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Having stated the general object I had 

 in view in my expeditions, I shall hasten 

 to give a slight sketch of the whole of the 

 collections and observations which we have 

 accumulated, and the union of which is 

 the aim and end of every scientific jour- 

 ney. The maritime war* during our abode 

 in America, having rendered the commu- 

 nications with Europe very uncertain, we 

 found ourselves compelled, in order to di- 

 minish the chance of losses, to form three 

 different collections. Of these, the first 

 was embarked for Spain and France, the 

 second for the United States and England, 

 and the third, which was the most consi- 

 derable, remained almost constantly under 

 our eyes. Towards the close of our ex~ 

 pedition, this last collection formed forty 

 two boxes, containing an herbal of six 

 thousand equinoctial plants, seeds *, shells, 



# Among the plants which we have introduced 

 into the different gardens of Europe, I shall cite here, 

 as worthy the attention of botanists, the following 

 species. Lobelia fulgens, 1. splendens, caldasia he- 

 terophylla, (bonplandia geminiflora, Cav.)> maurandia 

 anfcirrhiniflora, gyrocarpus americana, Jacq., csesal- 

 pinia cassioides, salvia caesia, cyperus nodosus, A fa- 



