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publisbf^cl several importiuit jjiipers {le:ilin<; with ecological and 

 other distribution oi' the plants of Brazil, and bis last work was a 

 monograph (in ihe Arcliivos of the Rio Gardens) of i^/«yAS«//4-, a 

 worthy beginning- of the monographs which he proposed to issue 

 of all the Brazilian Cactacetc.a family to wbich he bad devoted 

 special attention. 



A past-master of languages, speaking with ease and fluency no 

 fewer than nine (including liussian), he bad friends among all the 

 many races that go to make up the complex ])opuliition of Brazil, 

 though he himself bad become almost com])letely Brazilianised, 

 speaking Portuguese as a second mother tongue. A man of 

 unassuming habit, and the most generous and helpful disposition, 

 he was loved by all those with whom he came into contact. Ho 

 was my colleague for eighteen months, and I have never bad a more 

 loyal and hel[)fid assistant. Under bis care the laboratories 

 and herbarium of the Kio gardens were brought into thoroughly 

 efficient condition, and all who visited the gardens for purposes 

 of research will join with me, I am confident, in expressing 

 their gratitude to him for bis invaluable aid in the study of 

 the gigantic flora of Brazil, of which he had by far the most 

 complete knowledge of any botanist of his time. 



His portrait will be found in AVittrock's 'Icouotheca Botanica,' 

 t. 36, and a brief notice on p. 182. His collections are mostly in 

 ^ao Paulo' and Rio de Janeiro, with duplicates at Copenhagen, 

 Stockholm, Berlin, and in the Gluziou collection. [J. C. VV. J 



Alfred Mekle Nokman, sou of John Norman, D.L., Iwood 

 House, Somerset, was born in Exeter, August 29, 1831, That 

 he was nou unmiiulful of his birthplace may be inferred from 

 the fact that in concert with Thomas Scott, LL.D., F.L.S., 

 seventv-five vears biter he published an important volume on the 

 'Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall,' having indeed in the interval 

 on nine occasions visited those counties for natural history in- 

 vestit^ations. It was just after the publication of the volume 

 above mentioned that the gold mednl of the Linnean Society was 

 awarded to Norman. In presenting it Professor W. A. Jlerdman, 

 then President, succinctly showed the amount, the variety, and 

 the high value to biological science of the medallist's labours. 

 Thus ni our 'Proceedings' for 1906, p|). 30-32, we have an 

 appreciation of his services by a distinguished expert. The reply 

 of the recipient is not recorded, but those who were present on 

 the occasion may remember the unaffected simplicity with which 

 he described t-be surprise that the award had caused him. Yet 

 his merit bad not been without earlier recognition. He had 

 received the medal of the "Institut" of France for bis work on 

 board the French Government exploring vessels in the Bay of 

 Biscay. 



Joining this Society in 1880, he was elected to the Council 

 1901-2. He was made an bon. D.C.L. of Durham University 



