Abstract
William Trelease (1857- 1945) was the first director of Missouri Botanical Garden and one of the most important botanists in the history of the United States. He visited the Azores (in 1894 and 1896), Madeira (in 1896), and the Canaries (in 1932). His expeditions to the two Portuguese archipelagos are well-known and resulted in: (1) a floristic monograph for the Azores (published by Trelease in 1897) and (2) taxonomic treatments for the native mosses of Madeira and the Azores [published by the French bryologist Jules Cardot (1860-1934) in 1897]. From his writings it seems that his two expeditions to the Azores were inspired by Darwin’s work and findings in the Galapagos Islands. His three month visit to the Canaries (Tenerife) did not yield any particular publication and has not been the subject of historical research. Ba-
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