124 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
ing of 1857. Many species were dedicated to him, anda 
genus of the Composite commemorates his name. I ex- 
tract the following from Plante Fendleriane, at page 105, as_ 
a fitting conclusion to this brief sketch, giving, as it does, the 
testimony of Dr. Gray as to the work and merit of Prof. Bailey. 
Dedicating Baileya, a new Composite genus of two species” 
rom the Texano-Arkansas district, he says: ‘t This genus 
is dedicated to Prof. J. W. Bailey, of the U. S. Military 
Academy, who is particularly distinguished for his researches _ 
among the minuter alge and especially the Diatomacee 
(which he was the first to detect in a fossil state in this 
country), for his microscopical investigations concerning the — 
crystals contained in the tissues of plants, and for the detec- : 
tion of vegetable structure in the ashes of anthracite.” ° 
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. 
A new water-lily. 
THOMAS MORONG. 
(WITH PLATE VIL.) 
udging from the length of stems on the specimens ae 
grow in shallow water. It beat 
tala pygmea Salisb., a plant found 
The writer is | 
_ Water-lilies he is as} ees 38 the Present dispute regarding the nomencla 
: the 
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