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The impatience with which Linnaeus looked for such a work nun 



be best expressed in his own words when writing to Vandelli : 



" Anne ullus sit in toto Regno pulcherrimo, qui possit orbe lite- 

 '' rato dare genuinam Floram Regionis ? Bone Deus ! quam pul- 

 " chrum et desideratum opus prsestaret illo, qui ejusmodi Floram 

 "sisteret? "* 



The author of the Flora was not one of those men, who, after 

 giving proof of talents, are content to remain satisfied with the 

 reputation thus acquired. Twelve years after the publication of 

 his Flora, Brotero showed farther evidence of his activity, by pre- 

 senting his ' Phytographia Lusitanica ' to the lovers of Botany. 

 This is a splendid work, not only from the labour bestowed on 

 it by the author, but from the high finish of the plates and 

 beauty of the typography, which render it deserving in every re- 

 spect of the illustrious person to whom it is dedicated (Dom. 

 Joao VI.). The dedication and preface merit to be read for their 

 purity and elegance, and are worthy of the age of Augustus. The 

 composition of the Phytographia occupied much time, from the 

 numerous researches requisite to ensure accuracy and value. It 

 consists of two volumes folio, of engravings and descriptions of 

 many of the rarer and more interesting plants of Portugal f. 



The learned author of the ? Phytographia' also promised the 

 public a ' Specimina Fegetabilium,' which was never published. 

 It appears, however, that he translated several scientific works 

 mto Portuguese, and also wrote many botanical memoirs, some of 

 which were transmitted to the Linnsean Society. In 1S17 he 

 published a small volume on the Natural History of the Pinep, 

 entitled ' Historia Natural dos Pinheiros e Abetos,' 1 vol. 8vo ; 

 also the zoological nomenclature of the 'Tableau Elementaire' of 

 Cuvier, which had been translated by the Surgeon Antonio d'AI- 

 meida. We possess no information respecting his other writings. 



* Grisley, alluded to in this paragraph, wrote about the year 1680. His book 

 is a mere list of names, and the same plant is sometimes mentioned under two 

 names. It indicates, however, some new and interesting plants, such as Ophi- 

 offlossum Lutitanicum and Drosophyllum Ladtanicum. A second edition, with 

 the Linnsean names, was published in 1780 by Vandelli ; " Miserrimum opus, 

 cujus plantas (Edipus sit qui intelligat." Linn. 



Jellozo was a Franciscan Friar, and a native of Brazil; he died at Rio de Ja- 

 neiro m 1812, in the 69th year of his age. The composition of his 'Flora 

 Flummerms occupied him for twenty-five years, and it was published at the ex- 

 pense of the Brazilian Government in 1827, the editor being Senhor Antonio 

 d Arrabida, Bishop of Anemuria. The work consists of eleven volumes in folio 

 of engravings and a few pages of text. 



f The ' Phytographia ' is no doubt an excellent work, but the colder tempera- 

 ment of the north will not express itself so strongly in its praise tt the ardent 

 and patriotic Portuguese biographer. 



