136 J. H. MAIDEN. 



Bonpland, Aime Jacques Alexandre (177:} - 1858). Born 

 at La Rochelle, 29th August, 1773. Studied botany and 

 medicine, but his studies were interrupted by the troublous 

 times. Introduced to Humboldt and went to America 

 with him and collected and dried " more than 6,000 new 

 plants." Visited Venezuela, Cuba, New Granada, Peru, 

 Mexico (1799-1804). Napoleon gave him a pension and 

 tin- Kiiiprcss Jnscphine accepted rare American seeds for 

 her garden at Malmaison from him. The post of "Inten- 

 dant " of her garden being vacant, Bonpland was appointed 

 and remained until 1804-15. Author of "Descriptions des 

 plantes rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre," Paris 

 1813, Folio, 157 pages and 64 coloured plates (published in 

 11 parts). This beautiful work treats of the following 

 Australian plants, mostly raised from seed brought home 

 by Baudin's expedition : — 



Metrosideros (Callistmnou) sn/it/na, G»odenia <jr«ndi flora, Mela- 

 leuca chlorantha, Gompholobium furcellatum, Correa riridijfora. 

 Eucalyptus dirersifolia, A'-acia linifolia, Pittosporum tomentosum, 

 Zieria Smithii, Tristania neriifolia, Pimelea linifolia, Metrosideros 

 (C'd/Lstemon) i/lauca, <'horr.*in<i ilixi/u/ui, M< ■trus'xfrros (Galliste- 

 mon) pallida, Acacia subulata, Banksia marcescens, El>>nror r us 

 acuminatum, llorea Cel*i, Iit>savi-a cnccinea, Dnralia oxalidi/n/ia. 

 Acacia armata. There is no preface. 



Emigrated to the Argentine, 1816, starting a medical 

 practice at Buenos Ayres. Cultivated Mate at Santa Anna, 

 was imprisoned by the Dictator of Paraguay (Prancia) from 

 1821-31, it being alleged that he was a French spy. He 

 emigrated to Brazil (Llio Grande do Sul), and thence to 

 Uruguay, later in 1853 to the Corrientes province, where 

 he was Curator of the Natural History Museum. He died 

 11th May, 1858, at San Francisco de Borja (Corrientes). 



Besides the Malmaison work already referred to, he co- 

 operated with Humboldt in various botanical works con- 



