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Peuce pauperrima, (Schleiden.) 



• „ dubia, 



„ Zipseriana, 



„ Australis, (Unger.) 



j, Schmidiana, (Schleiden) 



the last being the specimen referred to. The following passage 

 occurs in the " Musee Botanique de Baron Delessert," p. 433, 

 'Le reverend Bernard Schmid,Ecclesiastiquede Weimar, attache aux 

 missions evangeliques, et qui a longtemps sejourne dans l'lnde, a 

 parcouru les Nil-Gherry, et a fait avec soin des herbiers de plante3 

 de ces montagnes, il a visite principalement Konnor, Kota-Gherry, 

 Outa-Kamound, etc.' 



We had scarcely heard of the removal of this venerable Mission- 

 ary, when we received the sorrowful tidings of the decease of ano- 

 ther Indian Botanist and friend, intelligence, which was much more 

 sudden and unlooked for, and particularly affected the writer of 

 these lines. 



II. Chares Drew, Assistant Surgeon, was educated at Plymouth 

 and afterwards at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He subsequently 

 settled at Wiveliscombe, Devon, as a County practitioner, when he 

 was advised in 1854, to compete for admission into the Honorable 

 East India Company's Medical Service, he succeeded and stood high 

 in the List. He brought a note to us from Dr. Hooker of Kew men- 

 tioning his acquirements in Botany. A few months afterwards, he 

 acted for a short time as professor of Botany, Medical College. Mr. 

 Drew was as a Member of our Society, energetic and indefatigable 

 not only as regards the study of the Indian Flora, but with respect 

 to all subjects coming under his observation, whence he thought 

 he could derive useful information. 



He was a skilful Histologist, and has left a Book of Botanical 

 drawings executed by himself in a superior style, showing that he 

 had carefully studied and accurately delineated the minute structure 

 of several little known Genera. He adopted the excellent practice 

 of devoting a short time daily to the Analytical study of plants. 

 Last year, Mr. Drew, in the capacity of Secretary to the Local Ex- 

 hibition of Calicut, discharged his duties most efficiently. A notice 

 of his search for the Gutta Percha Tree of Wynaad will be found at 



