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eniy." 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 Jussiaea," 

 in the tenth volume of the Linnaean 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 Musci, by 

 the late Mr. Sullivant; the Lichenes, 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 



