o 
gathered by me in May, 18^9. and culled C. letravArum o} Mi. 
Bennett (see '3ch Report) were examined by Prof. Oorbifrre ano 
considered pumilum, as originally labelled. In fairness co ; '/lr. 
Bennett, I think there may have been a mixture in that gather- 
ing twenty-eight years ago. The two often grow together, and 
I found such a mixture from Somerset only last year. — H. S. 1’. 
RICHARD SPIERS STANDEN, F.L.S. 
We deeply regret to have to record this year the death of 
Mr. R. S. Standee, for many years an active and enthusiastic 
member of the Club. From the time he joined, in 1893, Mr. 
Standee only once missed sending a parcel of plants for the 
mnual distribution. These parcels constantly bore testimony to 
nis intimate knowledge of our flora, and his care in selecting and 
drying the specimens. Charming as a correspondent, and most 
.generous in bestowing his duplicate specimens where he thought 
jhey would be most useful, he will be greatly missed even by 
many who did not know h~ ; m personally. His herbarium — a 
very extensive one — was presented to the Natural History 
Museum, South Kensington, in February 1916. After cremation 
it Woking, the remains were buried in Minstead Churchyard, New 
Forest, on August 28. We are greatly indebted to his friend, 
Mr. W. E. Nicholson, of Lewes, for the following short account 
if his life, and to the family for the photograph, taken about 
1897, which we are permitted to reproduce. 
G. GOODE, 
Hon. Sec. cind Editor. 
Born at Oxford in 1835, Richard Spiers Standen was in his 
32nd year when he passed peacefully away at Romsey on the 
!9th of July, 1917. His father, who took a great i n tores t in the 
Jiaetlands, and who did much to further the woollen industr y of 
he islands, died from a chill contracted while erecting a aim 
here as a prominent landmark for ships at sea. when Mr. 
itanden was a young boy. I is mother marrying again, he was 
trought up by guardians until he-attained his majority. Shortly 
>eforo this event his guardians arranged for hir. to have an 
xtensive tour on the Continent, in the course of which he visited 
, large part of central and southern Europe, including Greece, 
