[4] In Mr. Pennant’s British Zoology vol. 3. p. 282. is the best account of this fish to be met with; and in his British Zoology, illustrated by Plates and brief explanations is plate xliv. a good and exact drawing of the fish, the upper figure representing it in front, the lower sideways. F. [↑]
[5] Head of the Moravian Brethren. F. [↑]
[6] Dr. Linnæus mentions only one species of Nyssa, namely Nyssa aquatica; Mr. Kalm does not mention the name of the species; but if his is not a different species, it must at least be a variety, since he says it grows on hills, whereas the aquatica grows in the water. F. [↑]
[7] Quere. Is this the Juglans baccata of Linnæus? F. [↑]
[8] This species is not to be met with in Linn. spec. plant. F. [↑]
[9] In Miller’s Garden Dictionary, it is called Ketmia Indica folio ficus, fructu pentagono, recurvo esculento, graciliori, et longiori. [↑]
[10] Nitrum Crystallus montana, Linn. Syst. nat. 3. p. 84. Crystallus hexagona pellucida non Colorata. Wallerius’s Mineralogy, p. 100. Crystallus montana, colourless crystal. Forster’s Introd. to Mineralogy, p. 13. [↑]
[11] Pyrites crystallinus, Linn. Syst. nat. 3. p. 113. Marchasitæ hexaëdricæ tesselares. Wallerius’s Mineralogy, p. 211. Marcasitæ, vel crystalli pyritacei, Marcasites. Forster’s Introd. to Mineralogy, p. 39. [↑]
[12] Mica membranacea, Linn. Syst. nat. 3. p. 58.
Mica membranacea pellucidissima flexilis alba. Wallerius’s Min. p. 120.