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 (1818-89): b. Dublin, 20 Aug., 1818; d. S. Kensington, 21 Oct., 1889; bur. Catholic Churchyard, Fulham. F.L.S., 1856; F.R.S., 1868. M.P. for Carlow, 1852. Under-Sec, of State for Colonies, 1855. 1st Pres. Alpine Club, 1858-60. ' Alpine Guide,' 1860-65. With J. D. Hooker in Morocco, 1871. 'Spicilegium Floræ Maroccanæ,' Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 'Notes of a Naturalist in South America,' 1887. E. B. 2914, 2971. Pritz. 13; Jacks. 518; R. S. C. i. 171; vii. 78; ix. 109; Journ. Bot. 1889, 365; Proc. R. Soc. xlvii. V.; Ann. Bot. iii. 450 (bibliogr.).

—(fl. 1787). Of Malvern. Surgeon. Contrib. to Withering, ed. 2 (pref. xi.). Lees, Bot. of Worcester, lxxxviii.

(fl. 1869). Of Hitchin and Hertford. Phyt. n.s. ii. (1869), 202; Pryor, 'Flora of Hertfordshire,' xlvii.

(fl. 1526).?B.A. Oxon., 1515. "Here begynnyth a new Mater ye whiche sheweth .... Vertues and Properties of Herbes," London, 1526. Jacks. 23.

(1772-1842): b. London, 1772; d. Kingston, Jamaica, 18 Sept., 1842; bur. Kingston Cathedral. M.B. Camb., 1794. Physician to Forces. M.D., 1804; F.E.C.P., 1806. In Jamaica from 1811. 'Cuichunchulli,' Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 277. "A zealous cultivator of botany," Macfadyen, Fl. Jamaica, i. 112. R. S. C. i. 75; Munk, iii. 81; Dict. Nat. Biog. iii. 106. Bancroftia Mac-fadyen.

(d. 1692 or 1696?): d. Virginia, U.S.A., 1692 or 1696?. Missionary in Virginia. Correspondent of Ray, Lister, and Compton. 'Cat. of PI. observed in N. America,' in Ray, Hist. PI. ii. 'Herbarium Virginianum,' 1767. Previously at Oxford, Phil. Trans, xxviii. 1713, 188. Letters in Sloane MSS. Herb. Sloane, 568. Pult. ii. 55-7; Pritz. 13; Phil. Trans, xvi. 667; Ray, 'Hist. Pl.' ii. 1928; Loudon, 'Arboretum,' 44; Dict. Nat. Biog. iii. 119. Banisteria Houston.

(d. c. 1866). Of Plymouth. Had a herbarium. Keys, Fl. Dev. and Cornw., pref.

(fl. 1823-32): d. Devonport. F.L.S., 1824. Silversmith and engraver. Lecturer on Botany at Devonport. 'Introduction to ... . English Botany,' 1823 (plates by author). 'Indigenous Flora of London and Plymouth,' in Mag. Nat. Hist. 1829, 265. 'Plymouth and Devonport Flora,' 1830-2. Pritz. 13; Jacks. 234, 258.

(1743-1820): b. London, 13 Feb., 1743; d. Spring Grove, Isleworth, Middlesex, 19 June, 1820. M.A. Oxon, 1763; F.R.S., 1766; P.R.S., 1778; D.C.L. Oxon, 1771; Bart., 1781; K.C.B., 1795. Round the world with Cook, 1768-71; to Iceland with Solander, 1772. Purchased Cliffort's Herbarium. Herbarium and library in Brit. Mus. Pritz. 13; Jacks. 518; Lives by Duncan, Brougham, &c.; Gent. Mag. 1820, i. 574, 637; ii. 86; Nich. Anec. vii. 20, 509; Cott. Gard. iv. 169; Felton, 181; B. G. 385; Linn. Corr. ii. 574-580; Dict. Nat. Biog. iii. 129. Portr. at