Explanation of Plates. 



Plate III.— J. J. De la Billardiere. From the lithn^nj.h 



by Julius Boilly. See p. 128. 

 Plate IV.— Bory de St. Vincent. From the " Dictionnaire 



des Sciences Naturelles, atlas biographique." Engraved by 



Ambroise Tardieu. 

 Plate V. — Rene Desfontaines. Original bears the inscription : 



"Dessine d'apres Nature a Paris en 1824, et Grave par 



Ambroise Tardieu." 

 Plate VI.— Rene Desfontaines (in very old ago). From original 



in Museum d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 

 Plate VII.— Aime Bonpland. From a lithograph by Rud. Hoff- 

 mann, 1859, drawn by J. Haller from a photograph in the 



possession of Alexander von Humboldt. Published by George 



Andre Lenoir, Vienna. Lithograph in Botanic Gardens, 



Sydney. 

 Plate VIII.— Adrien de Jussieu. From a daguerrotype not 



later than 1850. 

 Plate IX.— Dumont D'Urville. Lithograph by A. Maurin, 1833. 



From the large plate in the collected works of the "Astrolabe." 

 Plate X.— Ad. Brongniart. From a painting by Marquerie, 



1856, in the Museum d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 

 Plate XL— J. Decaisne. From "Flore des Serres," xix, 30 



(1873). 

 Plate XII.— C. H. B. A. Moquin-Tandox. From a bust in the 



Museum d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris, bearing neither signa- 



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