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tions, and his philosophic views of the affinities of plants, he did 

 more than any one else to improve and establish the natural system 

 of plants. He was painfully c ireful for accuracy in all his work. 

 It was pointed out by a reviewer, who knew more of the language 

 than the substance of the work, that some inaccuracies in the 

 Latinity were to be found in the volume. This led Brown to with- 

 draw the volume after only a very few copies had been sold. He 

 carefully corrected the called-in copies, neatly scraping out and 

 correcting the very trifling errors. Henceforth copies of the 

 Prodromus could be had only as a gift from the author ; but in 

 Germany two reprints were issued to meet the foreign demand for 

 the work. The manuscripts of this great work and of the portion 

 never published are preserved in the Library of the Botanical 

 Department of the British Museum. The Prodromus and some of 

 his separate memoirs led Humboldt to bestow on Brown the title, 

 which has been universally accepted, of " Botanicorum facile 

 princeps, Britanniarum gloria et ornamentum." 



I cannot, in this place, ask you to listen to a review of the life 

 work of Eobert Brown. His published works laid the foundation 

 for subsequent workers. His investigations into the minute anatomy 

 and physiology of the flower, his elaborate expositions of remarkable 

 plants, his scientific bases for the classification of Mosses, Ferns, 

 Grasses, and other groups of plants, and his lucid treatment of the 

 geographical distribution of plants, indicate some of the important 

 directions in which he advanced the science of Botany. 



In 1811 Mr. Brown was elected a Fellow of the Koyal Society. 

 Sir Joseph Banks bequeathed his herbarium and library to the 

 British Museum, but reserved to Mr. Brown the free use of both as 

 long as he lived. Mr. Brown, after negotiations with the Trustees, 

 transferred in 1827 the collections to them, and was appointed 

 Keeper. He was President of the Linnean Society from 1819 till 

 1853 ; was a Fellow of the principal scientific societies of the world, 

 and had the degree of D.C.L. conferred on him by the University 

 of Oxford. 



PLANTS OF WEST GLOUCESTER AND MONMOUTH.* 



By W. a. Shoolbred, M.R.C.S. 



During the past season a few more species not recorded from 

 v.-c. 31 and 35 have been found in the Wye Valley district, as well 

 as some interesting varieties and hybrids. Several of these were 

 discovered by the Piev. E. S. Marshall during a short visit here in 

 June last. The Rubi have been submitted to the Eev. W. Moyle 

 Rogers, and the Willows to the Eev. E. F. Linton. 



Ranunculus triphylliis (Hiern). 35. Broadwell, near Chepstow. 

 — li. radians Eevel. 34. Ponds, Tidenham. — R. acris L., var. 

 BorcEanus (Jord.). 34. Tuttshill and Woolastou. 



Polygaia oxyptera Reich. 34. Brookweir, Marshall. 



* See Journ. Bot. 1894, 263, 311, 



