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Pult. i. 189; Kees; Pritz. 257; Jacks. 596; 'Memorials' by 

 Lankester, 1846; 'Correspondence,' 1848; Gibson, Fl. Essex, 

 444 ; Cott. Gard. v. 221 ; Journ. Hort. xxi. (1876), 512, with 

 portr. Portr. and bust, Trin. Coll. Canib. ; portr. Nat. Portr. 

 Gallery, Kew, &c. Wedgwood medallion. Rajania L. 



Rayer, Jacob (d. circ. 1796). Apothecary? of Bolt Court, Fleet 

 Street. Friend of Smith. Botanized in home counties. Con- 

 tributed to Eng. Bot. 1790-6 (tt. 65, 71, &c). 



Rea, John (d. 1681) : d. Kinlet, near Bewdley, Nov. 1681. Nur- 

 seryman. 'Flora, Ceres and Pomona,' 1665; ed. 2, 1696. 

 Introduced Corylus Cohima, 1665. Pritz. 257 ; Journ. Hort. 

 1876, 172. 



Reade, Rev. Joseph Bancroft (1801-1870) : b. Leeds, 1st April, 

 1801; d. 1870. M.A., Camb., 1828. F.R.S. Microscopist. 

 One of founders and President, Microscopical Soc. ' Spiral 

 vessels in roots,' Mag. Zool. Bot. i. (1838), 111. Monthly 

 Microscopical Journal, v. 92. E. S. C. v. 114 ; viii. 710. 



Reeks, Henry (1838-1882) : b. Standen, Berks, 15th March, 1838; 

 d. Thruxton, Hants, 20th Feb. 1882. F.L.S., 1866. 'New- 

 foundland Plants,' Journ. Bot. 1871, 16. 'Plants of East 

 Woodhay,' Rep. Newbury Field Club, 1870-1. Jacks. 364; 

 R. S. C. viii. 714 ; Journ. Bot. 1882, 352 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 1880-2, 65. 



Reeves, John (1774-1856): b. West Ham, 1st May, 1774; d. 

 Clapham, 22nd March, 1856. F.L.S., 1817. F.R.S., 1817. 

 Father of the following. Went to China as inspector of tea to 

 H.E.I.C., 1812-1831. Lived at Macao, afterwards at Clapham. 

 Correspondent of Banks. Sent home Wistaria. Made collection 

 of drawings of Chinese plants, now in Bot. Dept., Brit. Mus. 

 Gard. Chron. 1856, 212 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1856, xliii. ; Cott. 

 Gard. xvi. 21 ; R. S. C. v. 127. Reevesia Lindl. 



Reeves, John Russell (1804-1877): b. 1804; d. Wimbledon, 

 Surrey, 1st May, 1877. F.R.S. F.L.S., 1832. Lived thirty 

 years in Canton. Had a herbarium. Journ. Bot. 1877, 192 ; 

 Gard. Chron. 1877, i. 604. 



Reeves, Rev. John William (fl. 1843). M.A., Camb., 1843. 

 Herbarium, including that of Dean Gamier, in Winchester 

 Public Library. Fl. Hampshire, xx., xxii. 



Reid, Eliza P. (fl. 1826). Of Windsor. ' Historical and Literary 

 Botany,' 1826. Jacks. 214. 



Reid, Francis A. (fl. 1852). Lieut. Sec. Madras Horticult. Soc. 

 and Director of its garden. Reidia Wight. 



Reid, Hugo (fl. 1832-1870). Of Edinburgh. Lect. Nat. Philo- 

 sophy, Liverpool High School. ' Botanical Classification,' 1838. 

 ' Science of Botany,' 1837. Pritz. 260; Jacks. 597; Allibone. 



Reid, James (fl. 1692). Sent plants from Barbadoes to Petiver 

 and Courtcn. ' Plants from Barbados by James Reid the 

 quaker. Sent thither on King William's account, 1692.' Herb. 

 Sloane, 55. Mus. Pet. no. 31 (Rheed). Plukenet, Aim. 15. 

 (Reede). 



Relhan, Rev. Richard (1753-1823): b. 1753; d. 1823. M.A., 



