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tive of Austria. The herbaceous eupborbiz look so differently at different periods of their, 
gtowth, that it is often dificult to determine the species; but from the very entire edges of 
the involucre, and the roundness of the jleaves, we are inclined to doubt if this »e the same 
ashas been described and figured by Jacquin, in the Flora Austriaca. — fas 
Euphorbia meloformis. A much better Ggure of this plant, though uncoloured, is to be. 
geen in the Annales du Muséum @’Histoire Naturelle, and cépied from thence in the first 
volume of Annals of Botany, p]. 2. It is a diecious plant, and .we belicve thé male only 
bas been as yet seen in this country. . Ml 
Fhe Botanical Magazine for iast'month contains 
Sloe rigida of Decandolle ; the expansa of Haworth, 
Aloe pentagona, of Haworth, am i ‘ is 
Anthericum Jongiscapum, of Jacquin; from Mr. Haworth’s collection, This, according 
to Mr. Ker, ts the asphodeloides of the late edition of the Hortus Kewensis, as is proved by 
the specimen, preserved in the Banksian Herbarium. It is not, however, the asphodeloides 
efkinnzus, Miller, &c. ‘ 
‘Fradescantia erecta, an annual plant 3 native of Mexico, Ne 
Fothergilla alnifolia var obtusa, and var majer. Dr. Sims describes another variety, under 
the nameof scrotina. This genus was named in honor of Dr. John Fothergiil, by the- 
late Dr. Garden, of Charlestown, South-Carolina. For.an interesting life of the laste 
mentioned author, by Dr. Smith, seé Dr. Rees’s Cyclopedia, artigle Garden, ; 
Arctolis glutinosa, a new species, as appears. though Dr, Sims is not certain with respect., 
fo the genus, to which it ought to be referred; drawn at Lee and Kennedy's Nurserys 
Hammersmith. ; . 
Phtox carolina ; an old inhabitant of our gardens, but probably for some time lost, and — 
mow recovered by Mr. Fraser, of Sloane Square. The smooth leaves and rough stem 
umited, seem to be sufficient to distinguish this from every other known species. * 
Meteorological Report. > aa 
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
Observations on the State of the Weather, from the 24th of November 1810, to the. 
24th of December 1810, inclusive, our Miles N.N.W. of St. Paul's. 
Barometer. 
Highest, 29-88. Dec. 16, Wind N.W. 
Lowest, 28-60. Nov. 28, ——— ee 
Thermometer. 
Higheft, 52° Dec. 13. Wind W. 
Lowest, 26° Dec. 3. N. W. 
This variation hy 
took place between _The mercury at the 
Greatest » 72 hun-. \the evenings of highest was only at 
38° on the 12th inst. 
3," but on the/ 43th tt 
was as high as 52%. 
Greatest 
variation in 
24 hours. 
Yariation in € dredths of / the 9th and i0th 14°. 
@4 hours. {* inch. instant, when the 
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23 oo 60 23'S3. 
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TRE quantity of rain fallen since the last Report, is equal to about 45 inches: thiss 
though less than one-half of what fell during the preceding month, must be considered as a). 
large quantity for the season, and perhaps a wetter autumn and early part of the winter . 
were never known in this portion of the Island. In various distticts of the kingdom there 
have been alarming and destructive floods, but no inconvenience, in this respect, has been 
felt in the metropolis and its neighbourhood, for, notwithstanding there have been eighteen 
gays on which there has been rain, yet ihe intermediate periods have given ample time for 
the waters to run gradually off. 
The average height of the barometer is about the same as 1t was the last month, viz 29:3, 
znd the mean temperature not quite 39. We have had two or three sharp frosts,’ but they 
were of short duration, lasting in general but a few hours. On the mornings of the Isty 
2d, and Sd, and again on those of the Sth and ijth, the thermometer has been as low, or 
lower, than the freezing point: in one instance, 2s is seen above, it was at 26° in anothers 
at 27° 3 the other days of the month fhave been untsually mild, and the common excla- 
mation is, That Christmas has come hefore we have even felt the winter blast. In London, 
ene of the thickest fogs remembered in the day-time, cceurred about two o’clock on Sunday 
the i6th. The metropolis was almost enveloped in darkness, and artifcialiights were 
resorted to a full hoyr and half earlier than, the usual time. ‘This fog did no adtothe . 
villages about town. The wind has blown chiefly from the westerly points; on eight day 
it has been due west, on thirteen N.W. and on five S.W. We cannot reckon maore tham - 
seven or cight days of bright sun-shinc, and on one there was some snow. 
Eighgate, Dec. 24, 4810. . 
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