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PREFACE. 
which consequently, in the entire absence of descriptions, we have 
no clue. 
9. Telfair. A small collection sent to Sir W. Hooker, by Mr 
Telfair, a resident landed proprietor, and many Mauritian plants con- 
tributed by the same gentleman to Wallich’s great Indian her- 
barium. 
10. Neraud. A collection of about 800 numbers, of which the first 
set is in the Delessert herbarium, now at Geneva. 
11. Bouton, L. ‘ Plantes Medicinales de Maurice/ our copy, the 
second edition, an octavo of 147 pages, published at Port Louis in 
1864. Next to Bojer, M. Bouton has been the most active resident 
botanist of the colony. He has filled, since Bojer’s death, the post of 
curator and librarian of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, has 
edited its transactions, of which eight parts of the new series, contain- 
ing many valuable notes on botany and other departments of natural 
history, have appeared, and has sent large collections to Kew and other 
European herbaria. 
12. Ayres , Dr. P. B. Dr. Ayres, who occupied the post of Superin- 
tendent of Quarantine, at St. Louis, from 1856 to 1863, had already 
before leaving England, established a reputation as a cryptogamic 
botanist. On his arrival in Mauritius he interested himself greatly in 
the botany of the colony. He intended to publish a flora of the island, 
and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from 
time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living speci- 
mens of the species which he was able to procure. Unfortunately his 
professional work tied him down to the city and allowed him little 
leisure, so that at his lamented death in the prime of life, after a 
residence of six years in the island, his task was not far advanced. 
His papers and collections were presented to Kew, after his death, by 
Mrs. Ayres, and have been of great use for this present work. 
13. Duncan , Jas. “ Catalogue of the Plants in the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Mauritius, 1863,” 4to, 104 pages, with supplement, and cata- 
logue of colonial names. Duncan was the predecessor of Mr. Horne, 
in the curatorship of the Botanic Garden, at Pamplemousses, and died 
lately in Scotland. 
14. Sir Henry and Lady Barkly. Sir Henry Barkly was governor of 
the island from 1863 to 1870, and amidst all the responsibilities that 
devolved upon them during a time of unusual difficulty and anxiety, 
Lady Barkly and he both took great interest in the botany of the 
