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 C.M.G., 1878; F.L.S., 1826, Pres., 1861-74; Sec. E. Hort. Soc. 1829-40; F.R.S., 1862. 'Plantæ Hartwegianæ,' 1857. 'Flora of Hongkong,' 1861. 'Flora Australiensis,' 1863-78; 'Genera Plantarum,' with J. D. Hooker, 1862-83. Herb, at Kew. Pritz. 21; Jacks. 21; R. S. C. i. 280; vii. 240; ix. 192; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1884, 90, with bibliography, 1887-8, 71; Journ. Bot. 1884, 353, portr.; Gard. Chron. 1884, ii. 336, 368; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 263. Oil portr. by Dickinson at Linn. Soc. Photo, and engr. at Kew. Benthamia Lindl. = Cornus.

née (1714-85): b. 1714; d. 1785; m. 1734, William, 2nd Duke of Portland. Had bot. garden and museum at Bulstrode. " Well acquainted with English plants," Browne, Jamaica, 165. Herbarium purchased by Lambert. Portlandia P.Br.

(1735?-1819): d. Oxford, 7 Oct., 1819. Employed in Oxford Bot. Gard. more than 40 years. Accompanied John Sibthorp on bot. excursions. Portr. by A. R. Burt, engr. Skelton. Baxter, Brit. Phænog. Bot. vi. 415.

(1803-89): b. Biggin, Oundle, Northamptonsh., 1 April, 1803; d. Sibbertoft, Market Harborough, 30 July, 1889. M.A. Cambridge, 1825; F.L.S., 1836; F.R.S., 1879. Rector of Sibbertoft. Fungi of 'English Flora,' 1836. 'Decades of Fungi,' 1844-56. ' Introd. to Cryptogamic Bot.,' 1857. Contrib. to E. Bot. (2754-6, &c., and largely to Gard. Chron. Correspondence and drawing of Algæ in Bot. Dept. Brit. Mus.; Fungi at Kew. Pritz. 24; Jacks. 521; Journ. Bot. 1889, 305; Scott. Nat. 1889, 145; R. S. C. i. 295; vii. 144; ix. 200; Ann. Bot. iii. 451 (bibliogr.). Oil portr. by Peel at Linn. Soc. Portr. in Gard. Chron. 1871, 271, and 1879, i. 788. Portr. Men of Eminence, 1864. Berkeleya Grev.

(1726 or 1730-91): b. Leeds, 1726 or 1730; d. Besselsleigh, Berks., 3 April, 1791. M.D. Leyden, 1765. 'Clavis Anglicæ Linguæ Botanicæ,' 1764-5? 'Outlines of Nat. Hist, of Great Britain,' 1770-1. Pritz. 24; Jacks. 521; 'European Magazine,' 1788, 156; Gent. Mag. lxi. 388, 485; Leeds Worthies, 187; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 369. Portr. 1791.

(fl. 1805-19). M.D. Of Madras. Contributed to Calcutta Garden. Friend of Roxburgh. Roxburgh, 'Coromandel Plants,' 1819, iii. 60; 'Account of Columbo Root,' Asiatic Researches, x. 335. R. S. C. i. 307. Berria Roxb. = Berrya DC.

(1850-91): b. 1850; d. Dulwich, 2 Dec, 1891. M.A. Camb.; B.Sc. Lond.; F.L.S., 1880. Lecturer on bot., Guy's Hospital, 1877-86. 'Practical Botany,' 1881. R. S. C. vii. 165; ix. 231. 'Review of Reviews,' v. 56, w. portr. Athenæum, 1891, ii. 767.

(fl. 1790-1808). Of Southampton. Contributed Algæ to E. Bot. (1762, &c.). Biddulphia Gray = Conferva Biddulphiana Sm.