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JOSE JERONIMO TRIANA. 
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F eogranadina. When his collections were considered 
sufficiently complete, Triana went to Paris, where he established 
himself with his family. Many of his plants were given to certain 
European herbaria, and one collection was acquired by the Paris 
Museum. T ined i i 
the Prodromus Flore Novo-granatensis, printed in the Annales des 
Sciences Naturelles (1862-67), extends only to 882 pages, and 
includes but a few families of Phanerogams. The Cryptogams 
received better treatment at the hands of A. Braun ( Lycopods), 
Mettenius (Ferns), Léveillée (Fungi), Gottsche (Hepatics), Hampe 
(Mosses), and Nylander (Lichens). 
Left to himself, Triana devoted himself for several years to the 
study of the Melastomacee for Bentham an : 
a monograph of the order, which appeared in 1871 in 
tribes of equal valu ; 
His other important work was Nourelles Ftudes sur les Quinquinas, 
published in 1870, which was rewarded h i 
Sciences, although Triana’s attempts to become a member of 
ne Academy were unsuccessful. After this he almost entirely 
abandoned his botanical studies; and his herbarium suffered 
deterioration through neglect. The Colombian government being 
in the hands of those whose political —s Triana shared, he 
i ris for 
post he occupied until his death, devoting himself chiefly to com- 
mercial and industrial operations, and only occupying himself with 
science from a practical point of view. He interested himself 
especially in the Cinchona traffic, notably of the  quinquina cuprea,” 
