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CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT
In this year (Act. linn. soc. x.), Laxxxhert f f 6 d z^ z rX hm g P e n t s t em o n f r u t e s c e n s o i North America.
“ In this v ea r ” (Winckl.), J. C. Schleicher publishing his Plant. Helvet.*
“ in this 'year” (title-page), Willdenow publishing the Third volume of his Sp. plant., e £™ # a ‘ -
ing Arabis laevigata (Mulii. in litt.), Polygala paucifolia (Muhl.), Lathyrus myrtifolius ( # • ) ’, «•
vinosus [ U f Vida Americana [ M f Desmodium cuspidatum (M.), D. glutinosum [M ) Cirsmm
discolor (M.), Bidens connata (M-), Cacalia reniformis (M,), Enpatorinm pubescens (M ), Aster
prenanthoides (M .), Solidago patula (M.), N. ulmifolia (M.), “ erigeron nervosum [Chrysopsis
^ 'T lZ u E o d e n t i c u la ia ofth e West Mediterranean countries. An annual described by Wlldenow,
— and known to grow in Southern Europe (Pers.): observed by Savi in Italy (Steud.). By Eu r^ e an
colonists was carried to Northeast America, “ sparingly introduced into New England etc (A. t .r£ ) .
“ In this y e a r ” (J. E . Smith), after his H is t. Salic, in “ 178 5-9 1,” Hoffmann publishing his
D eu tsch l. F lo ra ; — “ in i 8i 5,” a second edition of his Gen. umbellif. ^
“ In this y e a r ” (append. Sibth. , and Winckl,), after his Tabl. regne veg. “ in 1794, Ventenat
publishing his Hort. Cels. •
“ In this year ” (Winckl.), Georg Wahlenberg visiting Lapland,t - and subsequently in the summers
of “ 1802, 1807, and 1810.” , •
As early probably as this year (see Baldw. rel. 1 17 -72 ). Brickell in Georgia meeting with Prinos
coriaceus, and corresponding with Muhlenberg.
At this time ( = “ 1816 — about 16 yrs.” of Baldw. 344), John Fraser at Savannah, meeting with
Chamaerops hvstrix. — Ho sailed from Charleston in June 1817 (B. 190).
One hundred and eighty-third generation. Jan. ist, 1801, mostly beyond youth . the Gieek
writer, Zalikoglous; the lexic'ographer, Eugenius of Bulgaria d. 1S06: other writers, G. Gallere# J .
J. Schmidt; Dob rovsky; Hugius: the French writers, De Sacy, Solvyns, Amedde J a rte it, £ u x .
the English writers. John Webb, Terrick Hamilton: the Slavonic writers, G a t a i e l Dershavi# £ c h o -
las Karamzin, Ivan Dmitrief, Timkofsky. Hyacinth Bitchourin, Igumnof of Irkutzk, Giganof,WOTko ,
Shishkof, Vuk Stephanovitch Karadshitch, and Kopitar: the botanists, J. Dicksre, L. W. DiUw)n,
E T C . Esper, T. L. Knapp, Burchell, Carmichael, H. F. Colebrooke, Correa de Sena, Benp Deles-
sert n ' a . Desvaux, J. P. R. Draparnaucl, Jonas Dryander d. iS i i , Leo Dufour, F. E. L.
G Koch C F. B. Mirbel, Mocino and Sess6, Wm. Roscoe, Henr. Salt, I. C. Savigny, Schouberi, D.
F L de’ Schlechtendal, Chr. Fried. Schumacher, Chr, Fr. Schwaegrichen, Aug. Friedr. Schweigger,
N. C. Seringe, Joh. Sievers, Chr. Sigis. Sonnini, Caspar Sternberg, Georg_. AdOT S u c r tw Rob.
Teesdal, Joh. V. Thompson, Andr. Thouin, L. C. Treviranus, Fr. Sigism. Voight, Wormskiold Zey-
her, Att, Zuccagni, Vine, de Cervantes, Gustav. Schuebler, and Jos. Woods: the paintei D. Wilkie
the same d a y ” (Humb. cosm. iv.), an asteroid or minor planet discovered by
named Ceres ; — a second asteroid, Pallas, was discovered by Olbers “ March 28th, 1802 ; a thud,
Juno by Harding “ Sept. ist, 1804; ” and a fourth, Vesta, by Olbers “ March 29th, 1807. _
“ Apr. 8th ” (Dallet 121 to 135), First persecution of Christians in Corea. Seng-houn-i ancl six
others put to death. “ On the 25th,” five more were put to death. ,
“ In this year ” (Ph.), Rostkow publishing his diss. de June., enumerating Juncus setaceus 13. pl.
I f fo,
“ In this y e a r ” (Pers., and Ph.), Willdenow in Act. nat. cur. berolin. iii. describing Floerkia
proserpinacoides, of Northeast America, , „ , . ,
“ In this vear ” (Spreng.), Guillemeau publishing his Calendrier de flore des environs de Niort.
“ In this y e a r ” (append. Sibth., and Winckl.), Chr, Schkuhr publishing his descript. Caric.,t
* Alsine stricta of Arctic Europe and Asia and alpine summits farther Smith. Observedby
Schleicher on the Swiss Alps ; — known to grow on the Jura and Eastern Alps (Koch, red A. Dec.),
in a single locality in the county of Durham in Britain (Bab., and WMs.), in N o rw a y Sweden, L#>
land (Swartz, Wahl,, and Fries), and in Arctic Russia and Siberia to beyond Lake Baikal £ e d e b .) .
+ Carex lagopina of Arctic Europe and the alpine summits of Switzerland. Observed by W a l lenberg
among the mountains of Lapland, — known to grow also on the Swiss A'ps (A. D r e #
t Carex ustulata of Arctic Europe and the alpine summits of Switzerland. 1 ermed c. atio-
f n s c a ” by S c h k u h r - ( P e r s .) ; observed by Wahlenberg in Scandinavia, and known to growm the
alpine portion of Switzerland (A. Dec.). • 1 1 1 ,
Carex Persoonii of Arctic Europe and the alpine summits of Switzerland. Distinguislied by
Schkuhr 206, — and Sieber; ob.served by Fries in Scandinavia and termed “ c. vitilis ; known to
grow also on the Swiss Alps (A. Dec.). , , n - i n
Cobresia caricina of Arctic Europe and the alpine summits of Switzerland. Described by
Schkuhr f. 161 — (Willd.), and known to grow on mount Cenis (Pers.); also m the Scandinavian
penmsula (A. De c.).
enumerating Carex Willdenovii, C. bromoides, Muhlenbergii, rosea, scoparia, fesiucacea, slraminea,
tetanica, conoidea, grisea, oligocarpa, umbellata, miliacea, pubescens, trichocarpa, vestita, hystricina,
tentaculata, lupulina, bullata, retroflexa, virescens, granularis, pedunculata f. 131 (Willd.), stipata,
sparganioides, varia, cephalophora f. 133 (Willd.), lagopodioides f. 177 (Willd.), lacustris f. 152
(Willd.), — “ in 1806,” his Enchirid. Botan. ; and died “ in 1811.”
“ The same y e a r ” (Nicol), Paul succeeded by Alexander, now Russian emperor.
“ In this y e a r ” (Miller ii. 485, and Holmes), “ about two hundred” newspapers printed in the
United States.
“ In this y e a r ” (Winckl.), Bory Saint-Vincent sailing with Baudin to the Canary Islands and
Mauritius.
“ 1802, March 27th” (Maunder), signing of the treaty of Amiens. And about this time or
shortly afterwards, agreement between Bonaparte and the pope, for “ the establishment of the free
exercise of the Catholic religion ” in France.
“ In this year ” (Winckl., Ph.), Ventenat describing plants in Mem. de ITnst , including Tilia
heterophylla.
“ April 28th” (Holmes), by act of Congress, Ohio admitted into the Union as the seventeenth
State. Washington city at this time containing “ four thousand three hundred and fifty ” inhabitants.
“ In this y e a r ” (Ph. pref. p. viii to xiii), John Lyon, leaving the charge of the Woodlands
garden at Philadelphia, but continuing his explorations, chiefly Southward along the Alleghanies,
meeting with Rhamnus la.nceolatus, Coliinsonia anisata, Houstonia tenella, Urtica chamaedroides,
Plamamelis macrophylla, Euonymus angustifolius, Ceropegia palustris, Amsonia salicifolia, Heuchera
caulescens, Drosera brevifolia, Prinos coriaceus, A ndromeda floribunda, Calycocarpum Lyoni, Chelone
I..yoni, Sida ? hispida, Helianthus longifolius, Veratrum [Stenanthiuni) angustifolium, A ristolochia
tomentosa. — He published a Catalogue “ in 1S12” (Ph. 730), and died among the Alleghanies before
1817 (Nutt.).
“ In this year ” (pref. v.), after landing at Baltimore “ in 1799,” visiting Muhlenberg, and Marshall,
Pursh succeeding to the charge of the Woodlands garden at Philadelphia, finding the “ collection
particularly valuable for furnishing” “ a general knowledge of the plants of that country,” and during
his stay, — until the end of 1804, he “ received and collected plants from all parts of North America,”
probably at no great distance meeting with Talinum teretifolium, Desmodium strictum, Panicum
depaicperatum, Scirpus debilis, Cerastium tenuifolium, Sagittaria heterophylla.
“ July 14 th” (Durand in Am. phil. trans.), F. A. Michaux leaving Pittsburgh for Wheeling,
where he purchased a canoe and descended the Ohio as far as the site of Maysville ; and leaving
Lexington “ Aug. loth ” continued by land to Nashville, and Eastward all the way to Charleston,
meeting with Cladrastis lutea, Carya aquatica, C. myristicæformis.
“ July 20th ” (Flolmes), Louisiana ceded by Spain back to France.
“ In this y e a r ” (Spreng.), Dawson Turner publishing his Synops. brit. fuci ; — “ in 1807-11,”
his Hist, of fuci.
“ In this y e a r ” (J. E. Smith, and Spreng.), Redouté publishing his L ilia c .,— completed “ in
1815.”
“ In this y e a r ” (Pers. syn. ii. 345), Decandolle publishing his Astragalogia ; — “ in 1805” (A. Dec.
g. b. 737), his Flor. Franc.
, “ In this year ” (Spreng., ancl Winckl.), J. R. Suter publishing his Flor. Helvet.
“ In this y e a r ” (J. E. Smith), Waldstein-and Kitaibel publishing their Plant. Hungar.,— completed
in “ i 8 i 5.”
A tr ip lex microsperma of Eastern Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. An annual observed
by Waldstein and Kitaibel in Hungary. — In Britain, has been found springing up spontaneously,
but is clearly exotic (Bab., Wats., and A. Dec.).
“ In this y e a r ” (Pritzel). Thomas Horsfield in J a v a :— he resided there “ until 1S18,” and his
Plant. Javan, rar. was published “ in 1838-44.”
“ 1803 A. D.” (W. W. Plunter), the Marhattas expelled, Orissa occupied by the British, and
the temple of Jagannath placed under their protection.
“ In this y e a r ” (Spreng.), Leschenault leaving Baudin’s expedition at Timor. — He proceeded
thence to Madura and Java, and returning reached Philadelphia “ in i 8o5,” and France “ in 1807.”
“ In this and the preceding y e a r ” (W in ck l), Antonio Bertoloni observing the plants of the
environs of Genoa. — He published his Plantae Geniienses “ in 1804,” the third and last Decas of
his Rar. Li.uriæ plant, “ in 1810,” his Flor. Ital. “ in 1S33-46,” and his Florul. Guatimal. “ in 1840.”
“ Festuca Ligus/ica of Italy. Observed by Bertoloni in Italy, — by Gussone about Naples and
in pasture-land in Sicily especiaUy along the sea (A. Dec. 707 and 1356).
“ In this y e a r ” (Winckl.), Lambert publishing his monogr. Pin. enumerating Pin us pungens.
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