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Sphenopteris Lesquereuxii, a fossil plant. 

 Sphaerites Lesquereuxii, a fossil plant. 

 Persoouia Lesquereuxii, a fossil plant. 

 Buthotrephis Lesquereuxii, a fossil plant. 

 Pecopteris Lesquereuxii, a fossil plant. 

 Cardiocarpon Lescurianuin, a fossil plant. 

 Triphyllopteris Lescuri, a fossil plant. 

 Odontopteris Lescurii, a fossil plant. 

 Sigillaria Lescurii, a fossil plant. 

 Sphenopteris Lescuriaua, a fossil plant. 

 Taeniopteris Lescuriana, a fossil plant. 

 Triphyllopteris Lescuriana, a fossil plant. 

 Rhabdocarpus Lescuriauus, a fossil plant. 

 Thinfeldia Lesquereuxiana, a fossil plant. 

 Laurinoxylon Lesquereuxiana, a fossil plant, 



John Strong Newberry.— Born at Windsor, Conn., Dec. 22, 

 1822, died in New York, Dec. 7, 1892. He graduated from Western 

 Reserve College 1846 and from Cleveland Medical College 1848. He 

 studied abroad for two years and then practiced medicine in Cleve- 

 land until 1855 when he was appointed acting Surgeon and Geologist 

 to an exploring expedition through the country between San Fran- 

 cisco and the Columbia River. He went on several of these 

 expeditions studying the botanical, zoological, and geological 

 features of the country. In 18B9 he was appointed Chief Geologist 

 to the Geological Survey of Ohio. 



In 1859 Newberry published the first State Catalogue of Ohio 

 Plants. About 1865 he was made professor of Geology and jDalaeon- 

 tology at Columbia College School of Mines which position he held 

 until his death. His chief botanical work was in palaeo-botany 

 though quice a number of living plants as well as many fossil species 

 commemorate his name. 



Newberrya, a genus of the Indian Pipe Family. 



Gentiana Newberryi, a species of Gentian. 



Abutilon Newberryi, a species of ]Malvaceae. 



Leptosyne Newberryi, a species of Compositae. 



Pentstemon Newberryi, synonym of P. menziesii, a species of 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



Potentilla Newberryi, synonyn of Ivesia gracillis, a species of 

 Rosaceae. 



Ferula Newberryi, synonym of Peucedanum Newberryi, a species 

 Umbellifereae. 



Astagolyous (Oxytropis) Newberryi, a species of the Legum- 

 inous Family. 



Notholaena Newberryi, a species of Fern. 



Pliysaria Newberryi, a species of Fern. 



