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tivation of introduced species, as well as from the fact that it collects 

 into a single volume succinct descriptions^ the resume of a vast number 

 of observations scattered through a variety of treatises and volumes. 

 It was the intention of M. Bojer to publish a supplement to the 

 ' Hortus/ in order to specify, in botanical detail, the characters of new 

 genera and species which he had introduced and establislied, superadd- 

 ing to this a List of the Agamous plants of the island. This necessary 

 work was never completed j so little encouragement was given to science 

 in the Colony, and the Government seemed to appreciate so slightly 

 the labours of a true votary of scientific botany, that M. Bojer has told 

 the writer of this sketch " that he had not heart to continue now what 

 once would have been to him a labour of love." A large portion of 

 this supplement is still in manuscript. 



M. Bojer introduced into Mauritius many beautiful and valuable 

 exotics, too numerous however to be mentioned here. We must name 

 however that splendid tropical tree of Madagascar, the Poinciana regia^ 

 called by the French "Flamboyant," from its gorgeous, flame-like 

 flowers, and which characteristic epithet is simply the translation of the 

 Malgashe term for the tree, " Youlatzara ;" the StacJiychrysum ptero- 

 Hpermum^ from the interior of Madagascar; the Colvillea racemosa^ 

 from the western coast of the same island, a very splendid tree, with a 



charming raceme of blossoms, named after the Governor of Mauntms ; 

 the AgatlwpJiyllttm aromaticum^ the most fragrant of all the spice tribe, 

 the fruit of which, about the size of a plum, is of a delicious fragrance, 

 and as the tree flowers and fruits rarely, though it grows perfectly well 

 in Mauritius, this circumstance causes it to be much sought after for 

 the sake of that most recherche oi all French liqueurs, the "Creme de 

 Eavensara," the Malgashe name of the tree ; the Guilandina BondnCy 

 and various other creepers ; the Achyranthes aspera^ from the Comoro 

 Islands; the Plumbago juncea^ from the Bay of St. Augustin, Mada- 

 gascar; the Sccevola Koenigii (the "Veloutier Blanc" of the French); 

 a new species of Vangueria^V, edulis ; and many other species, too nu- 

 merous to find a place in this brief sketch. When the writer of. this 

 notice left Mauritius, M. Bojer was engaged upon a monograph of the 

 Mangifera tribe, and which he intended to publish with beautifully 

 coloured, life-size plates, to the number of eighty varieties, the publi- 

 cation of which, in Europe, was to have been confided to the superin- 

 tendence of the writer of the present notice. His friends in Mauritius 



