280 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 



Jacks. 602 ; R. S. C. v. 412 ; Journ. Bot. 1879, 320 ; Gard. 

 Chron. 1879, ii. 368; Proc. Entomol. Soc. 1879, lxvi. ; Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. 1875-80, lviii. Portr. at Kew. 



Scheer, Frederick (1792 ?-1868) : b. Eiigen, 1792 ? ; d. North- 

 fleet, Kent, 30 Dec, 1868. Cultivated Cacti at Kew Green. 

 'Kew and its gardens,' 1840. Contributed to 'Bot. of 

 1 Herald.' ' ' New MamUlaria,' Journ. Bot. 1845, 136 ; Pritz. 

 280 ; R. S. C. v. 447 ; Card. Chron. 1869, 964. Scheeria See- 

 mann = Achimenes. 



Scoffern, John (fl. 1839-1870). M.B. 'Outlines of Botany,' 

 1857. R. S. C. v. 602; Jacks. 43. 



Scott, Hercules R. (fl. 1836). Of Edinburgh. Advocate. Sent 

 list of plants to A. Murray ('Northern Flora,' 21). 



Scott, John (1838 ?-1880) : b. Denholm, Roxburghsh., 1838?; 

 d. Garwald, East Lothian, 10 June, 1880. F.L.S., 1873. 

 Curator, Calcutta Bot. Gard. ' Tree-ferns of British Sikkim,' 

 Linn. Trans, xxx. Contrib. to Trans. Bot. Soc. Ed., and to 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. & x. Jacks. 389. R. S. C. v. 606; 

 Journ. Bot. 1880, 224 ; Trans. B. S. Ed. xiv. 160. 



Scott, Robert (d. before 1813). M.D. Prof. Bot. Dublin, 1804. 

 Bryologist. Friend of Dawson Turner. Contrib. Mosses to E. 

 B. 1181, 1391, 1564. Rees (sub Scottia). Miniature portr. 

 at Kew. Scottia Br. 



Scouler, John (1804-1871): b. Glasgow, 31 Dec, 1804; d. 

 Glasgow, 13 Nov., 1871 ; bur. Kilbaschan. M.D., Glasgow. 

 F.L.S., 1829. Zoologist and Geologist. Prof. Mineralogy, 

 Dublin, 1833-54. Pupil of W. J. Hooker. Collected in N. W. 

 America, 1825-7. Plants described in ' Fl. Bor.-Arner.,' 1840. 

 Bot. Misc. i. 34; Trans. Geol. Soc Glasgow, iv. 194 ; R. S. C. 

 v. 607. Scouleria Hook. 



Scott, James Robertson (1789 ?-1821) : b. 1789?; d. 30 Aug., 

 1821. F.L.S. F.R.S.E. Lecturer on Bot., Edinburgh. 

 Pritz. 293. 



Seaforth, Francis Lord (fl. 1809). Governor of Barbados, 

 where he collected Alga3 for Dawson Turner. Turn. Fu'ci, ii 

 130. ' Botanices periti cultoris et fautoris,' Brown. Seqforthia 

 Br. Fucus Seaforthii Turn. 



Sealy (d. before 1834). Collected in Co. Cork. Herbarium sent to 

 Sir W. Hooker. Eng. Bot. 2782. 



Seemann, Berthold Carl (1825-1871): b. Hanover, 28 Feb., 

 1825; d. Javali Mine, Nicaragua, 10 Oct., 1871. • M.A. and 

 Ph.D. Gottingen. F.L.S. , 1852. On H.M.S. ' Herald,' 1846- 

 1851. ' Narrative,' 1853. ' Flora Vitiensis,' 1865. In Vene- 

 zuela, 1864. Edited ' Bonplandia,' 1853-1863, and Journ. 

 Bot. 1863-69. Pritz. 293; Jacks. 605; Journ. Bot. 1872, 1, 

 w. portr. ; Proc. Linn. Soc 1871-2, lxxiv ; Gard. Chron. 1871, 

 1678, w. portr. ; Portr. in 'Men of Eminence,' 1866 ; Allibone. 

 Portr. at Kew. Seemannia. 



Selby, Prideaux John (1789-1867) : d. Twizell, Northumberland, 

 27 March, 1867. Of Twizell. Ornithologist. F.L.S., 1826. 

 ' British Forest Trees,' 1842. Pritz. 294 ; Jacks. 245 ; Alli- 

 bone. Portr. in Ipswich Museum series. Copy at Kew. 



