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During the prosecution of the investigation of the Cactaceae 
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sidicotal ae and eoeciens from Argentina and Paraguay 
is ra) 
about six months, from November, 1916, to April, 1917, on this 
trip,* and brought back large collections which have yielded 
much important information 
r. Shafer’s several Cu ian botanical collections, taken all 
together, ; are the largest ever made and studied from that island, 
great fund of information relative to habitat and geographic 
distribution of Cuban species, and many plants previously known 
ed Rf amily. The Setar on which both these genera 
are based were found by him at Camp La Gloria, south of the 
Sierra Moa, western ee in December, 1910. He is further 
commemorated in Cuban botany oa species in the genera 
icera, Purdiaea, Coccolobis, Tabebui » Varron nia, Eupatorium, 
by Malpighia Shaferi, and on Montserrat by a species of the 
fungus Fuscoporella. Several of the cacti new to science found 
by him in South America are also named in his honor. 
Dr. Shafer was codperative and efficient in his duties, and a 
delightful companion. In the field, he would go through with 
all kinds of privations without hesitation in order to accomplish 
his object. We deeply mourn his loss. 
N. L. Britton. 
* Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 19: 21-43. 
