a spot of high interest, celebrated for 
something to be seen there in greater per- 
fection than any where else; and many of 
the charming works of our benign Creator, 
which are now imperfectly known, would 
be exhibited in all their beauty. We were 
involuntarily led to these observations by 
the sight of M. Decandolle's excellent and 
philosophical ** Memoire sur la Famille des 
Melastomacées," in which he enumerates 
68 genera and 730 species, while to the 
great Linnæus no more than 4 genera and 
21 species were known ! 
