BIOGEAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 445 



F.L.S., 1870. Botanized in Pyrenees. ' Guide to Pyrenees,' 

 1862 ; ed. 1867, with bot. notes, especially on ferns. Herbarium 

 at Cambridge. Jacks. 278 ; Alpine Journal, xviii. 236 (1896) ; 

 Journ. Bot. 1897, 415 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1896-7, 66 ; Alumn. 

 Oxon. 



Parfitt, Edward (1820-93) : b. East Tuddenham, Norfolk, 17 Oct. 

 1820 ; d. Exeter, 15 Jan. 1893. Gardener, afterwards Librarian, 

 Devon and Exeter Institution, 1861-93. ' Devon Fungi,' in 

 12 vols., with 1530 col. drawings by himself, unpublished. 

 E.S.C. iv. 756; viii. 561; x. 989; Journ. Bot. 1893, 160; 

 Natural Science, 1893 ; Diet. Nat. Biogr. xliii. 205. 



Parish, Rev. Charles Samuel Pollock (18229-97): b. Dumdum, 

 Calcutta, c. 1822; d. Roughmoor, Somerset, 18 Oct. 1897. 

 B.A., Oxon, 1841. Chaplain at Moulmein, Burma, 1852-78. 

 Orchidist. Contributed bot. papers to Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 

 E.S.C. iv. 757 ; viii. 562; Journ. Bot. 1897, 464; Alumn. Oxon. 

 Dendrobium Farishii Bateman. 



Pascoe, Francis Polkinghorne (1813-93) : b. Penzance, 1 Sept. 

 1813; d. Brighton, 20 June, 1893. F.L.S., 1852. M.R.C.S., 

 1835. Surgeon R.N. till 1843. Entomologist. Memb. Bot. 

 Soc. London. 'Cornish PI.,' Bot. Gazette, 1850. Correspondent 

 of H. C. Watson. R.S.C. iv. 769 ; viii. 566 ; x. 996 ; Diet. Nat. 

 Biogr. xliii. 435; Journ. Bot. 1893, 287; Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 1893-4, 33 ; Boase. 



Pearless, Anne, nee Pratt (1806-93) : b. Strood, Kent, 5 Dec. 

 1806; d. Shepherd's Bush, London, 27 July, 1893; bur. East 

 Grinstead Cemetery, Sussex ; m. John Pearless, 1866. * Flowers 

 and their associations,' 1828. ' Field, Garden, and Woodland,' 

 1838 (anon.). ' Wild Flowers,' 1852, 2 vols. ' Flowering Plants 

 of Great Britain,' 5 vols., 1855. Pritz. 252 ; Jacks. 594 ; Journ. 

 Bot. 1893, 288; 1894, 205; Women's Penny Paper, 9 Nov. 

 1889, with portr. ; Diet. Nat. Biogr. xlvi. 284 ; Boase. 



Penny, Rev. Charles William (1838-98) : b. West Ilsley, Berks, 

 1838 ; d. Wokingham, Berks, 30 March, 1898. M.A., Oxon, 

 1863. Assistant Master, Wellington College, 1861. 'Flora 

 Wellingtonensis,' 1868. Contrib. to Journ. Bot. Journ. Bot. 

 1898, 208 ; Fl. Berks, clxxx. ; Alumn. Oxon. 



Pentland, Joseph Barclay (1797-1873) : b. Ireland, 1797 ; d. 

 London, 12 July, 1873; bur. Brompton Cemetery. Secretary 

 to Consulate-general in Peru, 1827 ; Consul-general in Bolivia, 

 1836-9. Sent plants from Peru. R.S.C. iv. 820 ; Bot. Reg. 

 1839, t. 68 ; Diet. Nat. Biogr. xliv. 350 ; Boase. Pentlandia 

 Herb. = Urceolina. 



Perry, William Wykeham (1846 ?-1894) : b. 1846?; d. 14 June, 

 1894. Commander R.N. Collected at Amsterdam Island, 1873 ; 

 in Socotra, 1876 ; in Corea, &c., 1883. Plants at Kew. Kew 

 Bulletin, 1894, 397. Aloe Perryi Baker. 



Pope, Clara Maria (d. 1838) : d. London, 24 Dec. 1838. Flower- 

 painter to Horticultural Soc. Drawings of PcEonia (1821) in 

 Bot. Dept. Brit. Mus. Diet. Nat. Biogr. xlvi. 130. 



Porter, George (fl. 1800-34). Head-master Penang Free School, 



