438 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
Jacob Petiver, a rich grocer in London, ‘who 
studied attentively natural history in general, and be- 
came member of the Royal Society ; died 1718. 
He has made few original discoveries. In his work* 
the plates are taken partly from his own collection, 
partly from the works of others. 
Charles Plumier, a Franciscan friar, born at Mar- 
seilles, April 20, 1646; made three times a voyage 
to the West Indies, to describe the productions of 
the animal and vegetable kingdom. He died at last 
at the small island Gadis, near the sea port of Cadiz. 
Plumier made neat drawings of the plants he disco- 
vered during his travels, and gave most accurate de- 
scriptions. Of his numerous collection, he himself 
and others after his death, have published but little}, 
i Amaltheum botanicum. Lond. 1705. qto. with 184 
plates. AN those works are published under the general title, 
Opera omnia, and constitute a whole. The different plates 
together represent 3000 plants. 
* Jacobi Petiveri opera omnia ad hist. naturalem spectantia. 
Vol. I. et II, fol. III, 8vo. Lond. 1704. This work compre- 
hends all his writings. The plates represent animals, petre- 
factions, and plants promiscuously. ‘The third volume is only 
text, and printed in 8vo. : | 
+ Charles Plumier description des plantes de l’Amerique, 
avec leurs figures. Paris. 1693. fol. with 108 plates. Very 
scarce. 
Caroli Plumiecri nova plantarum Americanarum genera. 
Parisils. 1903. Ato. | 
Ejusd. Filices, ou Traité des Fougeres de ’Amerique, en 
Latin et en Francois. Paris. 1705. with 172 plates, which re- 
present 242 plants. ‘This scarce work contains the figures of 
all the filices of Americ: a, and i is en this subject still the best. 
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