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emy.” The later collections were incompletely published in 
the “Flora Cubana,” a volume issued by F. A. Sauvalle at 
Habana, in 1873 and later, a revision of Grisebach’s Cata- 
logue (without the references, but with Spanish vernacular 
names attached) which was made by Mr. Wright, who added 
the descriptions of a good many new species. The only other 
direct publication by Mr. Wright is his “ Notes on Jussiza,” 
in the tenth volume of the Linnzan Society’s Journal. As to 
the lower Cryptogams, Mr. Wright’s very rich collections 
were distributed in sets and published by specialists: the 
Fungi, by Berkeley and the late Dr. Curtis; the MJusci, by 
the late Mr. Sullivant; the Zichenes, by Professor Tucker- 
man in large part, and certain tribes quite recently by Miiller 
of Geneva. So Mr. Wright’s name is deeply impressed upon 
the botany of the Queen of the Antilles. 
There was a prospect that he might do some good work 
for the botany of San Domingo; for in 1871 a government 
vessel was sent to make some exploration of that island, and 
Mr. Wright went with it. It was in winter, the dry season, 
and the excursion across the country was hurried and unsat- 
isfactory; so that the small collection made in this, his last 
distant botanizing, was not of much account. 
Mr. Wright’s botanizing days were now essentially over. 
He made, indeed, a visit to the upper part of Georgia in the 
spring of 1875. But this was mainly for recuperation from 
the effects of a transient illness, and for seeing again a relative 
and companion of his youth, from whom he had long been 
separated. A large part of several years was passed at Cam- 
bridge, taking a part of the work of the Gray Herbarium; 
and one winter was passed at the Bussey Institution, in aiding 
his associate of the South Pacific cruise, Professor Storer. 
Of late there fell to him the principal charge of the family at 
Wethersfield, consisting of a brother who had become an 
invalid, and of two sisters in feeble health, all unmarried and 
aging serenely together. By degrees his own strength was 
sapped by some organic disease of the heart, which had given 
him serious warning; and on the 11th of August he sud- 
denly succumbed, while making his usual round at evening to 
