1r2 
he fronds er Saat from those of the preceding 
y 
species [Sabal Adansonii] ny other character than th = 
pearance of long par ies spines; the inflorescence has not yet 
been compared; its r. ence a cho dan- 
; its rare occurr : 
sonii leads to a suspicion of its validity as a distinct species. In 
the ae of evatnal pointed out to me by the kindness of 
Dr. Baldw 
Several ee s later Thomas Nuttall, in publishing some notes 
referring to plants collected by Nathaniel Ware” said": ‘‘In this 
ni xed wi 
half a foot long, and rigid as needles, within these radical sheaths 
is enclosed the andere one loaded with hirsute brownish 
drupes, the size of coffee berries, and recent possessing an 
oon sweetish aye with he ch the Abo: ies pil ee ‘ 
Carl Friedrich von Martius," in ie cla ork on palms, 
after fully ne the saat says: ws in oes near 
botany. During thirty-three years of residence in the United States, from 
1808 to 1841, he devoted most of his time to botanical study, collecting 
plants not only in the northeastern states, tut iD ats met le west, the south, 
across the Rockies, and on the Pacific coast, and i blishing hi 
remarkable little work on _ ‘Genera: of North patie plants,” as well 
Healso 
o 
® 
3 
Bb 
as 
® 
well known as an nerd In 1841 he returned to England, and made 
his home at “ Nutgrove,”’ a small estate near Rainhill, Prescott, Lancaster- 
859. me H.B. 
Nathaniel A. who was born about 1780, is eeaid to pave been a 
native of Mass Parr but most of f 
He studied and practiced law. an Sa Carolina, but saa at Natchez, 
Mississippi 
fortune. In later years he lived at Philadelphia and Cincinnati, and he 
died at Cavern in mes His interest in the natural sciences was sas 
known; Nuttall described many new species of plants collected by him 
East Por and West Florida, and oa to him the cruciferous genus 
Warea.—J. H. B. 
3 American Journal of pauihe a 293. 
1822. 
bs ao Friedrich Philipp von Martius was born 17 April 1794, at Erlangen, 
Germ His fa ather, Ernst ue dite ae died ii in 1849 as me ag 
of 3 
f t ical soci {R m association 
From 
ith his fat 1 his father’s friends, meee early acquired a good know- 
