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Piddington, Henry (d. before 1873). Coroner in Calcutta. 

 ' English Index of Plants of India,' 1832. ' Tabular View of 

 Genera in Roxburgh's Fl. Indica,' 1834. Cyclop. India (ed. 2), 

 iv. 567; Pritz. 217; Jacks. 383; R. S. C. iv. 904. Pidding- 

 tonia DC. 



Piesse, George W. Septimus (1820-1882) : b. 30th May, 1820 ; 

 d. Chiswick, 23rd Oct. 1882. 'Art of Perfumery,' 1856. Pritz. 

 247 ; Jacks. 210. 



Pigott, — . (fl. 1798-1808). Algologist. Friend of Stackhouse, 

 and correspondent of D. Turner. Imprisoned in France. 

 Stackhouse, Nereis, xxvi. ; Turner, Fuci, i. 130 (1808). 



Pike, — . (fl. 1805). Of Bideford. Published Catalogue of Bide- 

 ford Plants. Bot. Guide, 195. 



Pilkington, William (1758-1848) : b. Hatfield, Yorks., 7th Sept. 

 1758 : d. same place, 13th Aug. 1848. F.L.S., 1795. Architect. 

 Had a herbarium. Contrib. to Eng. Bot. (1276, 2029). R. S. C. 

 iv. 912 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 47. Engr. portr. at Linn. Soc. 



Pitcaim, William (1711-1791) : b. Dysart, Fife, 1711 ; d. Isling- 

 ton, 25th Nov. 1791; bur. St. Bartholomew- the-Less. M.D., 

 Rbeims. M.D., Oxon, 1749. F.R.C.P., 1750. F.R.S. 

 P.R.C.P., 1775. Had a bot. garden in Upper Street, Islington. 

 Munk, ii. 172. Portr. by Reynolds. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 

 1777. Pitcairnia L'Herit. 



Pitchford, John (1737 9-1803) : d. Norwicb, Dec. 22nd, 1803. 

 Surgeon and apothecary of that town from 1769. A.L.S., 

 1788. F.L.S.,1797. Friend of Sir J. E. Smith. Smith Letters, 

 i. 41, 107, 128; Linn. Trans, vii. 295; Hinds, Fl. Suff. 477. 

 Contributed to Eng. Bot. (27, 229, &c). Discovered Holosteum 

 umbettatum and Peucedanum palustre. 



Pitts, Edmund (fl. 1678). Alderman, of Worcester. "A very 

 knowing botanist." Discovered Pyrus domestiea in Wyre Forest. 

 Phil. Trans, xiii. 1678, 978; Lees' Bot. Worcestersh. lxxxviii. 



Planchon, Jules Emile (1823-1888) : b. Ganges, France, 21st 

 March, 1823; d. Montpellier, 1st April, 1888. F.L.S., 1855. 

 Assistant in Sir W. Hooker's Herb., 1844-48. Prof. Bot., 

 Ghent, 1849 ; Montpellier, 1881-88. Co-ed. 'Flore des Serres,' 

 1849-81. Pritz. 248; Jacks. 592; R. S. C. iv. 932 ; viii. 631. 

 Ann, Bot. ii. 423 (1888), with bibliography. Planchvnia Dun. 



Planer, Richard (fl. 1699-1703). Surgeon. Sent plants to Petiver 

 from Guinea coast. Mus. Pet. 46, 95. 



Plant, R. W. (fl. 1844-1852). Of Cheadle. 'New Gardener's 

 Dictionary' (n. d.), 1849 ? " Experimental cultivator and nur- 

 seryman," Bot. Reg. 1844, p. 89. Collected in S. Africa, 

 1850-52. ' Excursion in Zulu Country,' Journ. Bot. 1852, 

 222, 257. R. S. C. iv. 933. Plants at Kew. Plantia Herb. 



Piatt, Sir Hugh (fl. 1571-1606): bur. Hornsey? B.A., Camb., 

 1571-2. Of Copt-ball, Essex, and Kirby Castle and Bisbop's 

 Hall, Middlesex. Knighted, 1605. Had a garden in St. Mar- 

 tin's Lane, 1606. 'Garden of Eden' (posth.), 1653-60. 'Floraes 

 Paradise,' 1608. Johnson, 69 ; Pritz. 248 ; Wood, Athen. 

 Oxon., ed. Bliss, 622: Cooper, Athen. Cantab, ii. 436, with 

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