1889.] 
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[Goodale. 
somewhat less than those given by Dr. Winter (Torr. Bull, x, 7). 
The spores certainly fall apart very easily, but the glomerules may 
be seen by careful examination. This was positively stated by 
Dr. Winter (in litt. July 9, 1885) to be his U. Ellisii. I alone am 
responsible for the varietal name. 
Entyloma Menispermi, Fail, and Trelease, on Menispermum Cana- 
dense; Fargo and Valley City, Dak. 
Entyloma Compositarum, Fail., Erigeron Philadelphicum ; Val- 
ley City, Dak. 
Entyloma Physalidis , (Kalch. & Cke.) Wint., on Solanum tri- 
Jlorum ; Bismarck, Dak. 
Exs. : Ell. & Ev. N. Am. Fung. 14916 after 1900. 
The Secretary called attention to peculiar calcareous formations 
from the Bermudas known as “Fossil Palms.” 
SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. ASA GRAY. 
BY G. L. GOODALE. 
[Read at the meeting of the Society on Feb. 15, 1888.] 
Mr. President and fellow-members of the Boston Society of Nat- 
ural History - 
The time has not yet come for an exhaustive analysis of the 
life, the character, and the work of Professor Gray. Later, there 
must be given to the world by those who have the memorials of 
his life in their keeping, a full account of the life and character of 
a naturalist whose ceaseless activity, conjoined with great charm 
of manner, made him one of the most engaging personalities of 
modern times. Later, there must come from the hands of his life- 
long foreign correspondents an adequate presentation of the results 
achieved by him in his chosen field of work. Recognizing the fact 
that one of the sciences cultivated by this Society owes more to 
Asa Gray than to any other American botanist, you have hastened 
to express your sense of loss in his death. 
Your President, whose absence to-night is sincerely to be regret- 
ted, called attention, at the last meeting, to the propriety of setting 
apart an evening for the adoption of formal resolutions expressive 
of our irreparable loss. On that occasion he further said that one 
of Professor Gray’s colleagues would present some account of the 
