“ nefort; and these still remain, with his hand-writing an- 
“ nexed, in the collections at Paris. Lister, who visited 
“ Plumier in his cell, in the convent of Minims, at Paris, 
“« speaks of his obliging and communicative manners, and. 
“ of his ‘ designs and paintings of plants, birds, fishes, and 
“insects, of the West Indies, all done by himself very ac- 
“ curately. It appears that, notwithstanding the royal 
“‘ favour, he was obliged to solicit repeatedly, and mostly 
“in vain, for the publication of his drawings at the ‘King’s 
“¢ printing press; so imperfect is Government for science on 
< all occasions, and in all countries.” Smith in Rees’s 
cyclop. in loc. 
—=_ne 
We are requested by Mr. Lambert to say, that the Piu- 
meri Zricolor (fol. 510) of this work, is a native of Mexico, 
and not generally of the West Indies, as stated in the 
above article. It was observed in Mexico, by Mr. Bullock, 
in a late visit to that country, as being much cultivated for 
the sake of ornament. 
NOTE. 
Galega grandiflora (fol. 769 of the work) is recorded in the Synopsis 
Plantarum of Persoon, under the generic head TEPHROSIA; where GALEGA 
rosea of Lamarck is added as a probable synonym, : 
TepPHRoSsIA is distinguished from GALEGA principally by having “a 
compressed leathery pod,” instead of “ a knobbed cylindrical pod;” be- 
sides the difference in habit. ButGALEGA grandiflorais no more reducible to 
‘TEPHROSIA, as now composed, thanto GALEGA; and the change of name 
without a complete reform of the whole group huddled together under G-a- 
LEGA is utterly useless, if not worse. 
