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gi}(>log'ical work — lie was a Fellow of the Geological Society —this is 

 not the place to s[)eak, except in so far as it was associated with 

 botany. In that connexion he read before the Geologists' Association 

 in 1880 a paper, of which an abstract was given in this Jonrnal (1880, 

 p. (J2), on the g-eolog-ical and other canses of the distribntion of the 

 Hritish Flora ; his Hrst review in these pages — of Kidston's Palceozoic 

 Plants — appeared in 188G (p, 285), Since 1884^ he had been lecturer 

 on botanv and geology at the City of London College. (Questions of 

 plant-distribution always interested hiin ; in 1912 he contributed to 

 the "Temple Primers " series a useful little volume on Plant Geo- 

 (jraphif. 



For some time before Boulger's death, his friends had noticed 

 slight indications of failing health. But he continued his work with 

 his usual energy, and it was with a feeling of shock that the news of 

 his death was received. He was taken ill on the 2Uth of April and 

 dijd at his residence at Richmond, Surrey, on May \. He was buried 

 in Richmond Cemetery on the 9th, many of his scientiKc friends 

 testifying by their presence at the grave or at the requiem wliich 

 l)rdceded the interuient the regard in which his momory was held. 



It would be an injustice to Boulger were this notice to conclude 

 without some allusion to what lie wouhl certainly have regarded as 

 the chief interest of his life, A convert in 18S8 to the Catholic 

 Church, he was not only personally a devout follower of her teachings, 

 but both by precept and example endeavoured to promote her interests. 

 Apart from purely spiritual associations, his work in connexion with 

 the Society of St. V^incent de Paul— a charitable lay association 

 devoted to relieving the spiritual and tem[X)ral necessities of the 

 Catholic poor — brought him into communication with others than 

 his co-religionists ; in the councils of that body, as well as locally, he 

 held a prominent position, and his devotion to its interests, added to 

 his sti*enuous efforts in other directions, doubtless accelerated his 

 death, which may be attributed in great measui-e to overwork. 



For the iuforuuition as to Boulger's early days 1 am indebted to 

 his niece Miss Ethel Chawner, of Lyndhurst : she adds : " We often 

 h*ard him speak of you and always with aft'ection as an old and 

 v.ilued friend.'' 



James Britten. 



THE TYPE-SPECIES OF BIGNOXIA. 

 By T. A. Spracie, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



TuE getuis Bignonia Tourn,, as defined by Linn;eus in 17o3-4, 

 included species of CataJpa (1), GcJscmiuni (2), JJoxantha (;i), 

 Gifdista (^Ai), Amphilophium (5), Tancpcium (ij), AnisosticIiKs (7), 

 Tahebuia sensu Benth. et Hook f. (8), Artjiflia (9), Camps'n (10), 

 Ampelopsis (11), Sfenolobiam (11, Plumier synonym), Groxi/luni 

 (12), Pajanelia (12/3) and Jacaranda (13) ; the numbers in brackets 

 correspond with the species of Bif/nonia in Sp, Pi, ed, I, G22-5. 



