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 Wright, William (1735-1819) : b. Crieff, Perthsh., March, 1735; d. Edinburgh, 19 Sept., 1819 ; bur. Greyfriars, Edin. M.D. St. Andrew's. A.L.S., 1807; F.E.C.P.E., 1782; F.E.S.E., 1788 ; F.E.S. Went to Greenland, 1757 ; Jamaica, 1765-77, and 1779-85. Discovered Cinchona Jamaicensis, Phil. Trans. Ixvii. 504. Jamaica plants in Herb. Liverpool Bot. Garden. Pritz. 351 ; Jacks. ; E. S. C. vi. 446 ; 'Memoirs,* with portr., 1828 ; Nich. Illustr. iii. 781 ; Turn. Fuci, iii. 32 ; Naturalist, iv. 399 (1839). Portr. engr. by Lizars from miniature by Caldwell. Wrightea Eoxb. = Wallichia. Wrightia R. Br.

Wyatt, Mary (Mrs). (fl. 1833). Dealer in shells, Torquay. 'Algæ Damnonienses,' 1833, superintended by Mrs. Griffiths. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1834, 95. Wyattia Trevisan = Chlrosiphon Kütz.

Wyburd, H. (fl. 1810). 'Introd. to Linnean Classification,' 1810. Jacks. 17.

Wyrnne, John (fl. 1836-67). Of Hazelwood, Co. Sligo. Under Secretary. Discovered Erica mediterranea in Mayo, 1836, and Saxifraga nivalis and Arabis petrœa, on Ben Bulben, 1837. 'Adiantum Capilliis-Veneris in Leitrim,' Nat. Hist. Eeview iv. (1855), 69. Cyb. Hibern. pp. xiii. xv.

Yalden, — (fl. circ. 1750). Studied medicine in Edinburgh. Sent list of Edinburgh pl. to Lightfoot. Herbarium bequeathed to Lightfoot. MS. on Scottish plants in Bot. Dept., Brit. Mus. Fl. Scot. xiv.

Yates, Rev. James (1789-1871) : b. Toxteth Park, Liverpool, April 30, 1789 ; d. Highgate, 7 May, 1871 ; bur. Highgate Cemetery. Unitarian minister. M.A. Edin., 1812. F.L.S., 1822; F.E.S., 1839. ' Fossil Cycads,' Proc. Yorksh. Phil. Soc. 1849, 37. Had a collection of Cycads. Pritz. 352 ; Proc. Eoy. Soc. xx. i. ; E. S. C. vi. 465 ; Gard. Chron. 1871, 618. Yatesia Carr.

Yonge, Rev. James (1748-97). Of Puslinch, nr. Plymouth. Eector of Newton Ferrers. Contributed to plant-lists in Polwhele's Hist. Devon. Herbarium now at Puslinch. Briggs, ' Fl. Plymouth,' xxix.

Young, Edward (fl. 1856). Of Waincyrch, Neath. 'Ferns of Wales,' 1856, with dried specimens. Pritz. 352 ; Jacks. 247.

Young, George (fl. 1753-74). M.D. Surgeon to forces in West Indies. First Curator, St. Vincent Bot. Gard., 1765- 1774.

Young, James Forbes (1796-1860) : b. April, 1796 ; d. Lam-beth, 30 June, 1860; bur. Lambeth. M.D. Edin., 1817. F.L.S., 1847. Of Lambeth. Herbarium in Herb. Mus. Brit. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1860-1, xlv. ; Fl. Midd. 400.

Young, Rev. John (fl. 1829-59). M.A. 'Trees and Flowers in Scripture,' 1848. Jacks. 20. Young, William Weston (d. 1838 or 1839). A.L.S., 1806. Made drawings for Dillwyn's ' Confervæ.' Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 36.

Yule, John (fl. 1808-25). M.D. Memb. Wem, Soc. 'Germi-