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 Dawson Turner). B. G. 599. Herb, at Kew. Fritz. 36; Jacks. 525; Journ. Bot. 1863-81; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1862, lxxxv.; R. S. C. i. 499; Phyt. vi. 70; Lower, 'Worthies of Sussex,' 1865, 71; Boase; Dict. Nat. Biog. v. 406. Portr. at Kew. Borrera G. W. Meyer = Spermacoce. Borreria Acharius.

(fl. 1860). Algologist. Of Plymouth. Cat. Plymouth Algæ in Rept. Plymouth Institution, 1861-2. R. S. C. ix. 301.

né Syme, and afterwards Boswell-Syme}} (1822-88): b. Edinburgh, 1 Dec, 1822; d. Balmuto, Fife, 29 Jan., 1888; bur. Kinghorn, Fife. LL.D. St. Andrew's, 1875; F.L.S., 1854. Curator, Bot. Soc. Edin., 1850; Bot. Soc. London, 1851. Lecturer at Charing Cross and Westminster Hospitals. 'English Botany,' ed. 3, 1863-1872. Jacks. 525; Proc. L. Soc. 1887-8, 84; Trans. Bot. Soc Ed. xvii. 516; Ann. Bot. ii. (1889) 430 (w. bibliog.); R. S. C. v. 904; viii. 1051; ix. 301; Journ. Bot. 1888, 82. Portr. Illustr. Lond. News, 11 Feb., 1888. Symea Baker = Solaria

(1790-1824): b. Bristol, 20 June 1791; d. Bathurst, Gambia, 10 Jan., 1824. African travellers Cape Coast Castle, 1814. 'Mission to Ashantee,' 1819. 'Excursion to Madeira,' 1825. Pritz. 37; Jacks. 525; Baillon, i. 481; Vallot, 'Flore du Senegal,' 13; Gent. Maj 1824, i. 279; Dict. Nat. Biog. vi. 41. Bowdichia H.B.K.

[see, Mrs. R.].

(1797-1877): b. London, 14 July, 1797; d. 8 March, 1877. LL.D.; F.L.S., 1845; F.R.S., 1842. Lectured on botany, 1822-24. 'Fossil Fruits of the London Clay,' 1840. Had 100,000 fossil plants from Sheppey, now in Brit. Mus. Pritz. 37; Jacks. 182; R. S. C. i. 553; vii. 237; ix. 325; 'Portraits of Men of Eminence,' 1864; Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. xiii. 123; Proc. Geol. Soc. 1877-8, 36; Geol. Mag. 1877, 91; Dict. Nat. Biog. vi. 53. Photo, at Linn. Soc.

(d. 1869): b. London; d. Cape of Good Hope, 30 June, 1869. At Kew, 1810. Sent to Brazil with Allan Cunningham, 1814-17, and to the Cape, 1817-23, and again in 1827. Superintendent of Baron Ludwig's garden at Cape. Plants in Herb. Brit. Mus. Drawings at Kew. Pritz. (sub Pritchard) 253, n. 7343; Journ. Bot. 1830, 20; 1889, 93; Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 568; Hook. Exot. Fl. 227; Dict. Nat. Biog. vi. 65. Bowiea Harvey. Bowiesia Grev. = Delissea Lamx.

(fl. 1604-50): b. Chislehurst, Kent, 1604?. M.D. Leyden, 1640; F.R.C.P., 1664. First found Impatiens Noli-me-tangere, Ger. emac, 446. Pult. i. 136; Parkinson, 'Theatrum,' 297, 954; How, 'Phytologia;' Ger. emac, pref. and passim. Munk, i. 332.

(1705-80): b. near Cork, 1705; d. Madrid, 25 Aug., 1780. Travelled in France and Spain from 1740. 'Introducion a la historia natural. . . de España,' 1775. Dict. Nat. Biog. vi. 69. Bowiesia Ruiz & Pavon.

(1838-68): b. Arniston, Edinburgh, 3 Sept.,