148 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



His collections in the virgin flora of the Appalachians 

 turned up many new forms. Unfortunately, however, 

 working so much by himself, and with what seems an 

 inordinate zeal to found as many new genera and species as 

 possible, he was particular about neither the source nor the 

 extent of his information, and went into the business of 

 species and genus making in the most wholesale manner. 



His descriptions were hastily written and brief, con- 

 sisting often of mere transcriptions of field notes, and many 

 of them were based on the most unreliable data, hence his 

 work has caused almost infinite trouble among systematists, 

 both in botany and zoology. Had such an opportunity for 

 comparison of plants in different herbaria been afforded 

 him as now exists, he would have escaped a great many 

 errors. In forming an estimate of his work, due allowance 

 should be made for his lack of scientific training, his sur- 

 roundings, and the crude state of science in his time. 



Enumeration of papers * by Rafinesque : 



Magazine Articles 144 



Books and Pamphlets 39 



Kafinesque's Magazines 3 



Original Articles in Last 233 



Manuscripts 1 



Total titles 420 



To this summary may be added : 



Reprints 17 



Translations 7 



Books and Oversheets 3 



Grand total 447 



* For full enumeration and bibliographical details, see Prof. Call's book. 



