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German that he might be able to read algological works written 

 only in these languages. How well he succeeded iu his self-imposed 

 task his papers, published in the Quekett Microscopical Club's Pio- 

 ceedinys, in this Journal, and elsewhere, and the beautiful series of 

 preparations of the reproductive organs of the Floridea supplied by 

 him to the British Museum, bear witness. 



In 1891 Mr. Buff ham was elected an Associate of the Linnean 

 Society, and he was a constant attendant at its meetings. Never 

 very robust, he was taken ill early in the present year, and died on 

 the 9th of February at Walthamstow, where he had resided for 

 many years. 



Mr. Buffham was an industrious collector, and added Phor- 

 viidiuiii coriuin, l^ctocarpus dasycarpus, QonimophijUum Buffhami, 

 RhoducJwrton pallens, and Bonnemaisonia hami/era to the British 

 flora. For many years I had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and 

 I am indebted to him lor many beautiful specimens. Ever ready 

 to aid, either with advice or material for study, those working at the 

 same subject as himself, he will be missed by many students^of our 

 native algse, and by none more than myself. The great charac- 

 teristic of his work was its thoroughness, every detail, however 

 trifling, even down to the mechanical "finish" of his slides, very 

 many of which have passed through my hands, was attended to 

 with the greatest care, and no difficulty was consciously shirked. 

 How much British algology has lost by his death will be best 

 understood by a perusal of his published writings, a list of which is 

 given below : — 



1. "Notes on the Floridea and some newly found antheridia " 



(Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, i. ser. 2, 337 

 et seq. May, 1884). 



2. "Newly observed Phenomena in the conjugation of the Dia- 



tom Rhabdoiieina arcuatuin" (I.e. ii. ser. 2, 131 et seq. 

 June, 1885). 



3. "On the Keproductive Organs, especially the Antheridia, of 



some of the Florldecc. I." (I.e. iii. ser. 2, 267 et seq. 

 July, 1888). 



4. "On the Eeproductive Organs, especially the Antheridia, of 



some of the FloridecB. II." (/. c. iv. ser. 2, 246 et seq. 

 Jan. 1891). 



5. "The Plurilocular Zoosporangia of Asperococcus bullosiis and 



Myriotrichia clavqformis" (Journ. Bot. Nov. 1891). 



6. '^ (Jhantransia trijila — a new Marine Alga" (Journ. Quekett 



Microsc. Club, v. ser. 2, 24 et seq. July, 1892). 



7. " Conjugation of a Diatom — Orthoneis binoluta Grunow" (I. c. 



v. ser. 2, 27. July, 1892). 



8. "Algological Notes" ((^/-etJt^i^m. March, 1893). 



9. " On the Antheridia of some FLuridece" (Journ. Quekett Microsc. 



Club, V. ser. 2, 291-305. Oct. 1893). 



E. A. Batteks. 



