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make serious explorations in this Mare aux Sojiges, in order 

 to collect all the remains of animals which may have 

 escaped the attention of the former investigations. It i^ 

 necessarily a question of money which it is to be hoped 

 may one day be solved. 



The publication of a long and impatiently expected 

 work on the Flora of Mauritius and Seychelles, is one of 

 the most salient events which we are called upon to notice. 



Although not the production of our Society itself, we 

 are nevertheless not unconnected with it, since several of 

 our members contributed to it. 



The materials were collected and prepared here long 

 before. — They were sent to Sir W. Hooker at Kew by our 

 lamented colleague Boyer and by your Secretary — and at 

 the same time, or rather before, to the learned Professor 

 of Gren^ve, Mr de Candolle, by whom they are mentioned 

 in their Prodromus. Dr Ayres, one of our colleagues, 

 sent also to Kew since the death of Boyer numerous spe- 

 cimens of plants collected in Mauritius. 



We are glad to be able to add that one of our young 

 members has also contributed to the flora. Mr Ev. Dupont 

 had inserted in one of the last volumes of our transactions 

 a list in alphabetical order of the plants of Mauritius — 

 this list was of some use to the author of the flora who 

 mentions it, and refers to it several times. 



We might hazard a few timid observations, point out 

 a few omissions and a slight confusion as to the habita of 



