\l;_ r *-ii;i are given in cxlcnsu at xcur-Ci, Hull. Soc. But., 

 France, Vol. 58 (1909), and M. Ed. Bonnet has annotated 

 these in an intriv-i ing manner with particulars eoueerning 

 the writer and contemporary botanists. 



Brongniart, Adolphe Theophile [son of Alexandre 

 Brongniart, also a botanist] (1801 - 1876). Born at Paris, 

 14th January, 1801, graduated doctor of medicine in 1826. 

 A distinguished botanist, he wrote chiefly on palaeontology 

 and vegetable physiology. His works include : — " Enumer- 

 ation des genres de Plantes cultiv.'cs an Mu-.'um • I " !. i-f ■ >i r^ 

 naturelle de Paris suivant l'ordre etabli dans l'ecole de 

 botanique en 1843." Paris 1843, 8vo pp. xxxii, 136. Works 

 in Ann. de Sc. nat., Ann. du Mux. d'histoh-e nat. He died 

 18th February, 1876 at Paris. There is a short obituary 

 notice concerning him in the "(ou-dt'iievx Chronicle " for 

 26th February, 1876, p. 274. 



5. 1826-9. "Astrolabe,' commanded by J. Dumont 

 D'Urville. 



M. D'Urville commanded this expedition, and with M. 

 Lesson, a well known zoologist, also gave some attention to 

 the plants, as they did on the " Coquille." The "Astrolabe" 

 visited Port Jackson, and also voyaged amongst the Line 

 Islands. 



M. D'Urville planned the publication of the scientific 

 results of this expedition on adequate lines. Again he and 

 M. Lesson co-operated. The botanical results are more 

 valuable to New New Zealand than to Australia, but there 

 are a number of Australian plants described, some of which 

 were given to M. Lesson by Mr. Fraser, then Superintendent 

 of the Sydney Botanic Gardens. 



The results of the voyage of the "Astrolabe " were pub- 

 lished in 12 octavo volumes. That of BotaDy forms the 

 "Deuxieme Division" and is de-; :'>■■■! '■ r,..ia;:ique. Texte 



