BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 481 
ANTHOCEROS, L. 
66. A. punctata, L. 
Has. Hermite Island. Cape Horn. 
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BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
Extract of a Letter from Mr. GARDNER on his Voyage to 
Ceylon. 
On Board the Barque ** Morning Star,” between the Mauritius and 
Ceylon (Lat. 4° 46/ S., Long. 67° 41/ E.) March 6, 1844. 
My pear Sır WiLLIAM, 
.. A few days after our arrival at the Mauritius, I did myself 
the pleasure of sending a few hurried lines to you by a vessel 
which sailed for London. We remained nearly three weeks 
at the Island, but as it rained heavily every day, with the 
€xception of some three or four, I was prevented from 
making any lengthened botanical excursions. Indeed, ex- 
cepting a few short walks in the immediate neighbourhood 
of Port Louis, I may say that I only made two, both of 
which have yielded many novelties to my herbarium. The 
flowering plants which I collected amount to above one hun- 
dred and twelve, and the ferns to upwards of forty. These 
have all dried remarkably well, notwithstanding that the 
rains have been both constant and heavy, and that the pro- 
fess has been accomplished on board ship. Mr. Bojer was 
kind enough to allow me to look over his collection of Ferns, 
and to give me specimens of all those of which he had du- 
Plicates to spare. These I find amount to upwards of one 
hundred and twenty species. They are principally Mauritian, a 
few only being from Madagascar and Bourbon. When I wrote 
to you, I had not then seen Mr. Newman, who resides near 
the Botanic Garden, which is at Pamplemousses, about seven 
miles from Port Louis. The garden is large, and being an 
old one, contains many fine large specimens of Indian trees 
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