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69_20 Mocino et Sesse. A very early botanical collector in California was Jose Mariano Mocino whom A. Menzies (Vancouver Expedition) met in the north. When at Monterey he must have collected there Ribes speciosum Pursh. He regarded it as new and it was given the name "R. ? fuchsioides. Moc. & Ses. This name of Mocino and Sesse I find in G.L. Berlandier's paper, Memoire sur la famille des Grosulariees (Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 3 [superscript] 121: pls. 1-3, 1826), where is given a plate (3 [Superscript] III) of Ribes stramineum Smith (Reese, Cycl. 30: n. 30) which is a synonym of R. speciosum Pursh. "R. stramineum Smith" of Berlandier is a slip for R. stamineum Berl there is cited as synonym: R. ? fuchsioides Moc. et Ses. flor. Mexic. ined. This name I do not find in Mocino et Sesse, |
69_21 Flora Mexicana in La Naturaleza. Is it Calq. Des.? "The Agent's son, John Torrey, supplies me with all the books I want, which are not in the State prison libra. [library]"-Amos Eaton,__Elsewhere in these pages, it is my remembrance, Eaton says he taught the young John Torrey the nature of the calyx, corol [corolla], pistil._ when confined in Newgate Prison, New York. cf. "Amos Eaton, Scientist and Educator," by Ethel M. McAllister; p. 143. 1941. Amos Eaton, his imprisonment and its injustice: l.c., p. 137, last prose paragraph on page. "Cruel malignity of his enemies,"-l.c. p. 142. Gray, Asa. cf. Men and Manners, 16:158. Johnston, Ivan. l.c. _Elsewhere in these pages, it is my remembrance, Eaton says he taught the young John Torrey the nature of the calyx, corol [corolla], pistil. |
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