290 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
t wor l ever remain classical. As an 
In 1829 he began the publication of his great work, “ Flora Bra- 
siliensis,” in folio, and for forty years, up to the time of his death, 
he labored upon this, and left it unfinished. Some portions of this 
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probably be completed in a series of monographs of the 
remaining orders, by ha is work are already de- 
rector of the Botanic Garden at Munich for about 
y years, and under his direction it had perhaps the richest col 
lection of species of living palms in Europe. : . 
n Martius was not only a student and traveller, but also emr 
nently a collector. His private herbarium amounted to wee 
,000 species; in the department of palms it was by far the rich- 
est extant. He was long anxious that this herbarium should ultt 
itely come to America. He often expressed his wish to yer 
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pre-Linnean works he considered it absolutely complete. It was 
ya ee rich in botanical manuscripts and orintieal drawings 
= “wagner aque von Martius had a great fondness for ne 
systematic descriptions in modern botanical works, vei 
‘d J¢ elegant and eloquent dissertations which may 
) d In various of his works, He often used this language 12 © 
corres ence, and man: of his letters, especially to his intimate 
ssical in their purity and style. This fondness £0 
