JOHN BARTRAM 53 



In January, 1723, Bartram married Mary, 

 daughter of Richard Maris, of Chester, and had 

 two sons, Richard and Isaac. Two years after 

 her death in 1727 he married Ann Mendenhall, 

 and had nine children: James, Moses, Eliza- 

 beth, Mary, William and Elizabeth (twins), 

 Ann, John, and Benjamin. 



It was William Baldwin who named a plant 

 after Bartram. A letter from him, dated 1817, 

 in the Reliquiae Baldijoinianae, says : 



" As our venerable botanical friend, Bartram, 

 will perhaps be somewhat disappointed in not 

 seeing or hearing from me, I should be glad if 

 you call upon him the first opportunity, and make 

 an apology for me. It is my intention to do him 

 all possible justice in my notices of Florida 

 plants. The Lantana which he discovered I have 

 called L. Bartramii foliis ovatis, obtusis, cre- 

 natis ; caule herbaceo, angulato, aculeato, piloso, 

 ramoso ; floribus capitato-umbellatis, f oliosis. 

 This is a beautiful plant, attaining to the height 

 of six feet and abounds along the coast of 

 Florida. The account given of it by Bartram is 

 very correct. It may come very near the L. 

 aculeata of South America." 8 



2 The Linnaean genus Bartramia was unquestionably named after 

 John Bartram, although he thought it superfluous to say so. The same 

 is true of the well-known genus Bartramia of Hedwig. Neither name 

 is now tenable under modern rules of nomenclature. (J. H. Barn- 

 hart.) 



