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Marsden, William (1754-1836) : b. Verval, Ireland, 16th Nov. 

 1754 ; d. Edgegrove, Herts, 6th Oct. 1836. F.R.S. Secretary 

 to the Admh-alty, 1795. Collected m Sumatra, Bencoulen, 

 1771-1779. 'History of Sumatra,' p. 94, &c., 1783 (plates 

 by E. W. Marsden), 1810. Plants at Brit. Mus. Letters in 

 Banks. Corresp. vi. (29th Oct. 1789), &c. Mem. Wern. Soc. 

 i. 29. Marsdenia Br. 



Marsh, Rev. Thomas Orlebar (fl. 1797). Of Bedford. F.L.S., 

 1797. Contrib. to Eng. Bot. (t. 499). 



Marshall, Henry (fl. 1823-1836). Surgeon to the Forces. In 

 Ceylon. ' Coco-nut tree,' Edinburgh, 1832. Pritz. 203 ; Jacks. 

 208 ; R. S. C. iv. 250. 



Marshall, Humphrey (1722-1801) : b. West Bradford, Pennsyl- 

 vania, 10th Oct. 1722; d. same place, 5th Nov. 1801. Cousin 

 of John Bartram. Founded Marshallton Bot. Gard. ' Arbustum 

 americanum,' 1785. Plants in Herb. Brit. Mus. Jacks. 359. 

 ' Memorials of John Bartram and H. M.,' 1849. Marshallia. 



Marshall, James (fl. 1695-1705). Surgeon. Sent plants from 

 Virginia to Petiver (Mus. Pet. n. 178) and Plukenet (Amalth, 

 102). 



Marsham, Robert (1707-1794): b. 1707; d. Stratton, Norfolk, 

 4th Sept. 1794. F.R.S. Papers on growth on trees in Phil. 

 Trans, li.-lxxi. (1751-97). Kept Calendar of Nat. Phenomena 

 more than fifty years. Banksian Correspondence, vi. 



Martin, George Anne (1807 ?-1867) : b. 1807 ; d. Ventnor, 7th 

 Jan. 1867. Of Ventnor. F.B.S.,Edinb., 1836. M.D.,Edinb., 

 1837. ' Underchff of I. of Wight,' 1849. Jacks. 254 ; Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Edinb. ix. 90. 



Martin, John (1783 ?-1855) : b. Tyldesley, Lane, 1783?; d. 

 Tyldesley, 13th Aug. 1855. Hand-loom weaver. ''An accurate 

 botanist," Sir W. J. Hooker. Phyt. i. 199; Cash, 108; Buxton, 

 Bot. Guide Manchester, xiv. 



Martin, William (1767-1810): b. Mansfield, Notts., 1767; d. 

 1810. F.L.S., 1796. ' Petrificata Derbiensia,' 1809. 



Martyn, John (1699-1768) : b. London, 1699 ; d. Chelsea, 1768. 

 F.R.S., 1727. ProfessorofBot., Cambridge, 1733-1761. Friend 

 of Dr. Sherard, 1719. Translated Tournefort's * History of pi. 

 .... about Paris,' 1720. Founded Bot. Soc, Lond., 1721-26. 

 Lectured in London, 1729. ' Methodus pi. circa Cantabrigiam,' 

 1727. ' Historia pi. rarior.' 1728-1732. Herbarium bequeathed 

 to Cambridge Univ. Pult. ii. 207 ; Rees ; Pritz. 206 ; Jacks. 

 578; Memoir by Thomas Martyn, 1770; Gorham ; Vol. of 

 correspondence in Bot. Dept., Brit. Mus. Martynia. 

 (To be continued.') 



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Welsh Records, 1889. — The following species are not in Top. 

 Bot. Ed. 2, for 48 Merionethshire, N. Wales : — Cardamine hirsuta, 

 Drosera intermedia^ Menyanthes trifoliata^ Scutellaria yalericulata, 



