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Trans. Med.-bot. Soc, 1832. Had a herbarium. Contributed 

 to Swete's Fl. Bristoliensis, see pref. vi. Jacks. 36 ; R. S. C. 

 v. 271 ; Proc. Liun. Soc. 1850, xlv. 



Roscoe, Mrs. Edward (fl. 1829). ' Floral Iilustr. of the Seasons,' 

 1829. Pritz. 269 ; Jacks. 407. 



Roscoe, William (1753-1831): b. Liverpool, 8 March, 1753; 

 d. Toxteth Park, Liverpool, 30 June, 1831. P.L.S., 1804. 

 Founded Liverpool Bot. Garden, 1802. M.P. for Liverpool, 

 1806. Correspondent of Smith. ' Scitaminea?,' 1821-28. Con- 

 fcrib. to Linn. Trans., 1806-1814. Pritz. 269 ; Jacks. 599 ; 

 R. S. C. v. 274 ; 'Life,' by his son Henry, 1833 ; Sm. Corresp. 

 ii. 301 ; Gent. Mag. 1832, ii. 179 ; Allibone; Hoefer; Midland 

 Wedgewood Medallion. Portr. at Kew, engrav. fr. cast by 

 J. Gibson, Roseoea Sm. 



Rose, Hugh (d. before 1795). Of Norwich. Apothecary. Corre- 

 spondent of Hudson. Taught J. E. Smith. Had a herbarium. 

 ' Elements of Bot.,' 1775. Pritz. 269 ; Jacks. 599 ; Linn. 

 Trans, vii. 297. 



Rosenberg, Miss M. E. (fl. 1839-45). Of Bath. ' Corona 

 Amaryllidacea,' 1839. ' Museum of Flowers,' 1845. Jacks. 41. 



Roupell, Mrs. A. E. (fl. 1849). Drew plates of ' Specimen of Fl. 

 of South Africa,' 1849. Pritz. 270 ; Jacks. 347 ; Bot. Mag. 

 4466. Roupellia Hook. 



Rowden, Frances Arabella (fl. 1801-1810). Of Hans Place, 

 London. ' Poetical Introduction to Botany,' 1801. Jacks. 212. 



Roxburgh, William (1759-1815): b. Craigie, Ayrshire, 1759; 

 d. Edinburgh, May, 1815. M.D., F.L.S., 1799. H.E. I. C. 

 Medical Service. Superintendent, Calcutta Garden, 1793-1811. 

 At Cape and St. Helena on way home in 1814. List of St. 11. 

 Plants in Beatson's ' Tracts relating to St. Helena.' ' PI. of 

 Coromandel Coast, 1795-8. ' Hortus Bengalensis,' 1811. 

 ' Flora Indica ' (posthumous), 1820-32. Plants at Brit. Mus. 

 and Kew. MS. Fl. Indica and drawings of Palms in Bot. Beit., 

 Brit. Mus. Other drawings at Kew and Calcutta Bot. Gard. 

 Pritz. 271; Jacks. 600; Pref. to 'Flora Indica' and 'Coro- 

 mandel PL'; Cott. Gard. vi. G5 ; B. S. C. v. 314; Allibone. 

 Portr. at Kew, engr. by "Warner fr. pen and ink sketch by Sir 

 "W. J. Hooker. Monument in Calcutta Garden. Roxbiughia 

 Dry and. 



Royds, Sir John (fl. 1819). Puisne Judge, Supreme Court of 

 Bengal. " A zealous botanist and an eminent benefactor of the 

 science." Roxburgh, Coromandel Plants, iii. 87. lioydsia 

 Boxb. 



Royle, John Forbes (1799 9-1858): b. Cawnporc, 1799?; d. 

 Acton, Middlesex, 2 Jan., 1856. M.D.. Munich, 1833. F.L.S., 

 1833. F.R.S., 1837. Surgeon in H.E.I.C. Medical Service in 

 Bengal, 1820. Curator, Saharunpur, 1823-1831 . Prof. Mat. 

 Medic. King's Coll., London, till 1856. Sec. Roy. Horfc. 

 Soc. 'Manual of Materia Medica,' 1847. ' Botany of Hima- 

 layas,' 1834-38. ' Fibrous PI. of India,' 1855. Pritz. 271 ; 

 Jacks. 600; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1858, xxxi ; Flora indica. 01; 



