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Ohio Naturalist. 
[ Vol. ], No. 3 
William Ashbrook Kellerman — Born at Ashville, Ohio 
May 1, 1850. He was educated at Cornell and the German Universi- 
ties, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1881. 
For a time he was teacher of natural science in the Wisconsin 
State Normal School, later was professor of Botany and Zoology at 
the Kansas Agricultural College, State Botanist of Kansas, and 
Botanist of the Kansas Experiment Station. He was the founder and 
editor (for four years) of the Journal of Mycology. He has held the 
position of Professor of Botany in the Ohio State University since 
1890 and is the author of a number of text-books and articles for bo- 
tanical journals. He has accumulated a very large and valuable 
private Herbarium of parasitic fungi, and a State Herbarium of the 
Flora of Ohio for the Ohio State University that already numbers 
many thousands of mounted sheets. The names given by botanists 
complimentary to his work are as follows: 
Kellermannia, a genus of Sphaeropsideous fungi. 
Aecidium Kellermannii, a species of Uredineae. 
Plasmopora Kellermannii, a species of Phycomycetous Fungi. 
Rosellinia Kellermannii, a species of Sphaeriaceous Fungi. 
Rhabdospora Kellermannii, a species of Sphaeropsideous Fungi. 
Diaporthe Kellermanniana, a species of Pyrenomycetous Fungi. 
Physcomitrium Kellermani, a species of acrocarpous Moss. 
Miss H. F. Biddlecome. — Of Columbus, formerly of Spring- 
field, assiduously collected and studied the flora of Greene and 
Champaign counties, Ohio She discovered a species of Moss and 
one of Liverwort which have been named in her honor. 
Bryum Biddlecomiae, a pleurocarpous (Moss. 
Trichocolea Biddlecomiae, a species of Hepaticae, or Livenvort. 
F. D. Kelsey. — Born at New Washington. Ind., Feb. 15, 1849, 
but early moved to southern Ohio where he lived until 1856, when he 
moved to Columbus. He was graduated from Marietta College in 
1870 The next year he went to Andover Theological Seminary where 
lie graduated in 1.S74. He served Congregational Churches until 1885 
when he moved to Helena. Montana. Here he made collections and 
distributed the local flora. The College of Montana conferred on 
him the degree of Sc. D. 
In 1892 lie was elected Professor of Botany at Oberlin College, 
which position he held until 1897, when he accepted the pastorate of 
the Central Congregational Church in Toledo, which lie now holds. 
He is also lecturer on Botany at the Smead School for Girls at Toledo, 
Onio. While professor at Oberlin he published several bulletins of 
local interest, and one monograph of Uncinula, with miscroscopic 
drawings of all American species. There are several species named 
in his honor, as follows: 
Kelseya, a monotypic genus of Rosaceae. 
Cucurbitaria Kelseyi, a species of Pyrenomycetous fungi. 
Homostegia Kelseyi, a species of Pyrenomycetous fungi. 
Crvptanthe Kelseyi, a species of Boraginaceae. 
Phlox Kelseyi, a species of Polemoniaceae. 
