122 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
to 900 species.) There are many new and interesting disputed 
species, collected at Constantine, Blidah, and some of the best 
at Oran, and though not all of them named, they will be cited 
by the ** Botanicorum nostre setatis celeberrimo,” at Geneva. 
M. Bory de St Vincent has taken the commiand of the 
scientific expedition in Africa: Durieu and Boué are to be 
his fellow-labourers; the former well known by his beautiful 
collection of Spanish plants, and the latter by those already 
sent from the north of Africa. It is not perhaps general 
known ‘that this zealous botanist, M. Boué, is a Belgian by 
birth, and was a gardener at the Jardin dü Roi, and afterwards 
gardener to Ibrahim Pasha at Cairo. | By his intimate ac 
| quaintance with the eastern Arabic, he is able to pass himse 
off as an Egyptian Mamelceck in the French service, amongst 
the Moghrabins of Algiers, whose language is very corrupt 
and thus in his last expedition, he was well received every- 
where as a Mahonietan. 
SOUTH AFRICAN PLANTS. 
While engaged in writing this for the press, we have the 
pleasure of receiving information from our inéstimable friend, 
Mr Harvey, at this time on a visit in Dublin, of the arrival 
of six sets of select South African plants, collected chiefly 1 
the district of Uitenhage, by the indefatigable Mr Zeyher, each 
containing three hundred species. Having ourselves last year 
received a very fine collection from this botanist, and wishing 
to unite with Mr Harvey in giving all possible encourage 
ment to so truly deserving a man, we requested Mr Zeyher tc 
send six sets, feeling assured that there would be a certain de- 
mand for at least that number; they are ordered to be placed 
in the hands of Mr Pamplin, and are offered by Mr Zeyher 
at the very moderate rate of thirty shillings the hundred; 
to which will have to be added some trifling expenses for 
share of freight, &c. It is but fair, however, to state, that 
three of these six sets are already bespoken; but the public 
will now have the opportunity of knowing the merits of 
Mr ‘Zeyher as a careful and zealous collector, of inducing 
