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prior to the earliest date already mentioned. In 1 1763, Michet 
as “Palma Caroliniana—swamp palmetto,’ but failed to give 
the origin of the na e ial the nativity0 of the plant, except 
indirectly by the word aroliniana. 
Over forty years later, in 1804, one of the ped events in the 
history of the oe occurred: L. B. Guernsent® pu we 
s 
with the name Sabal of Adanson.- He seem have used the 
name in or to preserve and establish Adanson’s proposed 
e preliminary di ion, Guersent mentions the 
genera Corypha and Chamaerobs w the specific names al- 
es 
ready Teper by Jacaun alas and Michaux, and discusses 
1 with those of Corypha 
and Chamaerops. He then describes Sabal Adansonii, giving 
synonyms, and adds a discussion of the specimen. 
The pee eais specimen of Guersent may have been derived 
from the plant grown in the Vienna Garden. Jacquin said 
that the plant flowered and fruited each year, and that each 
and every seed germinated when planted. The j late of Guer- 
? Michel Adanson, scion of a French family of Scottish origin, was born at 
Aix, in southeastern France, 7 April 1727. He was a precocious child, and 
: in th : 
became interested in the st of plants, and in speculations concerning 
their relationships, at early age. When only twenty-two u 
A ,a pent five years (1749-1753) in the exploration of Senegal. Upon 
his return he worked the history of his voyage, but only one volume. 
(1757) was published. In 1763, in two volumes, appeared his ‘‘Familles. 
des pt rk by which he is best kn to botai In r 
years he did a prodigious amount of writing and drawing, being engaged 
upon several natural wel works planned ona eae scale, » but mos st of 
ubli hed a. 
of sciences and of the Royal society of London, He died : at Paris, 3 August 
1806.—J. H. B. 
*Familles des Plantes 2: 495. . 
*L. B Guersent, born i in 1776, was ies Aes bhysician, specializing 
i 1 e was a member o! f medicine. 
and most of his publi si papers are on ren ne but several are bo~ 
tanical. He died at Paris, 22 May 1848.—J. H. B. 
‘Bulletin Société iain de Paris 2: 206. 1804. 
5 Familles des Plantes 2: 495. 1763 
member 
