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Botanical Gazette. 



Vol. V. JUNE, 1880. No. 6. 



Editorial. — Leers, the German botanist, to whom the genus 

 Leersia was dedicated, accidentally receives from the types of the Ga- 

 zette a treatment almost as rough as the sheaths of his gramineous 

 nam sake. His name was printed "Leen" on ])age 140, and the en- 

 deavor to correct it on page 53 produced "Leer's." 



In the notice of Dr. Engelmann's admirable Revision of the 

 Genus Piints, we inadvertently stated that only forty-five of the spe- 

 cies — those upon which notes are appended— had been examined by 

 himself. An inexcusable error ; for the author distinctly declares, on 

 page 15, that he had examined every species in his enumeration. 



In Mr. T. J. Howell's advertisement of Oregon plants in the 

 last Gazette, it was stated that he would botanize in Wyoming Ter- 

 ritory during the coming season. It should have read Washington 

 Territory, a correction which we hope will be noticed by all desiring 

 to purchase western plants. 



Mr. a. H. Curtiss is preparing for a tour of the Florida Reefs, 

 and afterwards expects to go into the interior of the State. We may 

 expect some rich results. 



The Death of Mr. Coe F. Austin should have been noticed 

 before in the Gazette. The announcement came with a shock to 

 those who were only acquainted with Mr. Austin through correspond- 

 ence. The Gazette was indebted to him for many valuable notes 

 on Mosses and Liverworts, and such seemed to be the vigor of his in- 

 tellect, the quickness of his observation, that they were by no means 

 associated in our minds with a feeble body and failing health. He 

 died at the age of 48, at his birthplace, Closter, N. J. His widow 

 has put on sale his valuable collections of Musci and Hepaticai, and 

 it is to be hoped that botanists will prompdy procure sets, "both for 

 their own sakes and the sake of the family of this devoted scientific 

 worker." The prices are as follows : Musci Ai)palachiani, $25 ; 

 supplement to Musci, $6; Hepaticre Boreali Americanje, $15. 



In the same connection we would mention the death of John 

 Carey. He died at Blackheath, near London, March 26 ult., in the 

 83d year of his age. Mr. Carey contributed the articles on Salix and 

 on Cairx to the first edition of Gray's Manual. 



At nearly the same date, another eminent botanist died at 

 Paris, Wm. Ph. Schimper, whose name is so familiar to bryological 

 students. He was in his 73d year. Twenty years of his life were 

 devoted to the publication of what is called "a grand scientific monu- 

 ment," the Bryologia Europeza. "This contain^ in six quarto voli4mes 

 a detailed description of all the species of Mosses known in Europe, 

 each illustrated by a full plate of figures, beautifully and exactly re- 



