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"xaeennd 1859-65, 8vo, of which three volumes x8 been published. He w 
the author, besides, of numerous papers in Hooker’s ‘ Journal of Botany,’ ad 
in the publications of the Lt lrish Academy, the Dublin Natural History 
Society, the Linnean Society, et 
^ ROBERT KAYE GREVILLE was — on the 13th — 1794, at Bishop 
Auckland, Durham. Unaided by books or friends, he at an early age made 
considerable progress in the study of botany, and before 7a was nineteen he had 
e careful coloured drawings of nearly 200 native plants. He studied medi- 
cine at London and Edinburgh, but never entered the medical profession, his 
means rendering him independent of practice, and his love for botany drawing 
his attention away to more congenial pursuits. In 1824 the University of 
Glasgow co ferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. He made exten- 
sive Piaci of insects, shells, and crustacea, in addition to his valuable her- 
barium, and he delivered several courses of popular lectures on botany. His 
site illustrations are familiar to the members of the Microscopical an E of 
London s Bone! anes Society a Edinburgh. le was a eei and en 
light ti-Slavery; 
and Sabbat: th-day movements. iss life has been one of } great stint, and 
though a devoted and successful student of nature, he never engage n 
some years his strength has been failing, but there was nothing to cause appre- 
hension till the end of May last, when he took cold and inflammation of the 
lungs, which proved fatal on the morning of the 4th of June, 1866. The fol- 
lowing is a list of Dr. aon s principal works :—* "— tish Cryptogamie 
Flora, 1823-29, 6 vol. 8vo; * Flora Edinensis, 1824, 8vo ; * Algæ Britannice,’ 
of the Genera of Mosses, 1830, 8vo, and with vid Wm. J. Hooker, * Icones 
Filicum,’ 1829-1831, 2 «b folio, besides numerous papers in the Transactions 
of the Microscopical and of the Edinburgh Botanical Society, the * Edinburgh 
Philosophical Journal,’ ete. 
Miss Cini: the well-known algologist, died on the 15th of April at Ex- 
mouth, where she had been for some years residing. She early devoted great 
attention to British MN and, Hike: her Sent Mrs. Griffiths, her careful 
observations of the gro ies she met with helped 
greatly to a true appreciation of their systematic relations, To commemorate 
the services rendered by her to British botany, Dr. Greville selected a beautiful 
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species of Dictyotee, very distinct from any established genus, to which he gave 
