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N. Pseudo- narcissus and N. triandnts, and therefore found only 

 where these two species grow together. The rediscovery of 

 Narcissus cyclumineus was an interesting event after having 

 been lost for about 260 years. It appears to have been described 

 and figured by Parkinson in 1640 in his "Theatrum" and 

 reported to have been found in Sjjain ; at that time Portugal 

 was under tlie dominion of Spain. As, however, no one could 

 lind it ill Spain, botanists liad at last become sceptical as to 

 whether such a species reall}- existed, or whether it had not been 

 an aberrant form of some other sjjecies. There was therefore joy 

 among flower lovers when Mr. Edwin Johnston and the Baron 

 found it fairly abundant in a few localities not far from Oporto. 



Besides finding several hybrid Narcissi in several species the 

 Baron artificially Iwbi'idized others, and thus produced some 

 curious specimens. He corresponded for many years with Mr. 

 Wolley Dod, Mr. Peter Barr, Professor Henriqiies of Coimbra, 

 and other authorities on the Narcissi, and in 1886 he published 

 for priA'ate circulation a pamphlet on the Narcissi of Portugal, in 

 which this country is especially rich. On the Irises he kept up 

 a diligent correspondence with the late Sir Michael Foster of 

 Cambridge. Having received from my brother a blue Iris found 

 on my property near Abrantes, Sir Michael described it as a new 

 species in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' of August 25th, 1906, under 

 the name of Iris Taiti, after mv brother. Another new species 

 of Iris was discovered by my brother in the Gerez Mountains, the 

 Iris Boissieri, so named by his old friend Dr. Julio Heuriques, 

 the distinguished Professor of Botany at Coimbra University. 

 This was described in the 'Gardeners' Chronicle' of July 9, 1887, 

 page 38. Still another new species found by my brother, the 

 Iris lishonensis, was described in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' of 

 June 6, 1910. 



He was elected a Pellow of the Linnean Society on the 3rd 

 March, 1887. [A\^m. C. Tait.] 



KoLAXD Trimrx (1840-1916).— Roland Trimen, the third son of 

 -Richard and Marianne Esther Trimen, was born October 29, 1840, 

 at 3 Park Place Villas, Paddington. He was a clever boy and 

 very early displayed a great love for natural history. His younger 

 brother Henry was devoted to the same pursuits, and as collec- 

 tions increased, it was decided that Koland should take up 

 entomology and Henry botany. Thus, early in life and almost 

 accidentally, the special careers of the two distinguished naturalists 

 were determined. 



Roland was not physically strong, and was first sent to a private 

 school at llottingdean, entering in 1853 King's College School, 

 where he remained for four or five years. After leaving school 

 his health still remained weak, and, when about eighteen, he was 

 advised to take a voyage to the Cape. The climate there seemed 

 to suit him, and returning in 1800, he at once entered upon his 

 thirty-five years in the Cape Civil Service. 



