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Kingdom," "Natural Families in the Vegetable 

 Kingdom," etc. Engler and Prantl are authors of 

 "Natiirliche Pflanzenf amilien, " a great work, in 

 which all known genera of plants are described. 



EscHSCHOLTz, JoHN Feiedrich VON. Born at Dor- 

 pa,t, Russia, November 12, 1793 ; died there May 19, 

 1834. He visited California early in the century. A 

 noted German botanist and traveler, naturalist. He 

 accompanied, as physician and naturalist, Kotzebue's 

 expeditions in 1815-18 and 1823. 



Eschscholtzia Californica — California Poppy. 



FucHS, Leonhakd. Born at Wembdingen, Ba- 

 varia, January 17, 1501; died at Tiibingen, "Wiirt- 

 temberg. May 10, 1566. A German botanist and phy- 

 sician ; author of " De Historia Stirpium, ' ' 1542. The 

 Fuchsia is named for him, an American flowering 

 plant, native of Mexico and South America. 



Gentius, King op Illtria. The Gentian family 

 is named for him. 



GoBiN DBS Odonais, Jean, accompanied his brother 

 Louis to Peru in 1735, and remained there as a pro- 

 fessor in a college at Quito, studying the flora of 

 that country as well as the Indian language. He also 

 visited Cayenne, the Brazilian Amazon, etc. He pub- 

 lished several works on the plants, animals, etc., of 

 South America. Hg was bom in Saint Amans in 

 1712, and died there in 1792. 



Gray, Asa. Bom at Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., 

 November 18, 1810; died at Cambridge, Mass., Janu- 

 ary 30, 1888. Studied medicine, but gave it up for 

 the study of botany. Was Professor of Natural His- 



