396 Scientifie Intelligence. 
s §. Girsrep, Professor of Botany in the Univer — = 
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s a zodlogist, but since his return from his basi in 
Costa Rica (1 846-48), and his appointment to the chair of Botany 
in 1860, he has been one of the most active of Scandinavian bota- 
nists, and has treated with ability a great variety of subjects. In 
the et s was his interesting discovery that Restedia is astate 
of Podiso 
ccs, es an aide-naturalist at the Museum of Natural 
History, Paris , and one of the best botanical eléves of that estab- 
lishment, died on the 18th of August last, at the early age of 42. 
e was associated with Professor Brongniart and was joint-author 
with him of several papers, mostly on new plants of New ie 
onia. His independent publications were more nume an 
rie Most of them related to anatomical and ns OrghohGieiel 
pats His thesis ~ the doctorate in sciences, in 1857, was 
rose ; plant was made green and vigorous suid ee nanioht cos salts 
of i iron. One of his latest and most elaborate publications was a 
memoir upon the pith of plants, proving that this is much more 
diverse in structure than was supposed, and that the differences to 
a good extent coincided with ordinal characters. 
Freperk Wetwirscn, M.D., died in London, on the 20th of 
October last, in the 69th’ year ‘of his age. He was a native of 
Carinthia; was educated at Vienna; was co paneer by the 
Wiirtemburg Unio Itineraria to collect the plants of the Azores 
and Cape Verd Islands; but on reaching Lisbon and finding good 
employment there, he made Portugal the field of his investigations, 
until, in 1850, he was sent by the Portuguese government to 
explore the natural history of its — on the west coast of 
Atrica. His exploration of Angola and Benguela was rewarded 
by the discovery of more ee curious lant, probably, than aay 
other that has been undertaken since Australia was opened to 
anists; among them, and Gareaccant of all, the genus _ pee 
memorates the discoverer, Velwitschia mirabilis, which Dr. 
ooker, who described and illustrated it, does “not = abo to con- 
sider the most wonderful, in a botanical point. of view, oon has been 
brought to light during ‘the present century.” Perhaps the limit- 
ation | in the latter clause of the sentence is needless. “This inhabits 
a most arid waste. In another distri ‘ict, under almost opposi 
conditions, Welwitse h had the good fortune to find the only 
Cactaceous plant es out of America, viz., Rhipsalis Cas 
gee ay a eg w and most Ee habitat of our Brase- 
publi i ab. by th Li : Sar ae? 
ublis * yt . et Societ with 9 lates, some : 
somos ing discoveries are d pos ahs hg still unpublished 
pesto of his alien must furnish most important contribu- 
tions Flora of Tropical Africa, now in progress under the 
