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he various collectors and botanists mentioned above were 
generally well n and nearly or quite all of them have either 
genera or species of plants, or both, named for ong 
the native botanists, Garden’s ni perpetuated in the well- 
own genus e Old World, Gardenia, with a number of 
ride’ e is associat ce) 
the adjacent parts of South Carolina bears the name Elliottia, 
in ag of Elliott. 
Elliott flourished i in the first and second decades of the 
but in an accompanying note he says, ‘It is possible that there 
are now three eens species on une enue of the Southern 
States covered under tia]. In the supple- 
ment to this work, if I sould be eae o complete it, 
the inquiry shall be resumed.” As a result of failing health the 
supplement never appeared. The question became dormant 
again and not until four decades had elapsed was Gs problem 
revived. 
d Georgia, although it filled two thick volumes and is a treasury of detailed 
an 
eae observations. His herbarium is now in the custody of the Charleston 
Te hn Linnaeus Edward Whitridge Shecut (1770-1836) was a physician at 
cane botany, and in 1806 he published the first volume of a botanical com- 
sled ium to which he gave the title ‘ ie Se cunaeeaae This curious title 
h I as a Carolinian; the work is in no sense a flora of 
Carolina.—J. H 
* A Sketch of - Botany i gia. 
