N.B. This Genus is not mentioned in Martyn's edit. of Miller's Dictionary. Polypogon Monspeliense (Desfont.) Beard-grass Shrubby Burnet. Coast of Egypt. Cos.-Cyprus.-Gulph of Glaucus. This plant is remarkable for the various kinds of leaves which it bears at the same time: the leaflets or segments of the winged leaves, upon some branches, being quite entire; upon others deeply pinnatified; and upon others both sorts growing intermixed: so that the most accurate Botanist, not being aware of its versatility, might suppose that different specimens, cut from the same plant, belonged to two different species. Even on the flowering branches both sorts occur; but the divided leaflets are most prevalent on the younger shoots, and the entire ones on those that are more rigid and woody. Potentilla speciosa (Willd.) Downy Oak Greece (Parnassus). Gulph of Glaucus. Holy Land. Bulgaria. No. III. TEMPERATURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE, ACCORDING TO DIURNAL OBSERVATION; WITH A CORRESPONDING STATEMENT OF TEMPERATURE IN ENGLAND DURING THE SAME PERIOD: The latter being extracted from a Register kept in the Apartments of the ROYAL SOCIETY of LONDON, by Order of the President and Council. N.B. The Observations during the Journey were always made at Noon, and in the most shaded situation that could be found: those of the Royal Society at Two P. M.: and both on the Scale of Fahrenheit. |