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sadly but serenely pays the tribute of this Line note to the mem- 
ory of a near and faithful friend, an accomplished botanist, a 
genial and warm-hearted and truly good man. A. G. 
‘oH F,. Austin died at his home in Closter, New Jersey, on 
the 18th of March, ult., in the 49th year of his age. He was one 
of the original members of the Torrey Botanical Club, in which 
he will be much missed, and he was for some years, during its 
arium. He w. 
founder’s lifetime, the curator of the Torrey herb 8 
a very zealous and sharp-sighted botanist, and he followed his 
bent and pursued his investigations under many difficulties and 
Botany of Califo ornia, now in press. dave ats eats we e pub- 
lished ane. a of the Mosses of the Atlantic United States, and 
later sets of our Hepatice, embodying an immense amo ount of 
labor in es collection—in travel, mostly on foot, through the 
Southern, Eastern and Middle States—no less than in sal anyes 
D. 
secured by them to their advanta age, an nd to the benefit of the 
family of the deceased. No botanist ever had a quicker eye for 
the detection of differences —S Mr. Austin, or a more unreserved 
devotion to a favori te 
* List the Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast, whos 
range includes na Macon” (op. cit., 1878, pp. 316- Pac and i 
a marked improvement upon it. Attention shou calle i, 
however, to a few of the mistakes noticed in a hie evannke 
tion. In extendin ng the range of Leptopodia sagittaria to Chili 
on the authority of A. Milne Edwards’ identification of L. dedilis 
