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Sowerby, James De Carle (1787 P-1871) : b. Stoke Newington, 

 1787?; d. Louaon, 2Gth Aug. 1871. F.L.S., 1823. Eldest 

 son of the preceding. Chemist ana conchologist. Sec. Royal 

 Bot. Soc, 1839-69. Drew figures in Louaon Encycl. of Plants 

 ana Supplement to Eng. Bot. (originals in Bot. Dept., Brit. 

 Mus.). Describea some plants in Eng. Bot. Suppl. B. S. C. 

 v. 765; viii. 987; Proc Linn. Soc. 1871-2, lxxix. ; Gard. Chron. 

 1871, 1260; Journ. Bot. 1871, 319. 



Sowerby, John Edward (d. 1870). Son of Charles Edwards. 

 Botanical draughtsman. ' British Wild Flowers Illustrated,' 

 1860. Jacks. 608. 



Speede, G. T. Frederic S. Barlow (fl. 1840-1848). « Indian Hand- 

 book of Gardening,' 1840 ; ed, 2, 1842 (list of plants in Hindu- 

 stani and English). Jacks. 11. 



Spicer, Rev. William Webb (1820 9-1879): b. Westminster, 

 1820?; d. 28th April, 1879. B.A., Oxon, 1843. M.A., 1848. 

 Rector, Itchen Abbas, 1850-74. Contrib. to Phyt. iv. ' Handy 

 book to collection of Freshwater Alga?,' 1867. ' Handbook of 

 Plants of Tasmania,' 1873. Jacks. 608 ; R. S. C. viii. 989. 



Spittall, Robert (fl. 1829-1846). Surgeon. Of Edinburgh. 

 President, Plinian Nat. Hist. Soc, 1829. Experimented on 

 Mimosa pudica, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 1830, 60. R. S. C. 

 v. 775. 



Spottswood, — . (fl. 1673). Surgeon. Published catalogue of 

 Tangier plants in 1673. Plants in Hb. Delessert. Lasegue, 

 440, 504. 



Spratt, George (fl. 1829-1843). M.R.C.S. Editor of 'Flora 

 Medica' (publishea anonymously), 1829-30. 'Medico-botanical 

 Pocket-book,' 1836. Suppliea meaico-botanical portion ana 

 superintenaea colouring plates of Wooaville's ' Meaical Botany,' 

 ea. 3, 1832. Pritz. 303. 



Stackhouse, John (1742-1819): b. Trehane, Cornwall, 1742; 

 a. Bath, 22na Nov. 1819. Fellow, Exeter College, Oxfora, 

 1761-64. F.L.S., 1795. 'Nereis Britannica,' 1795-1801; 

 ea. 2, 1816. Translated Theophrastus' Hist. PI., 1811. Pritz. 

 304 ; Jacks. 608 ; R. S. C. v. 787 ; Gent. Mag. 1820, i. 88. 

 Portr. in his Theophrastus. Stackhousia Sm. 



Stanger, Hon. William (1813 ?-1854): b. Wisbech, Cambridgesh., 

 1813?; a. D'Urban, Natal, 14th March, 1854. F.B.S.Ea., 

 1836. M.D., Eainb. Visitea Australia. Practisea in Louaon. 

 On the Niger Expeaition, 1841. Surveyor-General, Natal. 

 Discoverea Stangeria. Journ. Bot. 1853, 228; 'Athenaeum,' 



1854, 749. Stangeria Moore. 



Stanhope, Philip Henry, 4th Earl (1781-1855): b. London, 

 7th Dec. 1781 ; a. CheveningPark, Sevenoaks, Kent, 2na March, 



1855. M.P., 1806. Succeeaea, 1816. Pres. Mea.-Bot. Soc. 

 Loncl., 1829-1836. Gent. Mag. 1855, ii. 89. Stanhopea Hook. 



Stansfield, Abraham (1802-1880) : b. Hugeon Croft, Kebcote-in- 

 Stansfield, 12th Jan. 1802 ; d, Todmorden, Cheshire, 15th Aug. 

 1880. Nurseryman, of Vale Gardens, Todmorden. First Pres., 

 Todmoraen Bot. Soc, 1852. Collectea vars. of Brit, ferns. 



