/ Petiver, 35. 
more than 800 fpecies : the laft to 75. 
Although doubtlefs great numbers of thefe 
muft have been varieties only, thefe Kfts 
will yet remain a lafting teftimony of the 
early and extreme diligence of this indefa-- 
tigable colledtor. 
In 1709, he publifhed, v^ithout his name, 
A Catalogue of Plants found on the 
mountains about Genevdy the "Jura^ La 
" Dole^ Sakve-y with others growing in the 
fields, &c. as obferved by Gesner, the 
Baukines, Chabr^us, and Ray." 
Pterigraphia Americana : Ico- 
NES continens plufquam CCCC Filiciim vari-- 
arum Sfecieruin'' Tab. 20. 1712. foL 
The ferns occupy iixteen of thefe tables* 
Among thefe are contained mod of Father 
Plumier's ferns. The four remaining 
tables are of fubmarine produdlions. 
Mr. Petiver neglefted no opportuni- 
ties of augmenting the Englylj Flora, He 
was the firft difcoverer of many EngUJJj 
plants, as well as of other natural produc^ 
tions, fome of which he figured in the Ga-- 
'%ophylaciiim ^ but he meditated, and in part 
executed, (a work that had not been at- 
D 2 tempted 
