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tlic rapacity of INI. MaRIEN, had deprived him in the 

 year 1779- He now addressed himself to the task of 

 its renovation, with a perfect knowledge of the habits 

 and location of the objects of his pursuit, — with a great 

 accession of general knowledge, and with alacrity and 

 zeal for the interests of science, as fresh and vigorous 

 as ever. On this occasion he had not merely the sa- 

 tisfaction of completely restoring his former Herba- 

 rium, which, till then, as a dried collection of the na- 

 tive plants of Jamaica, was perfectly unique ; but of 

 adding several new and non-descript species to his 

 long list of discoveries. Neither did he disregard those 

 natives of the neighbouring islands, which, though not 

 indigenous to Jamaica, had been reared and naturalized 

 by the friendly hand of the florist, or had been for- 

 warded for his herbarium by his more scientific cor- 

 respondents. In this year, too, he had for his collabo- 

 rateur the celebrated Schwartz, the Swedish bota- 

 nist, who, in his great work on the Plants of the West 

 India Islands, acknowledges with gratitude the per- 

 sonal attentions and efficient assistance he received 

 from Dr Wright. The title of Dr Wright to the 

 discovery of a number of new species, is distinctly re- 

 cognized in the work of M. Schwartz, in the names 

 and synonymes he has appended to them ; and refe- 

 rence is repeatedly made to the medical dissertations 

 of Dr Wright on the subject of these discoveries, 

 in such terms as the following : " De usu ejus medico 

 (Geoffraca inermis, viz.) longe lateque disseruit, I. c. 

 cdibique clarissimus Wright *." 



* In the Wernerian Society's Transactions, vol. i. p. 73. a very 

 liigh compliment is paid to Dr Wright. I>y Mr Roheut Brown. 



