TABLE Showing the Mean Temperature, Dew-point, Dryness, and Atmospheric Saturation, according to the Prevalence of particular Winds; the Results of Observations taken at St. Michaels, in 1845 and 1846. By J. C. HUNT, Esq., H. B. M. Consul at St. Michaels, Azores. N. B. The observations were taken daily, at intervals of three hours. Results in small figures not verified. Feb. 55 34 Mar. 60 57 50 56 58 59 56 59 62 62 0 63 63 0 54 62 61 61 62 62 51 48 53 54 56 S. E. 8. S. W. W. N.W. Mean N. N. E. E. S. E. S. W. S. W. N.W. Mean] N. N. E. E. 53 53.2 0 5 5.30 4.44 O Jan. 55 55.556 58.5 59 59 5 58.5 57.558 554 * 8.1 5.00 4.96 4.47 5.31 5.25 5.56 5.23 5.03 5.13 4.5 4.76 4.344 75 4.664 91 4.91 4 78 4.52 4.76 4.510 4.123 614 64 4.90 4.90 4.59 4.13 4.66 5.33 3.924.134 57 5.35 5.27 4.92 4.76 4.84 6 5.05 4.94 4.735.05 4.89 5.20 5.11 4.57 4.88 7.55.234.985 285 165.56 5 21 5.305-135.11 9.5 7.5 1210.55.425 136 415.845.57 6.12 5.73 5.335.76 11 10.5 11 5 63 5.667 024.860 6.46 6.0 6 476.10 Dew-point found in multiplying the difference between the thermometers by 2.33. 57.8 51 5.1 4.30 4.31 59.3 57 6.7 5.21 4.14 4.15 4.56 4.55 5.19 April 59 60 61.6 57 55 7.35.22 4.85 0 5.19 4.86 4.82 May 62.9 61.865.6 65.3 67.1 69 767 63 263 953.9 51.9 58.4 58.9 62 258.5 66.856.4 155. 9 99 7.2 6.4 4.9 11.210.2 6.8 8.44 68 4.38 5.41 5.60 6.21 5.38 5.14 5.085.01 June 0 69 0 70.371871.5 72.8 70.4 69 8 0 57 - 0 58-57.960.8 62 761.0 59 5 0 12.2 O 12.213.9 10.810- 8.610.70 5 180 5.37 5.26 5.77 6 20 5.95 5.56 July 73.2 75.5 0 75-76-73 270.8 0 74.5 65 64.3 0 64.4 67.864 560.3 0 63.1 7.514 0 12 8.5 10.5 10.5 0 11 46.79 6 770 6 48 7.22 6.52 5.73 0 Aug. 0 76.2 0 76 7 0 77.7 70 72 276.4 0 63.2 0 64.5 0 65 958 861.8 63.9 0 3 0 13 2 11.811.3 10.5 12 50 6.170 6.63 0 Sept. 67.5 69.4 66.668.8 0 72 171 170.5 69.555 858 7 60.160.5 0 64 60.3 55 2 59 11.8 11.111.4 7.7 0 8.1 10.5 10.4 10.5 4.92 5.464.865.890 64 555.555.5 56.5 57 0 60 0 56 57.5 4.5 9 13.511 0 6.5 0 4.5 7.04.92 4.955.265.180 57 51.551 51 53 50.552 46 546 51.5 3 3 55 6.5 8 6 3.5 7.5 5.54.61 4.454.25 4.56 4.09 59 551 552 50 57 0 59 56 53 54 7 7 8.5 7 0 5.0 4 55 5.5 4.35 4.434 135.130 57.4 57 59.2 57.3 54 9 56.3 2 S. E. S. 4.74 5.05 3.28 4.59 4.73 52.6 3 7 6 6 7 5 5 6 4.45 4.70 5.02 4.86 4.49 54.3 2 7 0 7 8 6 5 5 5.00 4.84 5.01 53.5 55 54 55 55 53 50 53.5 53 58 57.5 55 254 56.5 55 557 56.553 59.5 57.5 58 57 56.5 8.5 7.5 5.5 5 7.5 10 59.5 62.5 60 558 61.5 14 11.5 4.5 10 11 0 64 561 564.5 63 95 12 10.5 24.5 0 3 2 2 5 3.5 6 6.5 6 6 4457N 4 3.5 5 7.5 7.5 4.5 5 6 15557 5 5 5.5 5 8 PROCEEDINGS OF ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 45 Mr. Hunt remarks upon these results, that "The table bears out the general experience at St. Michaels, that the southwest wind brings most moisture, and that it is followed in the order of humidity by the cardinal points, west, north, and east. During the six years ending with December 31st, 1845, the mean of twenty-five days was north, 111 northeast, 18 east, 42 southeast, 17 south, 52 southwest, 74 northwest, and 8 perfectly calm, which numbers, multiplied by their respective mean annual amounts of vapor, and divided by 365, give a mean of five grains of vapor for the whole year. As might be expected, there is more vapor in summer than in winter. The thermometer rose to the extraordinary height this month (August, 1846), on three different days, of 90° F., and the vapor only amounted to 6.65, which is less than with the thermometer at 750." Mr. S. P. Andrews stated that he had in course of preparation a memoir on the Chinese language, according to the request of the committee of the Academy upon that subject; and that he should also, at an early day, be prepared to present and explain before the Academy detailed charts of Chinese syllabic or sound words, with their ramified significations, in illustration of the theory he maintained. Mr. Andrews farther stated, in brief, that he believes that he shall be able to demonstrate conclusively that “All the numerous meanings of the same vocal syllable or word in the Chinese language, being in some instances as many as several hundreds, and seeming at first view to have no connection with each other, are in fact legitimately and closely related in idea; in other words, that all of these numerous significations constitute a family of ideas, which family is denoted generically by the single Chinese word, while they are severally or specifically signified in other languages by a family of words, which then have corresponding etymological relationships; hence, that ideas are distributed into genera and species, and that a true and thorough insight into the structure of the very remarkable spoken language of China conducts directly to a knowledge of this distribution, and of the laws by which it is governed. From this it seems to result, that, out of the philosophical study of the Chinese will issue a light which cannot fail to illuminate the whole field of etymology, and, finally, to lay open the complete science of language. The investigation of language from its central dominion of thought outward, into the department of words as its vocal manifestations, will constitute the most important epoch in philology. Out of this change in the mode of conducting the study will result a systematized comparative philology, universal in its scope, by the aid of which the acquisition of tongues will be greatly facilitated. "In contradistinction from the Phonetic theory," Mr. A. maintains, "that the principle above stated in relation to the meanings of the Chinese spoken words has governed the selection of the written characters chosen to represent those meanings, and thus will furnish a complete solution of the great problem of the Chinese written system; and also, that the Chinese is etymologically related to the European stock of languages, and that its relation to the Teutonic family of languages is one of special nearness." Professor Gray communicated the characters of some new genera and species of Compositæ from Texas, as follows. "VERNONIA LINDHEIMERI (Gray & Engelm., Pl. Lindh. ined.): foliis anguste linearibus confertis sessilibus uninerviis margine revolutis supra glabris punctatis subtus cauleque simplici sericeo-tomentosis; capitulis corymbosis breviter pedunculatis 30-40-floris; squamis involucri cano-tomentosi pappo rubiginoso brevioribus conformibus appressis oblongis obtusis exappendiculatis; achæniis glabris 10-costatis glandulosis; pappo exteriori multisquamellato. — In rupestribus prope New Braunfels, Texas, legit Lindheimer. — Perennis, bipedalis: folia bipollicaria capitula semiuncialia. "AGERATUM (subgen.? MICRAGERATUM; involucrum subbiseriale fere Sclerolepidis, pappus coroniformi-multisquamellatus nunc 5-aristulatus) WRIGHTII (Torr. & Gray, Fl. ined.): diffuso-ramosissimum, hirsutulum; foliis oppositis alternisve lanceolato-oblongis e basi cordato sessili parce dentatis; capitulis subglobosis (50-60-floris); pedunculis filiformibus. - Prope flumen Colorado Texas legit C. Wright. Spithamæa, ramis plurimis e caule repente. Variat 1. pappi squamellis setiformibus basi subconnatis tubo corollæ plus duplo brevioribus; 2. squamellis 5 angulis achænii respondentibus in aristis tubum corollæ æquantibus productis. "BRICKELLIA (BULBOSTYLIS) CYLINDRACEA (Gray & Engelm., Pl. Lindh. ined.): cinereo-pubescens et resinoso-atomifera, herbacea; foliis plerisque oppositis triplinerviis subtus reticulato-venosis oblongoovatis obtusiusculis grosse serratis brevissime petiolatis, ramealibus subsessilibus; capitulis pedunculatis in paniculam foliosam laxe corymbosam digestis; involucri 10-flori cylindrici squamis 4-seriatim imbricatis arachnoideo-ciliatis striatis mucronato-acuminatis, intimis linearibus pappum barbellato-serrulatum æquantibus, exterioribus multo brevioribus ovalibus appressis ; achæniis puberulis. — In declivibus fluv. Guadaloupe Texas, ultra New Braunfels, Lindheimer. Affinis B. Cavanillesii. “LINDHEIMERA, Gray & Engelm., Pl. Lindh. ined. "Capitulum multiflorum monoicum; fl. radii 4-5 ligulatis, fœmineis, ad axillas squamarum invol. interiorum sitis; fl. disci circiter 20 tubulosis, sterilibus. Involucrum duplex, exterius e squamis 4-5 laxis linearibus foliaceis, interius totidem membranaceo-foliaceis oblongis planis disco longioribus. Receptaculum planum, paleis chartaceis ovariis sterilibus amplectentibus onustum, binis exterioribus basi cujusque squam. inter. invol. adnatis, persistentibus. Ligula ovales, breviter tubulatæ, involucrum vix superantes: corolla disci 4-5-dentata. Styli fl. ster. filiformes, indivisi, hispidi. Achænia radii ovalia, obcompresso-plana, marginato-alata, intus subcarinata, carina apice in dentem parvum reflexum producta, alis in pappum 2-dentatum extensis; disci abortivi.-Herba erecta, scabro-hispida, forte biennis; caule dichotomo; pedunculis subcymoso-paniculatis gracilibus monocephalis; foliis imis alternis, cæteris oppositis sessilibus oblongo-ovatis basi dentatis, summis pedunculisque glandulis patelliformibus conspersis. Flores aurei. "L. TEXANA. In rupestribus sylvis circa New Braunfels, Texas, Lindheimer. - Genus eximium, Berlandieræ et Engelmanniæ cognatum, diximus in honorem ejus acerrimi inventoris qui floram Texanam largiter indagavit. “Keerlia belliDIFOLIA (Gray & Engelm., l. c.): annua, parce ramosa, diffusa, pilis patentibus hirsuto-pubescens; foliis oblongo-spathulatis obtusis mucronatis basi angustatis, summis fere linearibus, radi. calibus obovatis petiolatis; squamis involucri ovali-lanceolatis membranaceis glabris mucronato-acuminatis marginibus latissime scariosis 2-seriatis subæqualibus; ligulis (cyaneis) 9-12 oblongis; achæniis clavato-fusiformibus vix obcompressis striatis puberis calvis! (pappo plane nullo). In sylvis juxta New Braunfels, Texas, Lindheimer. Spithamæa, gracilis, habitu fere Bellidis integrifolia sed minor receptaculo plano, necnon Brachycomes Xanthocomoidis? Torr. & Gr., sed diversa achaniis revera calvis, receptaculo plano, etc. (Keerlia skir robasis, DC., est planta depauperata Leucopsidii Arkansani, DC.) "TETRAGONOTHECA TEXANA (Gray & Engelm., l. c.): caulibus e radice perenni crasso plurimis gracilibus puberulis; foliis glabris oblongis sinuato-dentatis pinnatifidisve basi connatis imis marginatosubpetiolatis; tubo corollæ glanduloso nec piloso; ovario glabro; achæniis 4-5-angulatis striatis. In collibus juxta flumina Guadaloupe et Cibolo, Texas, Lindheimer.- Pedalis, capitulis dimidio minoribus quam in T. helianthoide. “BARRATTIA, Gray & Engelm., Pl. Lindh. ined. (Senecionidea-Heliantheæ-Euheliantheæ.) "Capitulum multiflorum heterogamum; fl. radii ligulatis (circ. 10) neutris, disci tubulosis hermaphroditis. Involucrum imbricatum triseriale, squamis lanceolatis apice herbaceis disco brevioribus. Receptaculum convexum, paleis navicularibus persistentibus achænia amplectentibus. Corolla fere Helianthi. Styli rami elongato-subulati, hispidi. Achænia compresso-plana, emarginato-obcordata, glabra, immarginata, calva.- Herba valida perenni, strigosa, corymboso-ramosa; foliis omnibus oppositis deltoideo-ovatis vel subhastatis inciso-dentatis triplinerviis petiolatis, petiolis basi appendicibus foliaceis interpositis connatis; pedunculis solitaris elongatis monocephalis. Flores radii et disci flavi. "B. CALVA. —In rupestribus prope originem flum. Guadaloupe, Texas, Lindheimer. — Genus a Leighia diversa pappo plane nullo, ab Encelia acheniis non comosis, a Wulfia acheniis compresso-planis, etc., diximus in honorem Josephi Barratti, M. D., botanici inclyti, Salicum præcipue indagatoris. "It may be proper to append here the characters of another unpublished Helianthoid genus, which is even more closely allied to Encelia (although well distinguished by its pappus), and is also analogous to Agarista. "GEREA, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. ined. "Capitulum multiflorum heterogamum; fl. radii (circ. 15) ligulatis, neutris, disci tubulosis hermaphroditis. Involucrum laxe imbricatum |