure irreparable. His 
head was stored with knowledge, beyond that of almost any man, and Not confined to his more 
immediate pursuits, but in the wide-extended range of science in gentral 5 even in political 
and in personal history’it was-most extensive. This knowledge he was very ready to impart, 
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where he thought ic would be useful, being very communicative to inquirers of this stamps 
though repulsive to impertinent curiosity, and possessing little of that suavity of manners for 
which’ his predecessor was so eminent. He neither fawned upon nor flattered any one; but 
ever $poke truth without blushing. It grieves us to think that this stupendous store-house _ 
ot knowledge, this living cyclopedia, is gone ; and, like the baseless fabric of a vision, has - 
scarcely left a wreck behind. uke 
; -precipe lugubreg 
Cantus, Me)pomene! 
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METECROLOGICAL REPORT, 
Observations on the State ofthe Weather, from the 24th of September 1810, to the 
2ath of October 1810, inclusive, Four Miles N.N.W. of St. Paul's, ; 
A , Barometer. : : Thermometer. 
Highest, 29°9. Oct. 2 and 4, Wind N. Higheft, 67°, Sept. 24. Wind N.EL 
Lowest, 29 0. Cct. 17. Sy E. Lowest, 46°, Oct. 24, * W. 18 
This variation oc- | 
curred betweenthe 
Greatest » 33 hun- & mornings of the ibn 
variation in } aredths of 716th and 17th ‘o: farogtest 
4 Ea lait stood at 48°, and on 
Wane aye 8°. \the 24th, at the same ~ 
On the 23d inst. in the 
morning, the mereury 
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24 hours. an inch. -\ the present month. | 
- . « . 4 Ze hour S. h * - ‘ 
i } Similar variations ; our, 1 was no more 
, occurred twice be- than 40°, ‘ 
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‘ Tre quantity ef rain fallen since the last Report,.is equal to nearly two inches in height, 
f Never, perhaps, did any person remember a finer autumnal month than that which Is now 
Jast completed. Between the 13th of September and 16th of Ociober, there Was scarcely a 
single drop of rain. With a few exceptions the days have been remarkably brilliant, free - 
quently there was scarcely a cloud to be seen through the day. 
‘The average height of the barometer for the month 29-54, is very nearly a mean between : 
the highest and lowest, as is noticed above: and that of the chermometer is 54:89... The wind 
has chiefly blown from the easterly quarters, but the late rains have come, as is generally the | 
_ case in this country, from the west. here have been a tew morning togs, but tae sun-has 
uniformly disperscd them in three or four hours, ; Koay, 
figogate, Oct. 24, 1810. 
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