30 OBITUARY. 
von Kritzendorf in Niederésterreich.’-——B. Stein, ‘ gabe ia 
mit Orobanchen.’—P. Sintenis, ‘ Cypern und seine Flora ’ (cont.). 
Transactions of Linnean Society.—(Dec.) C. — a oe 
butions to the Lichenology of New South Wales 
Obituary. 
Dr. Grorce Dickie was born at Aberdeen November 28rd, 
1813, and died there July 7th, 1882. He was educated in that 
town and graduated at Marischal College A.M., in 1830, and 
studied medicine during 1832-33, and in ‘Edinburgh in 1833-84 ; 
in the latter year he became M.B.C.8. of London. He lectured 
on Botany at King’s College, Aberdeen, from 1839 to 1849, and 
delivered occasional courses on Materia Medica and Natural 
History in the same University, beats: from it in 1842 the 
degree of M.D. He was ee 849, Professor of Natural 
History in Belfast, and in 1860 Pidenie of Botany in Aberdeen, 
et — neat — see ; ee the state of his health 
induce His arate works were the ‘ Flora 
of Aenea: (B80y :  Botaniai’s tee o Aberdeen and Banff’ 
(1860), and ‘ Flora of Ulster’ (1864). With Dr. McCosh he wrote 
‘Typical Forms and Special Ends in cress ation,’ He was a 
constant contributor to various journals, 9 own among the 
erogams and mosses as well as Alge. He was electe 
F.LS. in 1868, and F.R.S. in 1881. 
Te death of Ricnarp P , M.D., took place at Edinburgh late 
in 1882. He devoted himself especially to the studies of Ichthyology 
and Botany, contributing numerous papers on the former subject to 
ci Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ’ (1882-44), in 
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ich also appeared (vol. i. pp. 867-9, t. i.), his paper upon @ 
haba which he described and figured as ‘a new species of the 
olcus ”’—H, tatus—a plant which he subsequently 
Plies = Scotland,’ p. 51) reduced to a variety of H. mollis, 
distinguis ed having ‘both [florets] furnished with a long 
h Just mentioned is his most important 
contribution to Botany; it contains es drawn and engraved by 
e Rirsroe grasses, prefaced by a list, with localities, of those 
within fifteen miles of Edinburgh. He appears to have paid 
