18 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 



Holborn. Travelled in Denmark, Kussia, &c., ' Herball,' p. 1223. 



* Catalogus .... plautarum ... in liorto,' 1596 ; ed. 2, 1599 ; 

 reprinted, 1876. 'Herball,' 1597: emended ed., 1633. Pult. 

 i. 116-125; Rees; Pritz. 120; Jacks. 650; Life, by B. D. 

 Jackson, 1876 ; Fl. Midd. 369 ; London, 'Arboretum,' 37-40; 

 Journ. Hort. xxviii. (1875), 145, with portr. Eugr. portr. in 



♦ Herball,' ed. 1, by W. R. (Bogers ?), and in ed. 2, by J. Payne. 

 Geninlia Plnmier. 



Gerrard, William Tyrer (d. 1866) : d. Foul Point, Madagascar, 



1866. Of Natal. Plants at Dublin. Harvey, Gen. S. African 



Plants, 128 ; Journ. Bot. 1866, 367 ; Gard. Chron. 1866, 1042. 



Gerrardantlius Harv. 

 Gibbs, George (fl. 1634). Of Bath. Surgeon. Brought plants 



from Virginia, and cultivated 117 exotics. Johnson, 'Mercurius 



Botanicus,' 1634. 

 Gibson, Alexander (1800-1867) : b. Lawrencekirk, Kincardinesh., 



24th Oct. 1800; d. Bombay, 16th Jan. 1867. M.D., Edinb. 



F.L.S., 1853. Conservator of Forests, Bombay. 'Bombay 



Flora' (with Dalzell), 1861. Pritz. 121; Jacks. 550; Proc. 



Linn. Soc. 1866-7, xxxiii. ; R. S. C. ii. 873. 

 Gibson, George Stacey (183 8-1883) : b. Saffron Walden, Essex, 



20th July, 1818; d. Bishopsgate St., 5th April, 1883; bur. 



Friends' Burial-ground, Saffron Walden. Banker. F.L.S., 



1847. Contributed to ' Phytologist.' Correspondent of Watson. 



Discovered Galium VaiUantii, &c. ' Flora of Essex,' 1862. Pritz. 



121 ; Jacks. 252 ; R. S. C. h. 874 ; vii. 770 ; Top. Bot. 545 ; 



Journ. Bot. 1883, 161, with photo, portr. ; Trans. Essex Field 



Club, iv., with engr. portr. ; Friends' Books, i. 838 ; Proc. Linn. 



Soc. 1882-3, 41. 

 Gibson, Jabez (d. 1838) : d. Saffron Walden, 1838. Uncle to the 



preceding. Banker. Founder of the Saffron Walden Museum. 



Lexden plants, Loudon, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1834, 17. 

 Gibson, Samuel (1790 ?-1849) : b. 1790?; d. Hebden Bridge, 



Yorkshire, 21st May, 1849. Whitesmith, of Hebden Bridge. 



Contributed to 'Phytologist,' Newman's 'Ferns,' &c. Herbarium 



bought by Mark Philips, M.P. Some collections at Peel Park 



Museum, Sheffield. Cash, 157 ; R. S. C. ii. 874. Carex 



Gibson i Bab. 

 Gilbert, Davies, nee Giddy (1767-1839): b. St. Erth, Cornwall, 



6th March, 1767 ; d. Oxford, 24th Dec. 1839. M.A., Oxon, 1789. 



D.C.L., 1832. LL.D.,Camb., 1832. F.R.S., 1791 ; President, 



1827-1831. F.L.S., 1792. M.P. for Helston, 1804-1832. 



m. Mary Ann Gilbert, 1806, and took name of Gilbert, 1817. 



Assisted Withering in 'Arr. of Brit. PL,' ed. 3. 

 Gilby, William Hall (fl. 1814-1821). 'Respiration of Plants,' 



Edm. Phil. Journ. iv. 100 (1821). Pritz. 121 ; R. S. C. ii. 884. 

 Gilchrist, James (1813-1886): b. Collin, Dumfriesshire, 21st 



June, 1813; d. Dumfries, 1886. M.D., 1850. President 



Dumfries Field Club. ' Geological Relations of Alpine Plants,' 



Proc. Edin. Bot. Soc. 1855, 9. Trans. 15ot. Soc. Edin. xvii. 2; 



R. S. C. ii. 884. 



