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L'heritier (de Brutelle), Charles Louis (1746-1800). 

 Born at Paris, 1746 ; assassinated in Paris (27 Thermidor, 

 an x) 16th August, 1800. He came to England in 1786-7, 

 and studied the Kew collections, which appear to have been 

 freely placed at his disposal. See Kew Bull. 1891, 290 ; 

 Journ. Bot. 1905, p. 325; Willdenow's "Principles of 

 Botany " p. 490. Ouvier, Notice historique, Paris, 1800. (I) 

 His principal works are: — 



(1) Stirpes nova? aut minus coLrnitas quae descriptionibus et 

 inoonibns fflustravit. Parisiis, typ. P. D. Pierres 1784 85, vi 

 fasciculi, folio vi, 184 pp. 84 tab. 



In. bibliotheca Candolleana asservantur praeterea tabula? - v 

 ineditse fasciculorum vii et viii. 



Tabulas ineditas 85-124 vidi in Bibliotheca Morettiane 91 

 tab., sign. 1-84, 7, 30, 52, 53, 56, 57, 59 bis. 



(2) Sertum Anglicum, seu plantar rarioivs, quae in hortis juxta 

 Lundinum inprimis in ln.rtn n-i.. Kru.-nsi excoluntur, ab anno 

 1786-87 observatae. Paris, typ. Didot. 1788, folio, 36 p., praef., 

 34 tab. (Pritzel, Thisanrns L<t»rat„rn /iotanica) 



The latter work is specially memorable to Australians, 



Euealuptus, from specimens collected in Oook'o -~ 

 Expedition at Adventure Bay, Tasmania. He is com- 

 memorated by the genus Heritiera, Ait. 



Guillemin, Jean Baptiste Antoine (1796-1842). Born 

 at Pouilly-sur-Saone, 20th January, 1796 ; died January, 

 18 12, at Montpellier. Studied Pharmacy at Dijon and then 

 botany at Geneva under J. P. Vaucher and P. DeOandolle. 

 In 1819 he went to Paris and was employed in the Delessert 

 Herbarium and became conservator of it in 1827. A little 

 afterwards lie became aide-naturaliste in the Museum at 

 Paris, and from 1830 to 1834 taught botany in the Institut 

 horticole de Fromont. From 1838 to 1840 he was on a 



