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peduncles and the violet " calyx " point to this species rather than to 

 II. speciosissimif-m DC, the onl}^ other one to which the description 

 might apply. — J. Hutchinson.] 



10. Inula helvetica G-rauer /. c. 17. Inula foliis sessilibus, lan- 

 ceolatis, serratis, subtus tomentosis ; pedunculis tomentosis, confertis, 

 incanis. Astei^ caule j^amosissimo ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis suhtus 

 incanis; florihus umhellatis Hall. Hist. 31, n. 73, t. 2 (optima). 



Hab. In Helvetia. 



Caulis erectus, ramosissimus, teres, sulcatus, ut plurimum pur- 

 purascens, subtomentosus ; rami teretes. Folia arida, sessilia, alterna, 

 lanceolata, acute serrata, copiosa, subtus albida, tomentosa. Injlores- 

 centia sparsa subcorymbosa ; pedunculi axillares, longi, tomentosi, 

 incani, foliosi, conferti, uniflori. Calyx inferne squarrosus ; laciniiB 

 lanceolatse interiores appressse. Corollcd flavae, radii ligulatae disco 

 plus duplo longiores, copiosse, quinquedentatse. Cajtera omnia generis 

 characteri convenientia. Tota planta odorata. 



Ohs. Diversa omnino planta ab Inula germanica Linn., quam 

 hucusque prseter Hallerum ab nuUo auctore descriptam invenio. 

 Helenium montanum Salicis folio suhtus incano Vaillantii eandem 

 esse plantam confirmarunt Hallero specimina a Vaillantio olim 

 transmissa. 



[Schinz and Thellung have recently suggested that the binomial 

 Imila Vaillantii Vill. (1789) should be replaced by I. Halleri Vill. 

 (1785) (Vierteljahrsschr. Nat. Ges. Zurich, Ixvi. 305; 1921). The 

 earliest name for the species is, however, /. helvetica Grauer (1784). 

 — T. A. S.] 



T. A. SpEAauE. 



GEORGE FREDERICK HOSE 

 (1838-1922) 



George Frederick Hose, who died at Normandy, Guildford, 

 on March 26, had attained distinction in many directions, as has 

 been duly chronicled in the press notices of his career. Born at 

 Cambridge, Sept. 3, 1838, and educated privately and at St. John's 

 College, he was ordained in 18G3, and from 1868 occupied various 

 clerical posts in the Straits Settlements ; in 1881 he was con- 

 secrated Bishop of Singapore, which position he occupied until his 

 retirement in 1898. He was one of the founders and the first 

 president of the Straits branch of the Roj^al Asiatic Society ; his 

 knowle:lge of Malay enabled him to revise and translate the New 

 Testament into that language, and in other directions he did much 

 useful work. 



In addition to this, however, Hose did nuich to promote the study 

 of Botany, and it is with this that we are here concerned. He was 

 especially interested in the ferns of Borneo and of the Malay Penin- 

 sula ; of these he made an extensive collection, distributing them to 

 various herbaria, including Kevv. His own collection was destroyed 

 by an invasion of termites into the cabinets in Avhich they were 

 preserved during his absence on leave, but a complete series is in the 

 herbarium of the Singapore Botanic Garden : many were described 



