On that ship was the botanist Commerson who had discovered a shrubby climbing deciduous plant whose flowers were insignificant but were surrounded by brilliant coloured purple-red papery bracts that lasted for a long time.
Sa na barko ay ang botaniko Commerson na natuklasan ng isang palumpong akyat nangungulag planta na ang mga bulaklak ay hindi gaanong mahalaga ngunit ay napapaligiran ng makislap kulay lila-red-papel bracts na lasted para sa isang mahabang panahon.