EZEK1EL GEORGE VARENNE.
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in the third and fourth volumes of the "Phytologist" (first series) are
on similarly difficult groups. He is credited by Gibson with the
addition of nine species to the county list, in addition to the casuals
Alyssum calycinum and Lepidium draba. They are :—
Ceratophyllum submersum, 1833.
Carex elongata, 1844.
Filago apiculata, 1848.
Galeopsis ochroleuca, 1848.
OEnanthe pimpinelloides, 1861.
Potamogeton rufescens, 1861.
And P. praelongus, P. zosterifolius, and P. flabellatus, in 1861 or
1862.
From this list we also gather that Varenne had made some pro-
gress in botany and had at least visited St. Osyth as early as 1833.
He continued to annotate his copy of Gibson's Flora down to 1884.
These annotations will be utilised in the new edition of that work
and it is to be hoped that his manuscript Cryptogamic matter will
also see the light.
In politics he was an ardent Liberal, acting for several years as
secretary to the Kelvedon Liberal Association, and working very
hard to secure the return of his friend and neighbour, Sir T. B.
Western. For upwards of fifty years of his life he was a total
abstainer and he took a leading part in starting the local Band of
Hope. The Kelvedon Gas Company, of which he was at various
times both secretary and chairman, and other local institutions, shared
his public-spirited interest ; and since, though a Churchman, he was
a firm believer in unsectarian education and had an intense hatred of
anything savouring to his mind of bigotry, he acted for many years
as secretary to the British School.
He was elected a member of the Essex Field Club on December
17th, 1881, but it was always a matter of regret that no scientific
communications to the Club were ever received from him. His
features betokened the alertness of his mind: his grey hair curled
from a head by no means completely bald ; his high forehead, slightly-
arched and bushy eyebrows, and eyes whose brightness was not
concealed by his glasses, his aquiline nose and somewhat large but
firm mouth all showed his strength of character ; whilst his full white
moustache, whiskers and beard lent to his features the gentleness of
age. His memory will long live in the affection of those who knew
him. The portrait accompanying this notice (Plate ii) is from