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long, all erecto-patent ; flower-bracts oblong-navicular, keeled, 

 about an inch long, bright red at the base, green at the tip, with a 

 small incurved cusp. Calyx rather shorter than the bract. Petals 

 bright yellow, ^ in. longer than the calyx. Stamens a little longer 

 than the petals. Capsule-valves above an inch long. 



Hab. South Brazil about Kio Janeiro and in the province of 

 St. Paulo, Burchell 2308! 3326! Wawra, Longman I Glaziou 

 8026 ! St. Catherina, Tweedie 529 ! Introduced into cultivation 

 about 1865 by Messrs. Booth of Hamburg. 



(Tobe continued.) 



BIOGEAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH 



BOTANISTS. 



By James Britten, F.L.S., and G. S. Boulger, F.L.S. 



Having often in the course of our own work felt the want of 

 some reference-list of byegone workers in Botany, the compilers have 

 thought that the present Index may be of use to others. Their 

 plan has been to be liberal in including all who have in any way 

 contributed to the literature of the science, who have made scientific 

 collections of plants, or who are known to have otherwise assisted in 

 the progress of Botany, exclusive of pure Horticulture. Where 

 known, the name is followed by the years of birth and death, and 

 in other cases an approximate date is given. Then follows the 

 place and day of birth and death, chief titles, dates of election to 

 the Linnean and Royal Societies, or chief University degrees. In 

 conclusion, reference is made to the chief sources of further in- 

 formation in which Pulteney, Rees, Pritzel, Jackson, and the 

 Royal Society Catalogue are first quoted, and then the fullest 

 known record, with a note of any portrait and of genera dedicated 

 to the various persons catalogued. The following abbreviations 

 indicate the most frequently quoted of the many works we have had 

 to consult : — 



Ann. d- Mag. ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' 1841-86. 



Bat. Misc. < Botanical Miscellany,' London, 1830-33. 



Cadi. « Where there's a Will there's a Way,' by Jas. Cash, 1873. 



Colt. Gard. < The Cottage Gardener,' 1849-1860. 



Diet. Xat. Biog. ■ Dictionary of National Biography,' edited by 



Leslie Stephen. London, 1885, and in progress. 

 Enegrf. Gard. 'An Encyclopaedia of Gardening,' by J. C. Loudon. 



London, 1850. 



Felton. ■ Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, 1 1830. 



Fl. Midd. < Flora of Middlesex,' by H. Trimen & W. T. T. Dyer. 



London, 1869, 8vo. 

 Friends Books. « Catalogue of Friends' Books,' by Joseph Smith, 



1867. 



Gard. Clmm. ■ The Gardeners' Chronicle.' London, 1841, and 



in progress, fol. 

 Gorhaw. ■ Memoirs of John and Thomas Martyn,' 1830. 



