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William Ashbrook Kellermax — Born at Ashville, Ohio 

 May 1, 1850. He was educated at Cornell and tlie German Universi- 

 ties, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1881. 



For a time he was teacher of natural science in the Wisconsin 

 State Normal School, later was professor of Botany and Zoology at 

 the Kansas Agricultural College, State Botanist of Kansas, and 

 Botanist of the Kansas Experiment Station. He was the founder and 

 editor (for four years) of the Journal of Mycology. He has held the 

 position of Professor of Botany in the Ohio State University since 

 1890 and is the author of a number of text-books and articles for bo- 

 tanical journals. He has accumulated a very large and valuable 

 private Herbarium of parasitic fungi, and a State Herbarium of the 

 Flora of Ohio for the Ohio State University that already numbers 

 many thousands of mounted sheets. The names given by botanists 

 complimentary to his work are as follows: 



Kellermannia, a genus of Sphaeropsideous fungi. 



Aecidium Kellermannii, a species of Uredineae. 



Plasmopora Kellermannii, a species of Phycomycetous Fungi. 



Rosellinia Kellermannii, a species of Sphaeriaceous Fungi. 



Rhabdospora Kellermannii, a species of Sphaeropsideous Fungi. 



Diaporthe Kellermanniana, a species of Pyrenomycetous Fungi. 



Physcomitrium Kellermani, a species of acrocarpous Moss. 



Miss H. F. Biddlecome. — Of Columbus, formerly of Spring- 

 field, assiduously collected and studied the flora of Greene and 

 Champaign counties, Ohio. She discovered a species of Moss and 

 one of Liverwort which have been named in her honor. 



Bryum Biddlecomiae, a pleurocarpous Moss. 



Trichocolea Biddlecomiae, a species of Hepaticae, or Liverwort. 



F. D. Kelsey. — Born at New Washington. Ind., Feb. 15, 1849, 

 but early moved to southern Ohio where he lived until 1856, when he 

 moved to Columbus. He was graduated from Marietta College in 

 1870. The next year he went to Andover Theological Seminary where 

 he graduated in 1874. He served Congregational Churches until 1885 

 when he moved to Helena, Montana. Here he made collections and 

 distributed the local flora. The College of Montana conferred on 

 him the degree of Sc. D. 



In 1892 he was elected Professor of Botany at Oberlin College, 

 which position he held until 1897, when he accepted the pastorate of 

 the Central Congregational Church in Toledo, which he now holds. 

 He is also lecturer on Botany at the Smead School for Girls at Toledo, 

 Onio. While professor at Oberlin he published several bulletins of 

 local interest, and one monograph of Uncinula, witli miscroscopic 

 drawings of all American species. There are several species named 

 in his honor, as follows: 



Kelseya, a monotypic genus of Rosaceae. 

 Cucurbitaria Kelseyi, a species of Pyrenomycetous fungi. 

 Homostegia Kelseyi, a species of Pyrenomycetous fungi. 

 Cryptanthe Kelseyi, a species of Boraginaceae. 

 Phlox Kelseyi, a species of Polemoniaceae. 



