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 "In herbis decemendis peritus " (inscription on his tombstone). Dict. Nat. Biog. ii. 439.

(1822-75): b. King's Lynn, Norfolk, 1822; d. Durban, Natal, 8 May, 1875. F.R.G.S. To Cape Colony, 1842. Artist in Kafir War, 1848-51; in N.W. Australia in 1855; to Zambesi Expedition, 1858, &c. African plants at Kew. Jacks. 408; R. S. C. i. 161; Biog. sketch in his 'Explorations in S.W. Africa,' 1864; Proc. R. Geog. Soc. xx. 289; Dict. Nat. Biog. ii. 441. Vignette photo, at Kew. Molluyo Bainesii Oliv.

(fl. 1836). Captain, Bengal Artillery. 'List of specimens of wood from India,' 1836. Pritz. 12.

(1698-1774): b. Chancery Lane, London, 8 May, 1698; d. Strand, London, 25 Nov. 1774. F.R.S., 1740. Introduced Rheum palmatum. Hb. Sloane, 152, 252; Nich. Anecd. v. 172; Nich. Illust. iv. 762; Biog. Britann. i. 525. Sloane MSS. 4435, 4436; Dict. Nat. Biog. iii. 10.

(1786-1861): b. Northampton (?), 16 June, 1786; d. Northampton, 22 April, 1861. List of plants in her brother George Baker's Hist. Northamptonshire, i. 3. Gent. Mag. ccxi. 208; Quarterly Rev. ci. 6; Dict. Nat. Biog. m. 1.

(1824?-85): d. Leamington, 1885. M.D. Practised in Birmingham and afterwards in Leamington. 'Cat. Warwickshire Plants ' (w. J. R. Young) in Proc. Warw. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1874. Fl. Warwickshire, 507.

(ii. 1793). F.L.S., 1793. Of Stout's Hill, Gloucester. Discovered Cephalanthera ntbra. Sowerby Letters in Bot. Dep. Brit. Mus. Contrib. to E. B., 68, 483, 550, &c. Oil-portrait at Hardwicke, Gloucester

(1768-1843): b. 1768; d. Downshire Hill, Hampstead, 15 Aug. 1843. Geologist. 'Pollen,' Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. 1. R. S. C. i. 167; Dict. Nat. Biog. iii. 23.

(1630-94): b. Denmiln, Fife, 18 Jan., 1630; d. London, 10 Jan., 1694. M.D. Caen, 1661. Founded Edinburgh Bot. Garden, c. 1680. Pult. ii. 3; 'Memoria Balfouriana,' by Sir Robert Sibbald, 1699; Dict. Nat. Biog. iii. 48. Balfouria R. Brown.

(1808-84): b. Edinburgh, 15 Sept. 1808; d. Edinburgh, 11 Feb., 1884. M.A. and M.D. Edin. 1832. F.L.S., 1844. F.R.S. Prof. Bot., Glasgow, 1841 Edinburgh, 1845-1879. Founded Bot. Soc, Edinburgh 1836. 'Flora of Edinburgh,' 1863. 'Manual of Botany,' 1848. 'Class-book of Botany,' 1852. Pritz. 13; Jacks., 518 R. S. C. i. 170; vii. 77; ix. 108; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1883-4 80; Gard. Chron. 1884, i. 220; Hist. Berwickshire Nat Club, xi. 218; E. B., 2918; Dict. Nat. Biog. iii. 56. Balfourodendron Mello. Poa Balfourii Parn.

(fl. 1840). Of Youghal. Algologist. Journ. Bot. 1840, 191. Assisted Harvey in Phyc. Brit. (tt. 14, 356). Sent Algae to Dublin Univ. Herb. Ballia Harv.