118 BOTANICAL INFORMATION, 
for years has been hard at work especially on Mediterranean 
plants, and Bove, who is arranging those which he found in 
the north of Africa. Baron de lane: continues his liberal 
patronage of every botanical undertaking, and has much 
increased his herbarium, which is arranged according to 
Sprengel. His 4th volume of Icones is just finished. ; 
“ Guillemin returned in August from Brazil, with a cargo 
of Tea plants, and a considerable quantity of other growing 
specimens, destined to enrich the Jardin des Plantes. I 
believe he has given great satisfaction to the Government 
who employed him, the object being to cultivate Tea in 
Algeria. M. Guillemin also brought a good dried herbarium 
from the province of St Paul; and purchased in Brazil, for 
De Lessert and the museums, a valuable and extensive col- 
lection made by Claussen near the Rio San Francisco, i 
Minas Geraes.” 
Farther recent Botanical Information from Paris has been 
communicated by another valued correspondent, from which 
the following is extracted :— 
* M. Decaisne, who is indefatigable, is describing the plants 
brought from Arabia by Bolter, son of the historian, W 
went as Naturaliste Voyageur from the museum, and desir: 
to return there. They have just sent a young gardener, 
(Pervillé) who worked in Mr Webb's herbarium, and was 
very intelligent, to Madagascar; and another, Mellineau, 
who was at Chatsworth, is going to Cayenne. Leprieur, 
who is returned from thence, is about to publish the Filices 
he has collected, and Montagne the Cellular Plants—the 
excellent Baron Delessert, defraying the expenses. Mon- 
tagne is, as ever, most laborious, being, besides, engaged on — 
the Cryptogamia (from Cuba) of ba Sagra, and those of 
D’Orbigny’s extensive and interesting journeys in South 
America. M. Gay is writing a paper on Matricaria, Anthe- 
mis, and the neighbouring Genera. Moquin has just sent 
his Enumeratio Chenopodearum to the press, the printing 
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