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descriptiv^e work of the Madagascar flora. He was also responsible 

 for the botanical section of Grandidier's " Histoire de Madagascar," 

 the " Histoire naturelle des Plantes," of which, however, only volumes 

 of plates have hitherto appeared. 



In 1884 he provided his students with a text-book, " Traite de 

 Botanique Medicale, Phanerogamique," a thick volume of 1,499 

 pages, followed, in i88g, by a volume on the Cryptogams. 



Nor did he neglect local botany. " Les Herborisations 

 Parisiennes " (i8go) is an excellent little guide for those interested in 

 plant-collecting near Paris ; while in the " Iconographie de la Flore 

 Fran9aise " (1885-94) the flora of the whole country is illustrated by 

 500 cards, bearing on one side a coloured drawing of a species, and on 

 the other a botanical description and mention of its properties and 

 habitat. 



Besides the above, which represents almost a life work, Baillon 

 was the author of more than 200 papers dealing with systematic 

 botany and plant morphology. It is matter for deep regret that so 

 busy and useful a life should not have run a longer course. 



JAMES CARTER. 



Born 1814. Died September, 1895. 



WE regret to announce the death of this well-known student of the 

 decapod Crustacea. Mr. Carter was educated for the medical 

 profession, studying at Guy's, and settled in Cambridge about 

 1840, where his leisure was spent upon questions of antiquarian 

 and geological interest. His work mainly dealt with the fossil 

 Crustacea, and we learn from the Athenanm that the results of his 

 labours upon this group are in a sufficiently complete state for publi- 

 cation. He was M.R.C.S. 1836, F.R.C.S. 1876, and a Fellow of 

 the Geological Society. His collection of local fossils has been for 

 some years in the Woodwardian Museum. 



Mr. Carter was a familiar figure in geological circles ; his cheery 

 and active presence did not in the least suggest his age, and he will 

 be greatly missed by a large circle of friends. 



We learn from Natura Novitates that the Spanish entomologist, 

 Dr. L. Perez Arcas, died on September 24, 1894, in Requena, at 

 the age of 70 years. He was not a prolific writer, and one of his last 

 papers dealt with questions of nomenclature. 



M. Jules Vesque, of the Faculte des Sciences, Paris, who died 

 on July 25, in his 47th year, was known as the author of the mono- 

 graph on the Guttifer^ in De Candolle's " Monographia^ Phanero- 

 gamarum." Vesque was a strong supporter of epharmosis, or the use 

 of anatomical characters in systematic botany. He also worked at 

 plant-physiology, and was the author of a " Traite de Botanique." 



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