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South America, and Arctic regions, the Hawaiian Islands, and 

 South Africa. Berthold Seemann, whose name will always be 

 associated with the botany of the Pacific, was a member of this 

 expedition. 



He was born in Hanover, Germany, 1825, and died in 1871. 

 In 1852 he published a "Narrative of the Voyage of the Herald" ; 

 in 1853 he founded the botanical periodical " Bon plan dia" ; in 

 1860 he made an extended visit to the Fiji Islands; in 1864-1866 

 he explored Venezuela and Central America. From 1864 to 1871 

 "Bonplandia" was continued in England as the ''Journal of Brit- 

 ish and Foreign Botany." He was the author of numerous bo- 

 tanical and geographic publications. Most of the references in 

 Hawaiian botany are to his monumental ''Flora Vitiensis." 



24. Explorations of Jules Remy. 



Jules Remy> the famous French traveller and botanist, visited 

 the Hawaiian Islands twice during his extensive travels around 

 the world, 1851-1863, and made notable collections of the Ha- 

 waiian flora. 



Life of Remy. 



Remy was born near Chalons-sur-Marne, Sept. 2, 1826 ; died 

 Dec. 5, 1893. He early manifested a passion for natural history, 

 and upon the completion of his schooling occupied the chair of 

 natural history in RolHn College, 1848-1851. In 1851 he began 

 a journey around the world, visiting the Canaries, Brazil, Chile, 

 Bolivia, Peru, the Marquesas, the Paumotus, Tahiti and Hawaii. 



Hawaiian Experiences. 



The following account of his Hawaiian adventures is taken 

 from the Nouvelle Biographic Generale (Paris, 1896) : 



'Tl consacra trois annees a I'exploration des iles Sandwich, 

 dont il s'est fait plus tard I'historien, et recueillit de nombreux 

 materiaux destines a eclairer ses etudes non-seulement sur la 

 botanique, mais encore sur I'histoire, I'ethnographie et la linguis- 

 tique. Un cruel incident faillit alors I'arreter dans ses investiga- 

 tions scientiliques. Durant une de ses excursions? un indigene 

 fanatique lui administra a diverses reprises du poison. La 

 vigueur de sa constitution lui permit heureusement de resister a 

 ces odieuses tentatives, et il acquit meme alors une reelle influence 

 politique sur les destinees du pays. Le roi Kamehameha III 

 I'avait pour I'attacher a son gouvernment. De I'Oceanie M. Remy 

 se dirigea sur la Californie, et la parcourut en compagnie d'un 

 Anglais, M. Brenchley, dont il avait wait la connaissance a Ha- 

 waii." 



Remy went from California to Salt Lake City, spent three 



