TOFT?>'KFOnT's "topogr.vphte botaxiqfe " 119 



for the omission would explain what otherwise seems inexplicable — 

 that the 3£emoires were not consulted, as from them it is evident 

 that the plan (which, although that of Reneainne, is explained 

 by M. Terrasson, Reneaume himself not being concerned in its 

 production before the Academie) was to compile a volume from 

 four of the twelve MSS. of Tournefort to which the title " Topo- 

 graphia Botanica cum notis, &c." would be applied. This title, as 

 indeed is obvious to anyone consulting the Memoires, is in no sense 

 attributable to Tom'nefort, and, as M. E. Bonnet (Comptes-rendus 

 Assoc. Franc^aise, xvi. 557: 1887) remarks, " n'a jamais existe que 

 dans le projet de Reneaume." " S'il est facheux," adds M. Bonnet, "que 

 le Projet presente a I'Academie n'ait jamais ete mis a execution, il 

 est encore plus regrettable que quelqu'uns des manuscrits confies a 

 Reneaume, notamment la Nomenclature des plantes des Pyrenees et 

 d'Espagne aient ete egares ; de ce dernier du moins, le Museum 

 [d'llistoire Naturelle] possede, a defaut de I'original, une copie 

 litterale faite par Antoine de Jussieu sur le manuscrit de Tournefort." 



The volume subsequently passed into the hands of Dr. Henrique, 

 of the University of Coimbi-a, where it now reposes, who publishes a 

 detailed account of it and of its contents in the Bolctim da Sociedade 

 Broteriana, viii. 191-247, reprinting that portion which relates to 

 Tournefort's collections in Portugal. This is headed " Denombre- 

 ment des Plantes que iay trouve en Portugal en 1689 " : the first 

 portion (pp. 195-206) corresponds with pp. 159-181 of the Bank- 

 sian MS., which have a similar title, " M*". Tournefort a " being- 

 substituted for " iay." The MS. copy is thus incom23lete ; the 

 arrangement of the paper however suggests that its completion was 

 intended. 



With regard to the Banksian MS., M. Ronnet (/. e.) take* excep- 

 tion to the statement in the (Jnitralhlatt that the Toi)o(irafhie 

 Botaniqioe " eta it possede par Banks avant d'echoir a Lemonnier," 

 for which indeed there seems to be no shadow of foundation ; but 

 himself falls into a curious error by saying " Aucun manuscrit de 

 Tournefoi't ne figure sur la Cafdiogue de la Bibliotheqiie de Banks : 

 as already stated, the MS. is duly entered in the Catalogue (iii. 145). 

 M. Bonnet has himself seen the copy made by A. de Jussieu, which 

 is preserved in the Paris Museum, on the existence of which the 

 Centralblatt throws doubt. The Jussieuan copy is described as a 

 quarto of 145 pages : the Banksian is a small quarto of 181 pages, in 

 an elegant hand which appears to me to be Spanish. The entries 

 extend to 2784 numbers, these having been added by Wiltshear for 

 the pvirpose of collation vvitli the printed portions : the names of 

 course bear no relation to the nnmber of species, of which a separate 

 list is given under each locality. The places of growth are fully 

 specified, as is shown in the extracts given by Lapeyrouse for the 

 Pyrenean plants (nos. 1-417 of the MS.) and bv Prof. Henriques for 

 Portugal fnos. 2396-2748). The num])ers between 417 and 2396 do 

 not seem to have been jjublished ; they i-elate to Spanish plants other 

 than Pyrenean. 



As the MS. is so little known, it may be worth while to describe 

 it somewhat in detail. It is divided into three distinct portions, and 



