de MM. Lesson jeune et A. Richard ; 1 volume grand in 8; 

 atlas de 80 Planches au moins en taille-douce, la plupart 

 colorees, sur demi-feuille jesus-velin." 



Of No. 1 (Botany) the title-page is "Voyage de deeouvertes de 

 I'Astrolabe, execute par ordre du Roi, pendant les annees 1826, 

 1827, 1828, 1829, sur le commandement de M. J. Dumont 

 D'Urville. Botanique par MM. A. (? R. P., J.H.M.) Lesson et 

 A. Richard. Paris, J. Tastu Editeur, 1832/' 



This contains 376 pages, and is entirely devoted to New 

 Zealand botany. No. 2 has a similar tith.-page, except 

 that the author is A. Richard, and the date of publication 

 1834. It consists of 167 pages. 



This second part is styled Sertum Astrolabianum and is 

 a description of species collected by " M. Lesson jeune, 

 Chirurgien de la Marine Royale." The plants described 

 are from various groups of Pacific Islands, and the Aus- 

 tralian ones include a number from Mr. Kraser, Superin- 

 tendent of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, from the Blue 

 Mountains, Moreton Bay, Port Macquarie and Melville 

 Island, and other places. 



Plants are also described from Tasmania (the vessel 

 touched at Bass' Straits), King George's Sound, Kangaroo 

 Island and Port Jackson, some of the plants having been 

 collected by M. Gaudichaud. 



The volume also contains some notes on New Zealand 

 and Australian Alga*. Aeeompanyiug these is a folio iitlns 

 of 78 plates published in 1833, consisting of " Flore de la 

 Nouvelle-Zelande," 39 plates, and "Sertum Astrolabianum" 

 39 plates. 



Lesson, Rene Primevere (1794 - 1849). Born at Roche- 

 fort, 20th March, 1794, and died in the same city 28th 

 April, 1849. He entered the Naval Service and became 

 Pharmacien-en-chef of the Marine. He was a zoologist 



