Savannah, and in other places Eastern Florida, 
Pursh, Nutt Ware. Called by the in- 
ly sed by during which this palm, 
when oo to, still He ae ne the generic name Chamae- 
ops. 
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wever, in 1876, two students of the palms, Hermann Wen 
land"* and Oscar Drude!” Heretofore i 
very characteristic je pal 9 had marqueraded oe at least fou 
d 
i of medi- 
cine, 1814, removed to Mu niche and began to assist in the work of the 
cee eudce of that cit y which was -_ ies for ine remainder of his life. 
From 1817 to 1820 he in Brazil 
collecting plants and oe he flora not ae near the coast but up 
mazon as far as the Per Seiad It was this journey ie ee 
ed his life-work, and filled in the publication of volume afte: me, 
ritten or edited by him, upon the flora of Brazil. The Flor sees 
(1840-1906), a great folio work established by him ee ee edit 
him until his death, is the most mo onumenta 1 oe or i to the ee 
I uring hi 
any country. It wasd his interest wa: 
dinth 1 
3 
1 ily of tt e pal 7 In he began the 
publicatio: 
the work expanded as it progressed, until, upon the completion of ats three 
volumes in 1850, 
world, His publications, however, extended not only into other Baraiee 
fie and linguistics. He became 
preesor in the university at bala in 1826, and ibaa a the botanic 
1832 th of these 
il hi i in 1854. He died at Munich, 13 December 
1868.—J. H. B 
C.F. von Martius, Historia naturalis Palmarum 3: 251. 1839. 
mann Wendland was born 11 October 1825, at Herrenhausen, Han- 
nover, where his father was director of the royal gar n. heeds st euies baled 
his father's assistant in 1850, and succeeded sim as esa . the ee 
hausen garden i in 1869. During most t of f 
f palms, upon which he became 
} hori He died at U t 12 January 1903. “I. HB. 
17 Carl Georg Oscar Drude was s born 5 June 1852, at Brunswick, German 
city and at the (iniversity of 
1874. Since 1879 hi e Anca been professor ir in the technical [school at 
his writings 
cov ering ¢ de erse e helds ont h phytogeography, and physi- 
ology. i bj f study wi ith nee ever since 
d étti J.H.B. 
his early y 4 
