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The Committee on Mineral Resources sent the following : 



"Porto Rico loses a great friend in the death of Doctor Britton, 

 President. Please convey heartfelt regret to his family and the 

 staff of the Garden." 



According to a list compiled by Mr. Percy Wilson, five genera 

 of plants and one of animals have been named in honor of Doctor 

 Britton and one of mosses in honor of Mrs. Britton. These are: 



Britton am ra Kuntze, of the Pea Family, with i species, a na- 

 tive of tropical America. 



Brittonastrum Briquet, of the Mint Family, with 15 species, 

 natives of Mexico and the western United States. 



Brittonella Rusby, of the Malpighia Family, 1 species, native 

 of Bolivia. 



Brittonella Fisher, a genus of beetles, 1 species, native of 

 Porto Rico. 



In naming this genus, Dr. Fisher remarked : 



"I take great pleasure in dedicating this genus to Dr. N. L. 

 Britton, director for more than three decades of The New York 

 Botanical Garden, chairman of the Porto Rico Committee of the 

 New York Academy of Sciences, to whose able and indefatigable 

 services is due in large part the success of the Natural History Sur- 

 vey of Porto Rico." 



Brittonrosea Spegazzini, of the Cactus Family, 21 species, na- 

 tives of South America. 



Bryobrittonia, of the mosses, 1 species, native of Yukon Ter- 

 ritory. 



Neobrittonia Hochreutiner, of the Mallow Family, 1 species, 

 native of Mexico. 



Sixty-nine species and varieties of plants, living and fossil, and 

 three of animals have been dedicated to Doctor Britton, while 

 fifteen species of plants and one of animals have likewise been 

 named for Mrs. Britton. In addition, two species of plants, a 

 palm (Copernicia Brittonorum Leon) and a beard-tongue {Pen- 

 stemon Brittonorum Pennell) appear to have been named for the 

 two conjointly. 



Brittonia, a periodical, issued at irregular intervals and devoted 

 chiefly t<> papers on systematic botany, was established by The New 



