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Canclollc sa}'s in his Memoires that, not wishing to seem negli- 

 gent to Hedwig, he asked Garnery to write to the author and 

 state his reasons for the delay. This was promised, but not done. 

 De Candolle became impatient, and threatened to give the publi- 

 cation of the succulent plants to some one el.se if he did not soon 

 comply. Garnery was piqued at this, but de Candolle remained 

 firm, and the publication of the succulent plants came to an end. 

 Shortly afterward Garnery went into bankruptcy. 



With what sanction de Candolle used the most important of 

 Hedwig's deductions in his Flore Francjaise, which appeared in 

 1805, we are not told. But the failure to secure the publication 

 of this fine piece of work and stripping it of its scientific treasures 

 did not interrupt the friendship, if we may trust the statement in 

 the Memoires. Shortly afterward, in July, 1806, Hedwig died. 

 The work was subsequently placed in the hands of Guillemin, of 

 Paris, but was never published. 



It is a pity that so admirable a piece of scientific work should 



have met such an untoward fate. Even after a hundred years its 



publication would be a distinct gain to science. 



Purdue Un'iversity, 



Lafayette, Indiana. 



SHORTER NOTES 



The Juncaceae of the West Indies. — Professor Buchenau 

 contributed to the first volume of Professor Urban's Symbolae 

 Antillanae an account of the Juncaceae hitherto known in the 

 West Indies. He there records three species, y. dichotoinus Ell., 

 from Jamaica, a widely spread species in the eastern United 

 States, J. rcpcns Mich.x. from Cuba, also a species of the eastern 

 United States, and/. Giiadc/oupt'iisis l^uchen. & Urb., a new spe- 

 cies from Guadeloupe. 



/. aristulatits Michx., another common species of the south- 

 eastern United States, may now be added to this list ; it was col- 

 lected by me in meadows at Sagua la Grande, Cuba, growing 

 along the edges of small pools, September 4, 1903 (Britton &: 

 Wilson, No. 286). N. L. Britton. 



