848 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 



Friend of R. Brown. In S. Australia, 1828-31, in Central 

 Australia, 1844-46. ' Expeditions into S. Australia,' 1833. 

 'Expedition into Central Australia,' 1849, bot. appendix by R. 

 Brown, to whom Sturt sent his plants. R. S. C. v. 880; Proc. 

 Geogr. Soc. xiv. 287. Sturtia Br. = Grossypium Sturtii Muell. 



Sutherland, James (fl. 1684-1703). Intendant of Bot. Gard., 

 Edinb. ' Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis,' 1683. ' Cat. PI. 

 Hort. Edinb.,' 1684. Correspondent of Petiver, Sherard, Uve- 

 dale, &c. Sent Scottish plants to Petiver, Mus. Pet. 70, 95. 

 Pult. ii. 4; Pritz. 309; Jacks. 411; Rich. Corr. 27, 69; Loudon, 

 ' Arboretum,' 50 ; Pref. to Newton's Herbal, p. 5. Sutherlandia Br. 



Sutherland, Peter C. (fl. 1850-1870). M.D. Surveyor-General, 

 Natal. Sent plants to Harvey. 'Journ. of Voyage in 1850-51 

 in search of 'Erebus' and 'Terror,' ' 1852. Fl. Capensis, i. 9.* 

 R. S. C. v. 889 ; viii. 1047. Greyia Sutherlandi Harv. 



Sutton, Rev. Charles (1756-1846): b. Norwich, 6th March, 

 1756 ; d. Tombland, Norwich, 28th May, 1846. B.A., Canib., 

 1779. D.D., 1806. A.L.S., 1791. Pupil of John Pitchford. 

 'British species of Orobanche* (discovered O. elatior), Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. iv. 173. Contrib. to Eng. Bot. 20, 568, &c. R.S.C. 

 v. 889; Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 341. Suttonia A. Rich. 



Sutton, George (1774-1859): b, England, 1774; d. Bathurst, 

 N. S. Wales, May, 1859. Sent by Banks to N. S. Wales, 1798; 

 returned to England, 1842, and shortly again to N. S. Wales. 

 F.L.S., 1843. ' Culture of Grape-Vine and Orange in Australia,' 

 1843. ' Forest-trees of Australia.' R. S. C. v. 890 ; Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. i. 177 ; 1859-60, xxxiii. 



Swainson, Isaac (d. 1806). Had a private bot. garden at Twick- 

 enham, circ. 1789, and owned some vegetable medicines. 

 Loudon, 'Arboretum,' 75, 2533. Swainsona Salisb. 



Swainson, William (1789-1855) : b. Liverpool, 8th Oct. 1789 ; 

 d. Fern Grove, New Zealand, 7th Dec. 1855. Zoologist. F.R.S., 

 1820. F.L.S., 1816. 'Instructions for Collecting,' 1808. 

 ' Naturalist's Guide,' 1822. Studied Iris, Sweet, Flower Garden, 

 2nd Series, iii. 254. ' Botanical Report on Victoria,' 1853. 

 Greek plants in Herb. Liverpool Bot. Gard. Pritz. 309 ; Jacks. 

 218; R.S.C. viii. 893; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1855-6, xlix. ; Naturalist, 

 iv. 397 (1839). Water-colour portr., by Harrison, at Kew. 



Swayne, Rev. George (1746 ?-1827) : b. Evilton, Somerset, 

 1746 ? ; d. Dyrham, Gloucester ?, 24th Oct. 1827. B.A., Oxon, 

 1766. M.A., 1771. Vicar of Pucklechurcb, Gloucestersh., 

 1772. Rector of Dyrham, 1806. ' Gramma pascua,' 1790 

 (with dried specimens). Jacks. 239 ; R. S. C. v. 897. 



Sweet, Robert (1783-1835): b. Cockington, S. Devon, 1783; d. 

 Chelsea, 20th Jan. 1835. Nurseryman. F.L.S., 1812. Had a 

 nursery at Stockwell, 1810, and afterwards at Parson's Green. 

 ' Geraniaceae,' 1820-30. 'Cistinese,' 1825-30. 'Hortus Bri- 

 tannicus,' 1826. ' Flora Australasica,' 1827. ' British Flower- 

 Garden,' 1822-31. ' Botany of Great Britain,' 1831. Contrib. 

 to Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. & iii. Pritz. 310 ; Jacks. 610 ; Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. viii. 410 ; Gard. Mag. xi. 159, w. bibliography. Sweetia DC. 



