THOMAS HUaHES BUFFHAM. 1?! German that he might be able to read algological works written only in these languages. How well he succeeded in his self-imposed task his papers, published in the Quekett Microscopical Club's Pio- ceedhigs, in this Journal, and elsewhere, and the beautiful series of preparations of the reproductive organs of the Floridea supplied by him to the British Museum, bear witness. In 1891 Mr. Buffham was elected an Associate of the Linnean Society, and he was a constant attendant at its meetings. Never very robust, he was taken ill early in the present year, and died on the 9th of February at Walthamstow, where he had resided for many years. Mr. Buffham was an industrious collector, and added Phor- midium corium, Ectocarpiis dasycarpus, Gonimophyllum Buffhami^ Rhodochorton jmllens, and Bo)memaisonia hamifera to the British flora. For many years I had the pleasure of his acquaintance, and I am indebted to him for many beautiful specimens. Ever ready to aid, either with advice or material for study, those working at the same subject as himself, he will be missed by many students^of our native algae, and by none more than myself. The great charac- teristic of his work was its thoroughness, every detail, however trifling, even down to the mechanical "finish" of his slides, very many of which have passed through my hands, was attended to with the greatest care, and no difficulty was consciously shirked. How much British algology has lost by his death will be best understood by a perusal of his published writings, a list of which is given below : — 1. "Notes on the Floridece and some newly found antheridia " (Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, i. ser. 2, 337 et seq. May, 1884). 2. "Newly observed Phenomena in the conjugation of the Dia- tom Rhabdoiiema arcuatuni" (I.e. ii. ser. 2, 131 et seq, June, 1885). 3. "On the Reproductive Organs, especially the Antheridia, of some of the FlorUlea;. I." {I.e. iii. ser. 2, 267 et seq. July, 1888). 4. "On the Reproductive Organs, especially the Antheridia, of some of the Floridece, II." (/. c. iv. ser. 2, 246 et seq. Jan. 1891). 5. "The Plurilocular Zoosporangia of Asperococcus buUosus and Myriotriehia clavcBformis {Journ. Bot. Nov. 1891). 6. '^ Chantransia trijila — a new Marine Alga" [Joiuii. Quekett Microse. Club, v. ser. 2, 24 et seq. July, 1892). 7. Conjugation of a Diatom — Orthoneis binotata Grunow" {I. c. V. ser. 2, 27. July, 1892). 8. "Algological Notes" ((rrmZZm. March, 1893). 9. " On the Antheridia of some Floridece" [Journ. Quekett Microse, Club, V. ser. 2, 291-305. Oct. 1893). E. A. Batters.
