246 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 



Knowles, Gilbert (b. 167-4 ?). * Materia Medica Botanica, 1723, 

 in verse, with engr. i^ortr. by Faber, after Murray. Pritz. 166 ; 

 Jacks. 200 ; Pult. i. 282. 



Knowles, George Beauchamp (fl. 1829-1852). Surgeon. 

 A.L.S., 1834. F.L.S., 1884. Prof. Bot. Birmingham Scliool 

 of Medicine, 1829-1852. 'Floral Cabinet' (with F. Westcott), 

 1837-40. Pritz. 166 ; Jacks. 472. Knowlesia Hassk. = Tra- 

 descantia spicata. 



Knowlton, Thomas (1692-1782): b. 1692; d. Londesborough, 

 Yorks., 1782. F.L.S., 1795. Gardener to Sherard at Eltham, 

 and to Earl of Burlington at Londesborough. Letters to 

 Brewer in Bot. Dept. Brit. Mus. Ait. Hort. Kew. x. ; Pult. ii. 

 239 ; Rich. Corr. ; Linn. Letters, i. 77. Knowltonia Salisb. 



Knox, Robert (fl. 1657-1681). Captain, E. I. C. Navy. 'Account 

 of Ceylon,' 1681. Captive in Ceylon, 1659-1679. Pritz. ed. i. 

 141. Kno.via L. 



Konig, Charles Dietrich Eberhard (1774-1851) : b. Brunswick, 

 1774; d. Loudon, 29th Aug. 1851. Keeper of Mineralogy, 

 Brit. Museum, 1813. F.L.S., 1802. F.R.S. 'Annals of Bot.' 

 (with Sims), 1805-6. 'Tracts,' 1805. Translated Sprengel, 1807. 

 Pritz. 168; Jacks. 567. Portr. in Ann. Bot. ii. Koniga Br. 



Kurz, Sulpiz (1833 ?-1878) : b. Munich, 1833 ? ; d. Pulo Peuang, 

 15th Jan., 1878. Pupil of Martins. At Bot. Gard. Buitenzorg. 

 Afterwards Curator, Calcutta Herbarium. ' Report on ... . 

 Vegetation of ... . Andaman Islands,' 1867. * Forest Flora 

 of Brit. Burma,' 1877. Pritz. 172 ; Jacks. 569 ; R. S. C. viii. 

 138; Journ. Bot. 1878, 217. 



Kyd, Robert (d. 1794) : d. Calcutta, 1794. Colonel. Established 

 Calcutta Bot. Gard., 1787. Kydia Roxb. 



Lagasca, Mariano (1776-1839) : b. Encinacorva, Arragon, 4th 

 Oct. 1776; d. Barcelona, 23rd Jime, 1839. F.L.S., 1831. 

 Prof. Bot. and Director, Royal Garden, Madrid. Took refuge 

 in British territory in 1822. ' Elenchus pi. in hort. Matritensi,' 

 1816. ' Genera et Species PI.,' 1816. Pritz. 173 ; Jacks. 446; 

 R. S. C. iii. 801; Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 71. Lagasca Cav. 



Lamb, Thomas (fl. 1794). M.D. A.L.S., 1789. F.L.S., 1794. 

 Of Readhig. Eng. Bot. 1931, 2031. 



Lambert, Aylmer Bourke (1761-1842) : b. Bath, 2ud Feb. 1761 ; 

 d. Kew, 10th Jan. 1842. St. Mary Hall, Oxon, 1779. F.L.S., 

 1788; V. -P., 1796. F.R.S., 1791. ' Cinchona,' 1797. ' Pinus,' 

 1803-1829 ; ed. 2, 1832 ; vol. iii. 1836. Contrib. to Eng. Bot. 

 (1359, 2562, &c.). Herbarium in part in Herb. Mus. Brit. 

 Partly bought by Delessert, Lasegue, 75. Discovered Carduus 

 tuberosiis, 1813. Pritz. 174 ; Jacks. 569 ; R. S. C. iii. 812 ; 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 137 ; Gard. Chron. 1842, 271, 439 ; Athen- 

 teum, 1842, 1137; Veitch, 'Manual of Couifera3,' 180. Oil 

 portr. by Russell at Linn. Soc. Portr. at Kew. Aylmeria 

 Martius. Lamhertia Sm. Salix Lamhertiana Sm. 



Lance, John Henry (d. 1878) : d. 12th Jan. 1878. Of Netherton, 

 near Andover. F.L.S., 1828. Resided in Surinam before 1834. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1887. Oncidium Lanctaniim Lindl. 



