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*Seemann. Dr. Berthold Seemann, an eminent botanist and voyager 



" Botany of the expedition of the surveying ship Herald" 

 Sibth. Dr. Sibthorp, an English botanist and traveller in Greece ; 



author of " Flora Graeca." 

 Sieber. Sieber, a celebrated German botanical traveller and 



collector in various parts of the world. 

 *Sim. M. Sim, a nurseryman and celebrated grower of Ferns at 



Foot's Cray, Kent. 

 Sloan. Sir Hans Sloane, a traveller in the West Indies ; author 



of " History of Jamaica," and founder of the British Museum. 

 *Sm. Sir James Edward Smith, a celebrated British botanist and 



writer on botany in various journals ; first President of the 



Linnsean Society, and purchaser of the " Linnsean Herbarium." 

 *Soicerby. E. Sowerby, a British botanist ; author of a work on 



British Ferns. 



Spenn. Spenner, a German botanist. 

 Split. F. L. Splitgerber, a Dutch botanist ; "An enumeration of 



the Ferns of Surinam." 



Spreng. C. Sprengel, Professor of Botany, Halle ; " Syst.," a syste- 

 matic enumeration of plants according to the Linnsean 



arrangement. 



Spring. Spring, a German botanist and writer on Lycopodiacew. 

 * Stan. Afield. Stansfield, a nurseryman at Todmorden, Yorkshire, 



celebrated as a discoverer and cultivator of numerous varieties 



of British species of Ferns. 

 >w. Olaf Sivartz, a Swedish botanist and traveller in Jamaica ; 



" Synopsis Filicum." an enumeration and description of all 



known Ferns since 1806. 



Thunb. P. Thunberg, a Dutch traveller and botanist in Japan 

 and Cape of Good Hope ; " Fl. Jap., 1 ' the Flora of Japan, 

 1784. 



*Thicaitcs. G. J . Thiuaites, Director Botanic Garden, Ceylon ; 

 author of " Flora of Ceylon." 



Tuck&rman. E. Tuckerman, a United States botanist. 



Vahl. Mart. Vahl, a German botanist. 



*Van Houte. L. Van Houte, a celebrated Belgian nurseryman ; 



author of periodical botanical works. 

 *Veitch. James Veitch & Son, nurserymen, London, celebrated 



importers and cultivators of rare Ferns. 

 Vent. E. P. Ventenat, a French botanist. 

 Vogler. Vogler, a German botanist. 



Wall Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Director Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 

 MSS. catalogue of the plants contained in the " Wallichian 

 Herbarium " at the Linnsean Societv. 



