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“ Sept. 20th” (introd. letter, see also Spreng.), Rumphius in Amboyna meeting with (some plants
observed on Ceylon intermingled) A m o m u m e c h i n a l u m vi. pl. 61. I , A . v i l l o s u m vi. 6t, 2, K a e m p f
e r i a p a n d u r a t a V. 69, M a r a n t a t o n c h a t iv. 7, A l p i n i a M a l a c c e n s i s v. 71. 1, C u r a n g a a m a r a v. 170,
D i c l i p t e r a b i v a l v i s vi. 22, P i p e r d i f f u s u m v. 119, P . s u b p e l t a t u m vi. 59, F im b r i s t y l i s p o l y t r i c h o i d e s
vi. 7. I , O p l i s m e n u s p o l y s t a c h y n s V I . 7. 2, A n t h i s t i r i a a r g u e n s vi. 6. I , A n d r o p o g o n c a r i c o s u s vii. 2,
C i s s u s c r e n a t a v. 166. 2, H e d y o t i s c r a t a e o g o n u m vi. 10, P o t h o s p i n n a t a v. 183. 2, T o u r n e f o r t i a a r g e n t e a
iv. 55, C o n v o l v u l u s p e l t a t u s v. 157, C . b i f d u s v. 158, A 'a u c l e a p u r p u r e a iii. 55, F l i n d e r s i a r a d u l i f e r a
iii. 129, E r i t h a l i s t im o n iii. 140, V e n t i l a g o M a d e r a s p a t a n a v. 2, P i t t o s p o r u m M o l u c c a n u m vii. 7,
A e g i c e r a s m a j u s iii. 77, A . m i n u s iii. 82, D e sm o c h a e t a m u r i c a t a v . 83. 2, A c h y r a n t h e s s a n g u i n o l e n t a
vii. 27. 2, D a m n a c a / i t h u s G a e r t n e r i v n . 19, D i s c h i d i a n u m m u l a r i a v. 176. i, A p o c y n u m r e t i c u l a t u m
v. 40, P a n a x f r u t i c o s u m iv. 33, M u s a t> o g l o d y t a r u m v. 61, C o m m e r s o n i a e c h i n a t a iii. n g , C r i n u m
n e r v o s u m vii. 60. I, D i a n e l l a e n s i f o l i a v. 73, C o r y p h a r o t u n d i f o l i a i. 8, L i c u a l a s p i n o s a i. 9, C a l a m u s
v e r u s v. 54, C . e q u e s t r i s v. 56, B a m b u s a v e r t i c i l l a t a iv. i, S o p h o r a h e p t a p h y l l a iv. 22, G n i l a n d i n a
m i c r o p h y l l a v. 49. 2, C y n o m e t r a c a u l i f l o r a i. 64, A d e n a n t h e r a f a l c a t a i i i . i n , M e l a s t o m a a s p e r u m
iv. 43, G a r c i n i a { O x y c a r p u s ) C e l e b i c a i. 44, G . c o r n e a ii. 30, P e m p h i s a c i d u l a iii. 84, P s i d i u m p u m i l u m
i. 49, E u g e n i a c y m o s a i. 4, ZT. J a v a n i c a i. 38. 2, R u b u s p a r v i f o l i u s v. 47. i, E l e o c a r p u s i n t e g r i f o l i u s
iii. 102, C o l e u s A m b o i n e n s i s v. 72, D i l l e n i a e l l i p t i c a ii. 45, D . s e r r a t a ii. 46, U t i o n a l i g u l a r i s ii. 66. 2,
M e n t h a a u r i c u l a r i a vi. 16, O c y m z im t e n u i f o r z c m v. 92. 2, O . s c u t e l l a r i o i d e s v. lo i, R u e l l i a r e p a n d a
vi. 13, D i l i v a r i a e b r a c t e a t a vi. 71, i, S i d a h i r t a iv. 10, E r y t h r i n a p i c t a ii. 77, D o l i c h o s l i g n o s u s v.
136, L i t s a e a g l a b r a r i a iii. 44, B i d e n s C h i n e n s i s vi. 14. 2, C o n y z a p u b i g e r a , p r o l i f e r a , and C h i n e n s i s
V. 103. 2 to vi. 14. 2, O r c l i i s S u s a n n a e v. 99. 2, C y m b i d iu m t e n u i f o l i u m vi. 49. i, E p i d e n d n im s c r i p t
u m vi. 42, E . a m a b i l e vi. 43, D e n d r o b i u m c r m n e n a t u m vi. 47. 2, C o i x a g r e s t i s vi. 91. i. S c ì e r i a t e s -
s e l a t a vi. 6. 2, H e r n a n d i a o v ig e r a iii. 123, B e g o n i a t u b e r o s a v. 69. 2, Q u e r c u s M o l u c c a n a iii. 56, A c a l
y p h a b e h i l i n a iv. 37, A . m a p p a iii. 108, C r o t o n a r o m a t i c u m iii. 127, E x o c a r p u s C e r a m i c u s vii. 12,
A r e c a s p k a t a , g f a n d f o r m i s , and g l o b u l i f e r a i. 5 to 6, P l u k e n e t i a c o r n i c u l a t a i. 79, M o m o r d i c a t r i f o -
l i a i a V . 152. 2, P a n d a n u s h u m i l i s iv. 76, T r o p h i s s p i n o s a v. 15. 2, C a n a r i u m m i n im u m , b a l s a m i -
f e r ì t m , s y l v e s t r e , and h i r s z i t u m ii. 49 to 54, D i o s c o r e a n u m m u l a r i a v. 162, S t r a t i o t e s a c o r o id e s vi.
75. 2, M y r i s t i c a m i c r o c a r p a ii. 7. 8. 9, M . s a l i c i f o l i a ii. 6, N e p e n t h e s p h y l l a m p h o r a v. 59. 2, C h e i l a n -
t h e s t e n u i f o l i a vi. 34. 2, A c r o s H c h u m a u r i tm n vi. 35. i, P t e r i s t h a l i c t r o i d e s vi. 74. I . B o t r y c h i u m
Z e y l a n i c u m vi. 68. 3, O p h i o g l o s s u m p e n d u b c m vi. 37. 3, and L e u c a s Z e y l a n i c a . * — He became blind
in the “ following year, the forty-third ” of his age, but continued his observations, completed his
Herbarium amboinens. “ in 1690,” died “ in 1706,” and the work was published by Burmann in seven
volumes “ in 1741-51.”
O x a i i s ( B i o p h y t t tm ) s e n s i t i v a of Tropical Eastern Asia. Described by Rumphius v. pl. 104 : —•
and frequent in many places in the Philippines, supposed to induce sleep to an invalid if placed tinder
the pillow, and called in Tagalo “ macahiya” or “ damonghiya,” in Ylocano “ mahihiin ” (Clain, and
Blanco). Westward, enumerated by Mason as indigenous in Burmah ; observed in Plindustan by
Rheede i.x. pl. ig, Wight, and by Graham “ a small annual, almost stemless plant, common on pasture
grounds during the rains.” Farther West, perhaps aboriginally introduced into Equatorial
A fr ica ; but clearly by European colonists carried to the Mauritius Islands and the West Indies
(Boj., J. D. Hook., Benth., and A. Dec.).
S p i l a n t h u s a c m e l l a of tlie Mauritius Islands. A yellow-flowered Composite herb, called in
Tagalo “ hagonoi,” in Bisaya “ agonoi,” in Pampango “ palunai” (Blanco), in Burmah “ hen-ka-la”
and specimens were sent by John Winthrop the younger from Connecticut : — Q. ilicifolia is termed
“ q. nigra pumila” by Marshall (Steud) ; was observed by Pursh in Virginia; by myself, in barren
gravelly soil from 45° to 40° along the Atlantic ; was received by Muhlenberg from Georgia, the
upper district according to F . A . Michaux, Elliot, and Chapman; and according to A. Gray, grow?
in West Virginia and Ohio.
* C a c a l i a ( E m i l i a ) s o n c h i f o l i a of Tropical Eastern Asia. Observed in Amboyna by Rumphius
V. pl. 103 : — farther North, by Blanco in the Philippines, in waste ground and the beds of streams,
used by the natives medicinally as refrigerant, and called in Tagalo “ tagolinao,” in Pampango
“ tagulinao,” and in Bisaya “ lib u n ; ” known to grow also in China (Lindi.). Westward, observed
by Rheede x. pl. 68, Roxburgh, and Wight, in Hindustan ; by Graham, in “ waste places ” flowering
“ in the cold weather ; ” and by myself, a weed around one of the villages on the Deccan. By European
colonists, carried to the Mauritius Islands (L in d i); and as transported to Europe, described by
Plukenet aim. pl. 144.
I p o m a e a m a m m o s a of the Moluccas. Termed “ batata mammosa ” by Rumphius ix. 131 as observed
on Amboyna wild as well as cultivated for its esculent root : — observed also by Loureiro in Anam,
where its root is much esteemed (A. Dec.).
OF A C C OM P A N Y IN G A N IM A L S A N D P L A N T S . 967
(Mason): observed by Rumphius vi. pl. 6 ; on Ceylon — (Pers.) ; by Prévost voy. xx. 152, Sta.
M a r ia , Mercado, and Blanco, frequent on the Philippines, celebrated as an antidote in wounds with
poisoned weapons and for its diuretic and other medicinal properties ; by Mason v. 495, “ e xo tic ” in
Burmah, “ cultivated by the natives for its medicinal prop er tie s;” by Roxburgh, in Eastern Hindustan
; by Nimmo, in the Concan South from Bombay (Graham) ; is attributed by Richard to the
Mauritius Islands and termed “ acmella mauritiana” (Pe rs.). Transported to Europe, is described
by P lr ten e t aim. pl. 15g, Seba i. pi. 9 and 10, and Linnæus; and according to Ciot-Bey has recently
been introduced by the way of France into Egypt.
V a n d e l l i a C r u s t a c e a of the countries around the Indian Ocean. Observed by Rumphius v. pl.
170 on the Moluccas ; — known to grow also in Tropical Australia and in China (Benth.). Westward,
seems devoid of a Sanscrit name (Pidd.), but was observed by Rheede ix. pl. 58 in Malabar;
by Graham, “ common in the rains ” in the environs of Bombay, and by Roxburgh in other parts of
Hindustan ; is known to grow also about the Red Sea, and on Madagascar and the Mauritius Islands
(Benth.). By European colonists, was carried to Brazil and Guayana (A. Dec.).
O p H sm e n u s B u r m a n n i of Tropical climates. A grass observed by Rumphius iv. pl. 5 ;— by
myself, on the Philippines, and from the Feejeean to the Taheitian and Hawaiian Islands, to all
appearance indigenous in the forest. Westward from the Malayan archipelago, is described by Burmann
ind. pl. 12 and was observed in Hindustan by Roxburgh ; by Graham, in the environs of Bombay
“ generally found under the shade of trees ; ” and i.s known to grow in Equatorial Africa along
the Atlantic (Benth. fl. Nigr.). Farther West, is known to grow in Tropical America (H. and Bonpl.,
Kunth, and A. Dec.), and in “ shady woods Florida to North Carolina” (Chapm.).
“ 1670 A. D.” (Chaim., and Holmes), treaty of Madrid, between Spain and England: each to
retain of American territory the portion in its possession ; and the subjects of neither, to enter the
fortified places of the other for purposes of trade. The buccaneers were in consequence no longer
protected by England, and all commissions to them were annulled.
“ In this y e a r ” (Humb. cosm. ii.), measurement of a degree by Picard. Leading Newton to
resume his theory o i g r a v i t a t i o n , that had occurred to him four years previously.
‘ In this y e a r ” (San-kokf transl. Klapr.), letters patent issued to Nori-firo, now at the age of
“ eleven,” hereditary prince of Matsmaye. Without asking leave, Siyam-siya-in made himself chief,
built a strong castle on the East side of Yeso, and was joined by a Japanese miner who married his
daughter. Other miners and falconers were living in the Northern portion of Yeso, but from
this time all Japanese quit the territory, being unwilling to live under the Aino government.
“ The same year ” (Pauth. 443), in China, report from the president of the tribunal of rites on
the Christians: That having no ceremony relating to ancestors, in disregard of their own precept
of honouring father and mother, and the missionaries professing to forgive sins, the religion cannot
be true. A decree in consequence by the emperor Khang-hi, prohibiting Christianity.
1671 A. D., Josselyn residing at “ Scarborow,” about 43° 40' on the seacoast of New England *
* A n g e l i c a t r i q u i n a t a o i Northeast America. The wild angelica “ minoris” seen by Josselyn
45 in New England, — may be compared; A. triquinata was observed by Torrey as far South as
41° on the Hudson ; by myself recently on Starucca creek ; by Pursh, from Canada to the mountains
of Virginia; by Short, in Kentucky; by Nuttall, probably on the Arkansas: is termed “ archangelica
liirsuta ” by Torrey and Gray, growing in “ dry open woods. New York to Michigan, and
southward.”
O x a i i s s t r i c t a of North America. The “ wood-sorrel witli the yellow flower” is enumerated by
/ s s e ly n r a r . 47 as peculiar to North America : — has been observed by myself to all appearance
indigenous from 45° to 40°, though often springing up in clearings and cultivated ground ; by A. Gray,
“ borders of woods, fields, and cultivated grounds common ; ” by Pursh, in cultivated ground from
Pennsylvania to Virginia ; and according to Hooker, grows to the Saskatchewan and West of tlie
Rocky mountains. Transported to Europe, is described by Linnæus, Jacquin pl. 4, and in the fl.
Dan. pl. S73 ; has become a weed in cultivated ground in Britain (A. Dec.), occurring also in Switzerland,
Russia, Western and Eastern Asia (W a ts .).
G o o d y e r a p u b e s c e n s of Northeast America. A woodland Orcliid called r a t t l e s n a k e - p i a n t a i n ( A .
Gray), its ovate leaves spreading on the ground and conspicuously reticulated with white, described
by Josselyn pl. 67 as “ a kind of piróla,” its leaf “ enibroydered, as it were, with many pale-yellow ribs : ”
— growing according to Pursh from Canada to Florida; observed by myself from 44° throughout
New England; by Schweinitz, at 36° in Upper Carolina; by Elliot, in the middle and upper district
of Carolina and Georgia ; hy Chapman, “ Florida, and northward ; ” and by Short, in Kentucky.
S a m b u c u s r a c em o s a of North America. The r e d - b e r r i e d e l d e r , distinguislied by Josselyn 50 as
the “ dwarf-elder,” — observed by Michaux in Canada and on high mountains in Penn.sylvania and
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