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"Berlandier / Botanica I"

Item — Box: 2Identifier: gra00013, II, 6
Scope and Contents: Bound volume in Latin and French; note on title page, "Botanica"; note on following page, "Descripciones," 750 pages, first section contains descriptions of proposed new genera and species arranged alphabetically by family from Amentaceae to Zygophylleae; second section contains plants not assigned to families, characterized according to Linnaean sexual system, 60 pages; third section entitled "Boissons spiritueuses retirees du Regne vegetal," 2 pages, descriptions of four Mexican beverages...

"Berlandier / Botanica II"

Item — Box: 2Identifier: gra00013, II, 7
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Bound manuscripts; note on title page, "a estudiar en Viajes / Histoire Naturelle des Plantes employees dans la matiere medicale les art etc. des Mexicains andiens et modernes." First section entitled "Plantas a estudiar en Mexico," 3 pages, list. Second section, 250 pages, notes on plants arranged alphabetically by family from Amaryllideae to Qygophylleae with additional notes at the end; contains names, citations of descriptions, habitat and use, occasional descriptions.

"Berlandier / Cervantes Mss”

Item — Box: 2Identifier: gra00013, II, 8
Scope and Contents: Bound manuscripts; original title page removed and placed in Jane Gray’s autograph collection; substitute title page in Mary A. Day's hand read "Botanique. Nombre botanicos correspondientes a las denominaciones Mexicanas que Abate Clairgeno empone a los vegetales. Don. Vic. Jul. Cervantes dedit. Mexico 1827 extra Juan Luis Berlanier cum addendis," 34 pages, in Spanish. [According to C.H. Muller, don Vicente Cervantes was a Spanish Mexican doctor and botanist.] Second section entitled "Des...

"Matamoros to Monterey and return. Apr. 1-26th (1830) Matamoros to Tampico and S. Fernando Oct. 14 - Feb. 23.", 1830-1831 Digital

Item — Box: 2Identifier: gra00013, I, 1
Scope and Contents: Loose manuscript in French, likely a draft cover note in Sereno Watson’s handwriting. Nest leaf begins narrative of trip to Monterey, 20 pages. Second section entitled "Voyage de Matamoros a Tampico," 14 Oct [1830]-29 Nov [1830], 59 pages. Third section entitled "Diario de Viage Luis Berlandier 1830-1831," 3 Dec,1830-10 Dec 1830, 14 pages. [Content similar to journal published in C.H. Muller’s Journey to Mexico, corresponds to pages 449-461 and 463-489. First section closer to the printed...