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-Viz, the Hon. II. Pitot, the Hon. E. leery, the Plon. PI. 
Achun, the Hon. E. Leelezio, J. Currie, Esq. and E. de Fro- 
herville, Esq re. ; and the coffin was carried from the Commercial 
Gazette office to St. .James Cathedral by the lascars of the 
Establishment and from the hearse to the tomb by the princi- 
pal compositors in the employ of the deceased. 
“ The body was received at the Cathedral by the Venerable 
the Archdeacon of Seychelles and the Herd. Mr. Maundrell, 
and a portion of the Burial service was read to a very crowded 
congregation. The Herd. Mr, Carpenter conducted the rest 
of the service at the grave, and it was manifest that in all the 
concourse that surrounded it, there was not one but had come 
there to evince their affection or their respect and esteem for 
the excellent and able man the Almighty had called to 
Himself. ” 
Le Secretaire fait savoir d'une maniere plus circonstan- 
cieequela Caciirlilacee dout il a envoy 6 un specimen au Hr 
Hooker, et qui croit, et occupe une grande etendue de terrain 
a Bois Cheriet aussi aux Plaines Wilhems, constituaitunc es- 
pece des genres Lvffa ou Laycnaria, que le I)r Hooker a de- 
tachee pour en faire un genre nouveau sous le nom de Sphce- 
rosicyos ; S. Meyeri. Mallieureusement la plante est dio'ique 
comme dans la Liane Le Juliff', et les plants existant a Mau- 
rice sont tous males. Le Hr Hooker exprime le desir d'avoir 
des iudividus vivants de la plante et des echantillons. 
lie Comite nomine pour se rendre compte de la maladie 
qui i-c-vit sur la A'auille, n’a pu encore fouruir des renseigne- 
ments positifs sur la nature de cette maladie. Le Secre- 
taire a fait voir le bourgeon terminal d'uu vanillicr etraugle, 
