LA BOTANIQUE EN PROVENCE 117 
acquired, at the disposal of his correspondents. He was unfor- 
tunate enough to rouse the jealousy of Mattioli, who wrote in 
extremely harsh terms of Anguillara. The author gives fourteen 
Provengal plants which are to be found in the Semplici, five of them 
recorded for the first time in the district. 
Pierre Belon mentions twenty-one plants as occurring in 
Provence, each of which is taken into Bey pic by M. Legré; 
whether Belon made one or two visits to the region is unce ertain, 
but it is clear that Belon psig rea part of it and its natural 
productions from a long stay 
Charles orien is a pelea who stands by himself in a 
class of his : he attracted the admiration and esteem of his 
goutami poraries. i his deep pyar with plants, his accuracy, 
and his scrupulous regard fo claims of others; there is a 
ener about the man and his pict wien is irresistible His 
M. Legré gives fourteen plants as cited by Clusius as growing 
in Provence, with a commentary on each; furthermore, he prints a 
curious ‘‘ Inventaire de ce qui est contenu en la boitte que de 
Owever, being mentioned abick un saib different points of view. 
Two unpublished letters from Peiresc to Clusius are also appended, 
with the igs careful dockets on the same. 
e last n n the volume is that of Antoine Constantin, a 
local Bpsthooary, who designed a work, T'raité dela phar macie pro- 
vengale, of which one volume came out in 1597, and in it the nage on 
of twenty-eight Pivle cal plants as supplying medicine 
0 mciea unpublished manuseript was extant in the time of ‘Garidel 
(171 oe ae it would be interesting to know what befell it. 
indexes—of persons, places, and modern botanic names— 
close the. ‘yall -printed volume. We can only renew our thanks to 
the author for this most interesting gallery fe ce worked up 
aic of facts 
om the renown vned, s'Olw sius and Peituad; to the obscure, as 
B. Daypon Jackson. 
