Note 36 — Chapter V · Minorca under British rule
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Since Dr. Cleghorn’s time, several natives of the island have studied its botany.
Juan Cursach, a native of Ciudadela, who was educated at Montpelier (1759-1837), published at Mahon his Botanicus medicus ad medicinæ alumnorum usum. He enumerated 270 plants, of which 160 were said to be natives.
Juan Ramis y Ramis, of Mahon (1746-1819), published at Mahon Specimen animalium vegetabilium et mineralium in insula Minoricæ frequentiorum, ad normam Linneani sistematis. He enumerates 140 plants.
Rafael Hernandez y Mercadal (1779-1857), a doctor of Mahon, formed a Minorca herbarium of 500 species. It is now lost.
Rafael Oles y Cuadredo, of Ciudadela (1806-1879), in 1859 called the Droguero farmaceutico. It includes an interesting account of the topography of the island.
Don Juan Joaquin Rodriquez y Femanias studied the vegetation of Minorca for many years, and published in 1865-68 a Catalogo razonado de las plantas vasculares de Minorca.
See also the Flores de las islas Baleares, 1870-81, of Francisco Barcelo y Combis.