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— He returned “ in 1743,” commenced his Flor. Sib. “ in 1747,” died “ in 1755,” and the publication
was completed “ in 1769.”
Potentilla nivea of Arctic and Subarctic climates. Observed by Gmelin iii. pl. 36 throughout
Siberia; — by Pallas, on the Yablonoi mountains ; by Fries, in Lapland ; by Gunner, in Norway; by
Ledebour, on Caucasus ; îind is known to grow on the Alps from the Tyrol to Dauphiny (Koch, and
A. Dec.). Westward, was observed by Sabine on Spitzbergen and in Greenland, and according to
Hooker grows on Melville Island and in Labrador, and from Carlton House to the Rocky Mountains
and Arctic Sea.
Potentilla strigosa of Northern Asia and America. Observed by Gmelin iii. pl. 34, — Pallas, in
Siberia ; growing throughout, according to Ledebour. Farther East, is known to grow from Kotzebue’s
Sound to the Rocky Mountains, and from Bear Lake to the Saskatchewan (Hook.) and Missouri
(Pursh) ; was observed by Michau.x in Eastern Canada ; by C. J. Sprague at Cape Elizabeth, and
by Robbins as far as 43° at the Isle of Shoals (A. Gray) ; is termed “ p. Penns3'lvanica” by Linnæus,
but notwithstanding the name seems unknown within the limits of Pennsylvania. Transported to
Europe, was already naturalized in “ 1812” in the environs of Paris, and has been found by Cosson
on the summit of the Serra de Segura in Spain (A. Dec.).
Spiroea sorbifolia of East Siberia. An ornamental shrub observed by Gmelin on the Yenisei,
Lena, and beyond Lake Baical ; — by Pallas, in Daouria; and known to grow as far as Kamtchatka
(Pers.). Received by Pursh from the Northwest coast of America, but has not certainly been found
there. By European colonists was carried to Northeast America, where it continues frequent in
gardens (A. Gray).
Betula fruticosa of East Siberia. A clustered arborescent shrub observed by Gmelin i. pi. 36. f.
2 in S ib e r ia ;— by Pallas iv. 720, abounding in cold subalpine situations in East Siberia; especially
around Lake Baical. Westward, has been found in Germany (Schrank, and Pers.).
Artemisia sericea of Siberia. Observed there by Gmelin ii. pl. 64; — by Pallas trav. ii. 406, near
Tcheliabinsk.
A ste r bifdus of the Uralian plains. Observed by Gmelin trav. in Siberia— (Steud.) ; by Pallas
1. I l l , at 55° on the Volga.
■ Serratula cyanoides of the Uralian plains. Observed by Gmelin ii. pl. 15 in Siberia; — by Pallas
trav. i. 60, along the Vo lg a ; and known to grow as far West as Germany (Pollich, Spreng. fl. pl. 11,
and Pers.).
Centaurea Siberica of the Uralian plains. Observed by Gmelin ii. pl. 42 in Siberia ; — by Pall,
trav. i. 64, along the Volga.
Iris salsa of Siberia. Observed by Gmelin i. 31. n. 30 in Siberia ; — by Pallas iii. 132 to 4S3, in
low saline plains along the Irtich beyond Omsk.
“ In this y e a r ” (Spreng.), Seba commencing the publication of his Thesaurus, enumerating
Blaeria glabella i. pl. 20. f. i ; Erica urceolaris, baccans, Sebana, capitata, nigrita, tenuifolia, calycina,
and curviflora i. 2. i to ii. 20. i ; Gnidia p inifolia ii. 32. 5, Podalyria calyptrata ii. 99. 3, Oxaiis
grandiflora i. 22. 10, Mesembryanthemum pomeridianum i. 19 5, Pelargonium melananthum i. 18. 4,
R a f nia amplexicaulis i. 24. 5, Lipnida villosa i. 24. i. 2, Syncarpha gnaphaloides ii. 56, Helichrysum
speciosissimum ii. 43. 6, Matricaria Capensis i. 16. 2, Osmites asiei iscoides i. 16. 4, O. camphorina i.
90. 2, and Adiantum lanceum ii. 64. 7. 6. — He died “ in 1736,” and the fourth volume was published
“ in 1765.”
“ 173s, M a y ” (Belknap ii. 118, Webster pest. i. 234, and Holmes), an epidemic disease which
obtained the name of throat distemper (diphtheria) making its first appearance at Kingston in New
Hampshire; where of the first forty attacked, none recovered. In “ August,” it reached Exeter ; and
in “ September,” Boston; — and continued its ravages until the end of the next summer: “ one hundred
and fourteen” persons dying in Boston ; and in New Hampshire, “ not less than one thousand,”
of whom “ nine hundred were under twenty years of age,” for the disease “ chiefly affected children.”
Westward, the disease was two years in reaching the Hudson; but kept on “ with some interruptions,
until it spread over all the colonies.”
“ In this y e a r ” (Winckl.), Linnæus publishing his Systeina Naturæ, enumerating “ gnaphalium
foliis decurrentibus obtusis mucronatis” Gnaphalium obtusifolium (“ G. decurrens ” amer. anth.).
“ In this y e a r ” (Spreng.), August Friedr. Walther publishing his Design, plant, hort., enumera
tin g* Silene gigantea pi. 11, Eriocephalus Africanus i, and Bosea yermavora 10 :— he died “ in
1746.”
* Lysimachia ciliaia of Northeast America. Transported to Europe is de.scribed by Walther pl.
12 — (Ph.) : has becomè naturalized near Limbourg, observed from 1811-22 (Lejolis rev. fl. Spa, 1824) ;
and from 1S43, naturalized in various parts of Britain. Westward, was observed by Drummond from
“ 1736 A. D. __^ist year of Kien-loung” or Khian-loung, “ of the Tai-thsing” or Twenty-fourth
dynasty (Chinese chron. table, and Pauth.).
“ The same y e a r ” (Spreng.), visit of Maupertuis to the Arctic Circle. And of Bong uer and
Condamine to the plateau of Quito, to measure a degree o f Latitude under the Equator— (Humb.
cosm. V .).
“ In this y e a r ” (Spreng.), Joh. Georg Siegesbek publishing at Riga his Primit. flor. petropol. ;
— “ in 1737,” his Epicris. in Linnaei syst. plant.
Hypericum^ Aegyptiacum of the East Mediterranean countries. Discovered in this year by
Granger in Syria or Cyprus — (Del.) ; subsequently observed by Guerin on maritime rocks of the
Peloponnesus. From transported specimens described by Linnæus, but notwithstanding the name
has not been observed in Egypt.
1737 A- D,’ (Smith 427, and Holmes), earthquake in New Jersey. Severe enough to cause
“ bricks to fall from the chimnies,” and excite “ great consternation : ” yet doing “ little actual injury.”
“ In this y e a r ” (Pritzel), John Brickell publishing his Natural history of North Carolina.
“ In this y e a r ” (J. E. Smith), Elizabeth Blackwell publishing her Herbal.
“ In this year ” (Spreng., and Winckl.), after his Fund. bot. “ in 1736,” Linnæus publishing his Crit.
bot., in which an improved nomenclature, adding a generic to the specific name, is proposed: an
arrangement in structural groups greatly facilitating inquiry into the Order of Nature.
“ In this y e a r ” (Spreng., and Winckl.), Linnæus publishing his Hort. Cliffort, enumerating*
Bauhinia divaricata 15, Heliocarpus Americanus 16, Browallia elata 17, Gloxinia maculata "s,
A,norpha fruticosa \g, Dalea Clffortiana 22, Kiggelaria Africana 29, and Cliffortia ternata J .
(Spreng.) ; Mo7iai»ia didyina 495, Diodia Virginica 493, Binynaimia biflora 128, Wistaria f i utescens
361, Arum (/^e/tandra) Virginic7im 434..
“ 1738 A. D .” (Hewet ii. 67, and Holmes), among the Negroes in South Carolina, amountin» to
“ forty thousand,” an insurrection e.xcited by Spaniards of St. Augustine ; who promised an asvîum
from slavery in Florida. A party commenced marching Southwest, committing outrages on the w a y
but through want of military skill, were intercepted and defeated.
In Jamaica, escaped Negroes having intrenched themselves in the mountains, a treaty was made
by governor Trel.iwney ; Allowing them “ fifteen hundred acres of land,” with “ liberty to hunt”
near the settlements ; on condition, that they should obey the governor’s orders, assist in defendin»
the island, and deliver up all fugitive Negroes. “
“ Nov. 7 th ” (Blair), signing of the treaty of Vienna: Ceding Lorraine to France, Tuscany to
the Lorraine famil}', and confirming Naples to Don Carlos.
“ In this y e a r ” (J, E. Smith, and Spreng.), publication of the plants collected by Thomas Shaw
in Barbary and the Levant, including Telephium oppositifolium n. 572, Sedum coeruleum 550, Fago-
nia Arabica 229, Ranunculus spicatus 149, Psychine stylosa 91, Biscutella montana 583, Turritis
pubescens 228, Cleome Arabica 557, Erodium guttatum 260, Prenanthes sarmentosa 146, and Centaurea
acaulis 342.
“ In this y e a r ” (Lmn. sp. pl., and Winckl.), after his Thesaur. Ceilan. “ in 173 7” loan Burmann
publishing the plants Hartog caused to be collected in Austral Africa, under the title of Rar. Afr.,
enumerating Sebaea albens, pl. 74. f. 4, Exacum hyssopifolium 74. 3, Struthiola longiflora 47. i, X.
angustifolia 47. 3, Lobelia lutea 39. i, L. hirsuta 40. 2, Cyphia buibosa 38. i, Rhamnusprindides 88 ■
Phylica stipularis, buxifolia, and cafiiata 43. 2 to 44. 3 ; Plectronia ventosa 94 ; Diosma uniflorl,
anà pulchella 46. 2-3; Gomphocarpus arborescens 13, Stapelia mamillaris 11, Rhus rosmarinifolia
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54° near F ort Cumberland ; by myself, from 45° to 40° along the Atlantic : by Michaux. in Connecticut
and New Yo rk ; by Schweinitz, at 36° in Upper Carolina ; by Short, in Kentucky: bv Beck on the
Mississippi near St. Louis ; by Nuttall, on the Arkansas; by E. James, as far a¿ its'sources within
the Rocky Mountains.
* Lobelia inflata of Northeast America. Annual with small blue flowers, and called Indian
tobacco J transported to Europe, described by Linnæus hort cliff. 500 — Westward, was observed in
Virginia by Clayton (Gron. 134) ; in New England by Cutler, who first brought ils medicinal properties
mto notice, and named it emetic-ivecd (acad. Amer. i., and Tuckerm." arch. Am. iv. ig i ) ; by
Pursh, from Canada to Carolina ; by myself, from 45° to 40° along the Atlantic, in sunny situations'
and multiplying in clearings and fallow ground ; by Schweinitz, at 36° in Upper Carolina ; bv Elliot'
in the upper country of Carolina ancl Georgia ; by Short, near Le.xington in Kentucky. Is ènu'merated
by Lindley as “ an acrid narcotic, and most powerful emetic.”