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destroying the eyes. Dr. Sims, indeed, found no inconvenience from dissecting, as wel] as 
agmelling to the flowers of this plant; which, liowever, he has given a good reason for sap- 
posing is not the same species as the one described and figured by Father Feuillée. 
Stapelia geminata. This plant has been before figured by Masson, but Mr. Edwards’s draw- 
ings are so superior, that we cannot call them superfluous. 
Potentilla c/usiana, ‘The petals are not so round in this,as in Jacquin’s figure, and are ab 
cordate, in which respect Clusius’s own figure corresponds. é 
Menyanthes sarmentosa. A water plant from New South Wales. real 
Panax guinguefolia. The celebrated Ginseng of the Chinese; so famed through China and 
Japan for its medical virtues, particularly as a restorative ; and so totally neglected by the 
meuical practitioners of Europe, though easily attainable from North America. . 
Panax pusilla, This isa much smaller species than the last, and has a round root, very 
Like a small potatoe, 3 
Fumaria formosa. ‘This is a third plant occuring in this report, and another still remains, 
which was introduced from the north-west coast of America, by Mr. Archibald Menzies, and 
a very valuable addition to our gardens it seems to be; being easily propagated, perfectly hardy, 
and very beautiful both in foliage and flower. 
Claytonia perfoliata; likewise introduced by Mr. Menzies, and from the same country. It 
has not any of the beauty of the last torecommend it. But it is not a little singular, if M. 
Bonpland has made no mistake, that this plant should be an inhabitant both of Nootka 
Sound, and of the tropical Island of Cuba. 
We are obliged still to defer our account of English Botany to a future report. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Observations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of October 1810, te the 
24th of November 1810, inclusive, Four Miles N.N.W. of St. Paul's, 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Highest, 30%. Oct. 26, Wind N.W. Higheft, 56°. Nov. 15. Wind -W. 
Lowest, 28°17. Nov. 10, E. ; Lowest, 31%. Nov. 5. Ww. 
This variation occurred 
This great varia- between the 14th aud 
Greatest 95 hun- ¥tion took place be- Greatest 15th of Nov. The 
variation in ( dredths of < tween the evening.| Variationin § 15.° greatest height on the 
24 hours. g“" inch, of the 10th and} 24 hours. former day was 41%, 
{ith instant. and on the latterit was 
as high as 56°. 
Tue quantity of rain fallen during the present month, is equal to more than 9 inches im 
depth. : . 
This unqueftionably has been the most rainy November that has been knewn in this coune 
try for many years. The rains, we are sorry to say, have been not only very general in 
almost all parts of the island, but, have been attended with the most destructive conse~ 
quences... ‘The storms of wind accompanying. many of the showers, have done great damage 
among the shipping. 
As might naturally be expected, the average height of the barometer has been much lower 
mr usual; viz. less than 29-3 inches, and the temperature for the whole month is nearly 
Z*Se 
; Twice or thrice only, the thermometer has been as low as the freezing-point The va- 
mations in the temperature have not been remarleable, the only material change is noticed 
above; but the variations of the mercury in the barometer, were, towards the middle of the 
month, vefy considerable ; it rose and fell several times trom 2 to 3 of an inch in the course 
of 12o0r 14 hours. The wind has chiefly blown from the westerly points of the compass, 
and the number of days in which there has been rain is 24 out of the 315 on many of the days 
and nights too, as will bein the recollection of every reader, it came down in large quantities 
There have been no fogs. 
The average temperature, and quantity of rain fallen during the months of July, Sugust, 
and September, in the Isle of Wiglit, are as follow: 
Average Temperature, Qnintity of Raine 
July ....-6:4°64 eee eoe wietaS emia ice Lite tee 
PAGES an SOS AO eeiele Sw dia nice a3 ara 
September-66 00 Dina oh sein mi fein tet aonee etek 35 
Aiighgate; New. 24; 1810. ~ pay 
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