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a valuable series of critical observations on Héll’s Madeiran list, and 
these were printed in the first volume of Hooker’s Journal of Botany, 
1834. He became English Ree in the island in. 1832, and 
remained there till 1854, in all twenty-s aoe py occasionally visiting 
the neighbouring isles of the Copsey and in 1859 the African coast 
at, Mogador. During this period published numerous papers, 
chiefly on fishes and shells, in the Vootaioal Society’s Proceedings ; 
and on botany in Hooker’s Journal and elsewhere. The ‘ Novitie 
“Flore Maderensis ”” appeared in the Cambridge Phil. Trans. in 
England, accepted the g of Lea in Lincolnshire, and soon set 
about the preparation of a Abe iet Flora, the first part of which was 
published in 1857, under the title of ‘‘ A Manual Flora of Mace 
j A se 
and the adjacent islands of Porto Santo and the De ond 
art o s book was issued in 1862, a third in 1864, ars are m 
completing the first volume 868 e part of the second 
ds 
rig engaged on the remainder of the Gamopetalous orders at the 
time of his unexpected death. He had, during the progress of the 
Flora, returned several times to Madeira with the double wee of 
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t is 
regretted that it is left thus Nalan, as there is probly : 
botanist. with we Lserriedss of the Madeiran flora which w 
sessed by 
- Dr. Georg qs Pritzel, Librarian of the Academy at Berlin, 
dion at ae near Kiel, on 14th June, after a long illness He 
was born at Carolath, Silesia, on 2nd September, 1815, His indis- 
 pensable ‘ Thesaurus Literature Botanicse,” 1847-1851, and “ Iconum 
Bo says eine Locupletissimus,”” 1855, with. Supplement, Mie 
wor : 
interrupted by the illness of its author three years ag0,' tafter the issue 
of the fourth part. Dr. Pritzel is said to have made an extensive 
ames, 
Tn accordance with the resolution passed at the special m gof 
Linnean Society held March 5th (see p. 198), the pees ihre 
submitted the questions: which were lately so keenly disc ussed 
uthority ” for 
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Be 
rarian and the new enactment are valid, not t contrary to - 
Charter and therefore binding on the Society. Sorry as we are 
this result, and injurious as we still think the now legalised ve, 
tions, we have no doubt that a termination of the difficulty will be 
welcomed by all. 
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