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 St. Martin's Lane. Schoolmaster. 'Cat. of Pl. of Tring,' Mag. Nat. Hist. n.s. ii. 1838, 38; 'Introduction to the Study of Botany,' 1847. Jacks. 486; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1859, XXX.; R. S. C. i. 868.

(1815-54): b. Edinburgh, 5 May, 1815; d. Scutari, 30 Nov., 1854. Lieut.-Col. In Ceylon, 1838-47. Hong Kong, 1847-50. 'Botany in Ceylon,' Joum. Agric. Hort. Soc. India, ii. (1843), 371. 'Ternstrœmiaceæ of Hong Kong.' Linn. Trans, xxi. 111. Plants at Kew. R. S. C. i. 870; Gard. Chron. 1854, 819; Fl. Hongkong, p. 8*; Dict. Nat. Biog. x. 33. Championia Gardn.

(fl. 1831). Nurseryman and floral artist. Of Vauxhall. "Illustrations . . . of . . . Camellias . . . the drawings by Alfred Chandler; the descriptions by William Beattie Booth," 1831. Pritz. 60; Jacks. 126.

(1818-84): b. Hinton-in-the-Hedges, Bucks, 29 Ap., 1818; d. Isleworth, 29 Ap., 1884; bur. Isleworth. 'Plants of High Wycombe,' Bot. Chronicle, 1864, 81-84. Bucks plants in Brit. Mus.

née Kingsley (fl. 1856). Sister of Charles Kingsley. 'Ferny Combes,' 1856. Pritz. 61; Jacks. 251. Charles, James (fl. 1584). 'Collection of Simples most in use, with their names Latin and English,' 1584, Sloane MS. Haller, Addend, ii. 675.

(1814-74): b. Hesleyside, Northumberland, 23 July, 1814; d. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 14 May, 1874; bur. Bellingham. Lecturer, Newcastle Med. School. Orig. Memb. Bot. Soc. Edin. M.D. Edin., 1836. D.C.L. Trans. Bot. Soc. Ed. xii. 198. Johnston Corr. 29; Monthly Chronicle, 1889, 443.

(1784?-1861): b. 1784?; d. Feltham, 26 Aug., 1861. F.L.S., 1824. Nurseryman. "An assiduous botanist," Sweet, Fl. Australasica, t. 18. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1861-2, xc. Charlwoodia Sweet = Cordyline Comm.

(fl. 1839). Hon. Sec. Bot. Soc. Lond. 'Botanical Statistics,' Proc. Bot. Soc. Lond. 1839, 87.

(d. circ. 1855): d. Stratford-on-Avon, 1855. Working printer. Botanised in Warwickshire. Fl. Warwicksh., 502.

(1789-1872): b. Annalong, co. Down, 16 Mar., 1789; d. Mourne, co. Down, 30 Jan., 1872. Explorer of Euphrates. D.C.L. Oxon, 1850; F.R.S. General. Plants (descr. in Bertolini, 'Miscellanea Botanica,' i.) in Herb. Mus. Br. Journ. Bot. 1872, 96; Proc. F. R. S. xvi. 301; R. S. C. i. 896; Dict. Nat. Biog. x. 185. Chesneya Bert. = Pimpinella L. Chesneya Lindl.

(fl. 1834-59). 'Botanical Dict, in Tamil Language,' Madras, 1844. Pritz. 62.

(1797-1882): b. Edinburgh, 18 July, 1797; d. Edinburgh, 27 Jan., 1882. Pupil of Orfila. M.D. Edin., 1819; D.C.L. Oxon, 1865; LL.D. Edin., 1872; P.R.S.E., 1868-1873. Bart., 1871. V.-P. Bot. Soc. Edin.,