102 BIOGRAPHECAL I.VDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 



Beever, Susanna (1805-93): b. Manchester?, 27th Nov. 1805; 

 d. Coiiiston, Lancashire, 29th Oct. 1893. Sister of preceding. 

 Sent Fimliola to Baxter ('British Phaenog. Bot.' t. 188). Cor- 

 respondent of Baker and Raskin (see preceding). NaturaUst, 



1894, 290. 



Bellairs, Nona Maria Stevenson (d. 1897): d. Bournemouth, 

 14th May, 1897; bar. Bourneinoutli Cemetery. 'Hardy Ferns' 

 (British), 18G5. ' Wayside Flora,' 18G6. Pritz. 20 ; Jacks. 520. 



Bennett, George (1804-93) : b. Plymouth, 31st Jan. 1804 : 

 d. Sydney, 29th Sept. 1893. M.K.C.S., 1828. M.D., Glasgow. 

 1859. F.L.S., 1831. Practised in Sydney, 1836. Zoologist. 

 Contrib. to Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., 1832 ; Journ. Bot. 

 1866-72. ' Wanderings in New South Wales,' 1834. 'Gather- 

 ings of a Naturalist in Australasia,' 1860. Sent plants to Kew. 

 .Jacks. 521; R.S.C. i. 273; vii. 138; ix. 190; Journ. Bot. 1894, 

 191 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1893-4, 27. Antiaris Bennettii Seem. 



Benson, Robson (d. 1894): d. Bath, 22ud Oct. 1894. F.L.S., 

 1870. General in Indian army. In India, 1839-77. In charge 

 of Rangoon Gardens, 1865-9; of Madras Bot. Gardens, 1872-6. 

 Discovered many orchids in Burmah. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1894-5, 

 30. Vanda Bciisoni Bateman. 



Bent, James Theodore (1852-97); b. Liverpool, 1852; d. Lon- 

 don, 5th May, 1897. B.A., Oxon, 1875. Travelled and collected 

 in Hadramaut, 1893-4; in Arabia Felix, 1894-5; and in Nubia 

 and Socotra, 1895-6. Botanical results, Kew Bulletin, 1894, 328 ; 



1895, 180. Plants at Kew. Kew Bull. 1897, 206; Allibone 

 Supp. 



Bentham, Lady (Mary Sophia) [iice Fordyce) (1765 ?-1858) : 

 b. London?, 1765 ? ; d. 18th May, 1858 ; m. 1796, General Sir 

 Samuel Bentham. Daughter of Dr. George Fordyce. Mother 

 of George Bentham. "A very good botanist," A. Gray, Letters, 

 188. Had a herbarium. Journ. Bot. 1894, 315. 



Bentley, Robert (1821-93) : b. Hitchin, Hertford, 1821; d. Earl's 

 Court. London, 24th Dec. 1893 ; bur. Kensai Green Cemetery. 

 M.R.C.S., 1847. F.L.S., 1849. Lecturer on Bot., London 

 Hospital; Prof. Bot., King's Coll., London. 'Manual of 

 Botany,' 1861; ed. 4, 1881. 'Eucalyptus,' 1874. 'Botany,' 

 1875. ' Medicinal Plants' (with H. Trimen), 1875-80. Pritz. 

 22; Jacks. 521; R.S.C. i. 282; ix. 192; Journ. Bot. 1894, 64; 

 Pharm. Journ. 1893-4, 559; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1893-4, 28; 

 Allibone Supp. 



Bidwell, Henry (1816-68) : b. Albrighton, Salop, 8th July, 1816 ; 

 d. Albrighton, 13th March, 1868. Local Sec. Bot. Soc. London. 

 M.D. F. Bot. Soc. Ed. Had a herbarium. 



Blomefield, Rev. Leonard, ne Jenyns (1800-93): b. London, 

 25th May, 1800; d. Bath, 1st Sept. 1893. M.A., Camb., 1825. 

 F.L.S., 1822. F.G.S., 1835. Curate of Swaffham Bulbeck, 

 Cambs., 1823 ; vicar, 1828-49. Founded Bath Nat. Hist. Club, 

 1855. ' Naturahsts' Pocket Almanack,' 1843-7, ' Bath Flora,' 

 Proc. Bath Field Club, i. (1866), 23. Library and herbarium 

 in more than 40 vols, presented to Bath Institution. R.S.C. 



