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Johnson writes asking to be allowed to make some announcements concerning botanical discoveries in the paper. He mentions J. M. Moniz who appears to have found a new species of shrub, one that had been overlooked as its young leaves resembled those of Catha cassinoides. However Mr. N. H. Mason has sent Johnson flowers and fruit from the tree and he believes it to be Visnea mocanera. He has submitted flowers and fruit to Dr. Schacht, a microscopist in Berlin who will publish the drawings he is making of the plant. He then discusses the other names the tree has been referred to. Johnson mentions that the tree is figured in Sir William Jackson Hookers, Icones. He recommends that Visnea should be placed ‘amongst Ericaceae and Clethra’, and discusses the plant in detail. Johnson then writes that the other additions to the Madeira flora are Lycopodium complanatum and Hymenophyllum unilaterale. He mentions that the fern Aspidium aemulun, is actually A. frondosum. He mentions Mr. Banbury’s list of Madeira plants including Lotus glaucus, which grows on the Azores and Cape Verdes, and Laurus canariensis is found only in the Western Islands. Johnson then writes that Mr. Lowe’s paper mentions Pediosia portsandana, which was previously described by Mr. Webb as Lotus lowcanus, and Pediosia florida is Lotus sepulifolius. Johnson continues to compare Mr. Lowe and Mr. Webb’s specimen lists from the Canaries. Mr. Lowe’s prefix to ‘Primitae Faunae et Florae Maderae et Portui Sancto [1830], Musschia wollastoni could not be found wild in Maderia, however Johnson states he has seen them. He also states that Tamus edulis and Prunus lusitanica are indigenous plants of Madeira. Pages 2 and 3 of 10.

Description

Johnson writes asking to be allowed to make some announcements concerning botanical discoveries in the paper. He mentions J. M. Moniz who appears to have found a new species of shrub, one that had been overlooked as its young leaves resembled those of Catha cassinoides. However Mr. N. H. Mason has sent Johnson flowers and fruit from the tree and he believes it to be Visnea mocanera. He has submitted flowers and fruit to Dr. Schacht, a microscopist in Berlin who will publish the drawings he is making of the plant. He then discusses the other names the tree has been referred to. Johnson mentions that the tree is figured in Sir William Jackson Hookers, Icones. He recommends that Visnea should be placed ‘amongst Ericaceae and Clethra’, and discusses the plant in detail. Johnson then writes that the other additions to the Madeira flora are Lycopodium complanatum and Hymenophyllum unilaterale. He mentions that the fern Aspidium aemulun, is actually A. frondosum. He mentions Mr. Banbury’s list of Madeira plants including Lotus glaucus, which grows on the Azores and Cape Verdes, and Laurus canariensis is found only in the Western Islands. Johnson then writes that Mr. Lowe’s paper mentions Pediosia portsandana, which was previously described by Mr. Webb as Lotus lowcanus, and Pediosia florida is Lotus sepulifolius. Johnson continues to compare Mr. Lowe and Mr. Webb’s specimen lists from the Canaries. Mr. Lowe’s prefix to ‘Primitae Faunae et Florae Maderae et Portui Sancto [1830], Musschia wollastoni could not be found wild in Maderia, however Johnson states he has seen them. He also states that Tamus edulis and Prunus lusitanica are indigenous plants of Madeira. Pages 2 and 3 of 10.