Septe.nber, 1920] 



The Canadian Field-Naturalist 



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that mild climate he could be in the open air and 

 collect specimens for most of the year, and had 

 fixed on the spring of 1912 as the time when he 

 would move to British Columbia. No doubt the 

 rush and excitement of closing up his work at 

 Ottawa had something to do with the paralysis 

 which struck him down a few weeks before his in- 

 tended departure. But, while the attack was a 

 severe one, none of his faculties were affected, and 

 though a few weeks later than the date he had de- 

 cided upon, he left for British Columbia in April, 

 1912, with his right arm and right leg somewhat 

 affected by his illness. His health continued to 

 improve, and he was soon roaming the woods of 

 Vancouver Island making collections. He had 

 been collectmg mosses since 1861, and when he 

 had found and catalogued practically all the flow- 

 ering plants in Canada, he devoted much time to the 

 study of mosses, lichens, liverworts and fungi, and 

 when he went to live on Vancouver Island his 

 time was devoted mainly to cryptogams, and he 

 gathered many specimens there. 



The Government is often blamed for not show- 

 ing appreciation of services rendered by members 

 of the Civil Service, but in the case of Prof. Macoun 

 this was not so. When at 81 years of age he de- 

 cided to leave Ottawa in 1912, and spend the rest 

 of his days in British Columbia, he knew that he 

 might be superannuated as he was past the age 

 limit and still on full salary, but the Government, 

 considering his past record, treated him generous- 

 ly, and he received a copy of the following order- 

 in-council, by which he retained his position in the 

 Service until his death, — 



"Privy Council, Canada, 



9th June, 1913. 

 "The Committee of the Privy Council, on 

 the recommendation of the Minister of Mines, 

 advise that Prof. John Macoun, Naturalist 

 and Botanist in the Geological Survey, who is 

 over the prescribed age limit referred to in 

 Rule 40 of the Treasury Board Minute, dated 

 II th November, 1870, be, in recognition of 

 the worth of his past work, allowed to retain 

 until further notice, his connection with the 

 Department of Mines, outside of Ottawa; his 

 living expenses while engaged on actual field 

 duty only to be a charge against the Geologic- 

 al Survey appropriations." 



Rodolph L. Boudreau, 



Clerk of the Privy Council. 

 The Honourable 



The Minister of Mines." 

 SPECIES NAMED AFTER JOHN MACOUN 

 Perhaps no better tribute to the work of John 

 Macoun can be paid than the list of some of the 



species of plants, etc., which have been named after 

 him, most of which were discovered and collected 

 by him but named by some other scientist. While 

 there are 45 species in this list, it is not a com- 

 plete one, but it indicates the large number of new 

 and rare specimens collected by him. Few scien- 

 tists have had as many species named in honour of 

 them as John Macoun. 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 Alopecurus Macounii, Vasey. 

 Calamagrostis Macouniana, Vasey. 

 Elymus Macounii, Vasey. 

 Ranunculus Macounii, Britton. 

 Lesquerella Macounii, Greene. 

 Draba Macouniana, Rydberg. 

 Arabis Macounii, S. Wats. 

 Potentilla Macounii, Rydberg. 

 Rosa Macounii, Greene. 

 Lupinus Macounii, Rydberg. 

 Astragalus Macounii, Rydberg. 

 Gentiana Macounii, Holm. 

 Oreocarya Macounii, Rydberg. 

 Antennaria Macounii, Greene. 

 Hymenoxys Macounii, Rydberg. 

 Arnica Macounii, Greene. 

 Bidens Macounii, Greene. 

 Sisyrinchium Macounii, Bickn. 



MOSSES. 

 Andreaea Macounii, Kindb. 

 Distichium Macounii, CM. & Kindb. 

 Encalypta Macounii, Aust. 

 Entodon Macounii, CM. & Kindb. 

 Homalia Macounii, CM. & Kindb. 

 Hypnum Macounii, Kindb. 

 Philonotis Macounii, Lesq. & James. 

 Pogonatum Macounii, Kindb. 

 Racomitrium Macounii, Kindb. 

 Cinclidium Macounii Kindb. 

 Eurhynchium Macounii, Kindb. 

 Heterocladium Macounii, Best. 

 Neckera Macounii, CM. & Kindb. 

 Timmia Macounii, Kindb. 



LICHENS. 

 Biatora Macounii, Eckfeldt. 

 Pannaria Macounii, Tuckerm. 



HEPATICEAE. 

 Anthoceros Macounii, Howe. 

 Cephalozia Macounii, Aust. 

 Cololejeunea Macounii. Spruce. 

 Fossombronia Macounii, Aust. 

 Lophocolca Macounii, Aust. 

 Odontoschisma Macounii, Aust. 



ECHINODERMS — STARFISH. 

 Leptasterias macouni, Verrill. 



