592 The American Naturalist. [June, 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
Correction.—Dr. D. S. "Jordan informs me that the name albeolus 
is not available for a new species of Notropis since it has been used in 
that connection. The species called Notropis albeolus in the AMERI- 
can NATURALIST, January, 1893, p. 152, may stand as Notropis jor- 
danii. C. H. & R. S5. EIGENMANN. 
Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus DeCandolle, born in Paris, 
October 27, 1806, died in Geneva, April 4, 1893. The son of an emi- 
nent botanist (Augustin Pyramus DeCandolle, 1778-1841), with whom 
he labored many years, and himself the father of one who ranks high 
among living botanists (Casimir Pyramus DeCandolle, 1836 ), the 
subject of this sketch lived all his days a botanist. His first paper, 
Monographie des Campanulées, appeared in 1830, and from that date 
until within a short time, his brain and pen have been busy. In 1839 
he began his contributions to the “ Prodromus ” which his father had 
inaugurated fifteen years earlier, continuing until the final abandon- 
ment of the work in 1873. A few years later (1878) he and his 
son Casimir brought out the first volume of Monographiae Phanero- 
gamarum, which was intended as in part, a continuation and revision 
of the Prodromus. Of this great work, seven stately volumes have 
appeared. 
Aside from this systematic and descriptive work, DeCandolle will be 
remembered for his treatise on geographical botany, Geographie 
Botanique Raisonnée (2 vols., 1855), and his well known Lois de la 
Nomenclature Botanique (1867), of which an English translation 
appeared the year following. The latter, in these days of discussion, 
is not likely to be forgotten or overlooked. La Phytographie, which 
appeared from his pen in 1880, is not as well known as its merits 
deserve. The much more popular Origin du Plants Cultivés (1885), 
of which an English translation appeared in the International Scien- 
tific Series is one of the most widely read of botanical works. 
Lectures at the Paris Museum.—The following course of lec- 
tures will be given at the Museum of Natural History during 1893: 
April 25, Preliminary Lesson, M. Milne-Edwards; April 27, 
Anthropology, M. Hamy; April 29, Ethnography, M. Verneau ; 
May 2, Mammalia, M. Oustalet ; May 4, Birds, M. Oustalet ; May 6, 
