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258. • BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OP tl.M.S. HERALD. 
on the coast, and in the vicinity of Tepic, fifty-four miles inland, where Lay remained a 
considerable time, and found most of the new species described by the Authors ; a good 
number were also collected at Mazatlan in Tebruary, and at Acapulco in April, 1828. 
The second English expedition consisted of II.^^I.S. Sulphur, commanded by Sir Edward 
Belcher, R.N. ; George Barclay, botanical collector, Richard B. Hinds and Dr. Sinclair, sur- 
geons, were attached to it, and by them the botanical collections were formed, chiefly between 
San Bias and Tepic, in December, 1837, and at Acapulco in January, 1838. Sinclair 
transmitted his collections to England whilst the publication of the ' Botany of Captain 
Beechey's Voyage' was still going on, and they found a place in the supplement of that 
work; but as they formed part and parcel of the expedition of H.M.S. Sulphur, they were 
very properly taken up again by Mr. George Bentham, in the ' Botany of H.M.S. Sulphur, 
a work for which Mr. Hinds's collections formed the chief basis. Those made by Mr. Barclay 
were principally sent to the British Museum, and have in part been pubhslied, which is the 
more to be regretted, as they are reported to have been extensive. 
The tlm-d English expedition consisted of H.M.S. Herald, commanded by Captain Henry 
Kellett, R.N. It touched at the western coast of Mexico hi three different years, viz. 1846, 
1848, and 1849. In 1846, when Mazatlan, San Bias, Siguantencjo, and Acapulco were 
visited, no botanical collections were formed, the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Ed- 
mondston, the naturalist, not having at that time been filled up; but in 1848 and 1849 the 
Author had joined the expedition, and was able to collect, principally during two journeys 
in the interior of the country, the material which forms part of the 'Flora of North-western 
Mexico.' 
The first journey was very limited, as the ' Herald,' which anchored in the port of Ma- 
zatlan on the 26th of November, 1848, was only to remain a few days. I left the port 
without delay, as the vegetation of the coast did not present many novelties, and directed 
my way to San Sebastian, a small town, where, as I had been informed that it was situated 
considerably above the ocean, I expected to find a richer Eloru than at Mazatlan. In that 
expectation however I was in a great measure disappointed, there being little change, as the 
elevation of the place above the sea did not amount to more than 1000 feet. Eortunately 
Don Alejandro Bueso, a gentleman to whom 1 had a letter of introduction, took some inte- 
rest in botany, and made up for my disappointment by conducting me, on the following day, 
to the Hacienda de las Naranjas, a farm on the foot of the Cerro dc Pinal, where we stayed 
two days, and found in the neighbourhood a fine mountain vegetation, — Pines and Oaks in 
the greatest profusion. I returned by the same way I had come, passing the villages of Santa 
Catarina and Nanches, and the town of San Sebastian and El Presidio de Mazatlan, and 
reached the ship in good time. The * Herald' lifted anchor on the 4th of December, gained 
. * The Botany of H.M.S. Sulpliur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, K.N., etc., 
during the years 1836-42. Edited and superintended by Richard B. Hinds, Esq., Surgeon, B.N., attached 
to the Expedition. The botanical descriptions by George Bentham, Esq. 4to. London, 1841. 
