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namely, that of Mr Burchell, we have no accurate accounts. 

 He had already distinguished himself by his scientific travels in 

 the interior of Southern Africa ; and he is said to have taken 

 home noble collections from the provinces of Minas, Goyaz,and 

 Malo Grosso; but at present we hear nothing of the probability 

 of their being published. Other Collectors have been engaged 

 in procuring Seeds, Bulbs, and especially Orchidece. The 

 later volumes oiihe Botanical Magazine, and Botanical Regis- 

 ter, record the names of Harrison, Pearson, Hasketh, &c., as 

 having introduced to Europe plants new to the Flora of 

 Brazil. A highly accomplished English lady, Mrs Maria 

 Graham, now Mrs (Lady) Calcott, has sent collections of 

 dried plants and drawings, which she made in Brazil, to the 

 English Naturalists. Mr Tweedie has collected extensively 

 on the banks of the Uraguay and in the Banda Orientale, 

 plants which have been described by Messrs. Hooker and 

 Arnott in their valuable " Contributions towards the Flora of 

 South America," in Hook. Bot. Miscel. vol. iii. ^c, or by Dr 

 Graham in the Edinburgh Journal of Science. Many other 

 Botanists might be named, who have contributed to increase 

 the catalogue of the Flora of Brazil ; as for example, Mr 

 Lund, Dr DoUinger, Luschnath, and others, at Rio ; Bade 

 at St Catharine; Blanchet, and Salzmann,and Lhotzky, and 

 Vauthier, &c. ; all have contributed to the '< Prodromus" of 

 De Candolle, the '' Atakta" of Endlicher, Presl's ''Symbol. 

 Bot.," and other works. Mr Lhotzky has also sent many 

 plants which were gathered by that industrious Brazilian 

 physician, A. L. Patricio da Silva Monse, during a residence 

 of several years at Cujaba. In conclusion may be mentioned 

 the services rendered to Brazilian Botany by Professor Poep- 

 pig. In his very extensive and successful journey, he also 

 entered Brazil on his way from Maynas down the Rio Soli- 

 moens and the Amazon River to Para. At Ega, and in 

 the neighbourhood of the last mentioned city, this excellent 

 Naturalist remained for some time; and his collections include 

 those which Von Martius made ten years before in the same 



