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Fig. 4. Prince Maximilian : from his " Reise nach Brasilien. 



Very appropriately Brummondia, a genus of American mosses, was 

 named in Thomas's memory by his patron, Sir William Jackson Hooker. 

 Numerous species of our phanerogams are also named after this most 

 industrious and successful collector. 



Even persons of royal lineage were numbered among the many 

 naturalists who came to America for the purpose of exploring unknown 

 sections for new plants and animals, and to make scientific observations. 

 While Prince Alexander von Humboldt attained eminence for his 

 travels and scientific worth, he was not the only royal person who did so, 

 although we generally hear no other mentioned. Alexander Philip 

 Maximilian, Prince of Wied neu-Wied, came to the New World on two 

 different occasions. On the first tour he visited Brazil, and on the 

 second he visited the United States and especially the northwestern or 

 Missouri country. 



Prince Maximilian^^ was born on September 23, 1782, in Wied 



" Thwaites, R. G., " Early Western Travels," Vols. 22, 23 and 24. 

 Maximilian, Prince, " Reise nacli Brasilien," 1820-1. 

 Sargent, C. S., " Silva of North America," 9: 138, 1896. 



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