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December, 1732. M.B., Oamb., 1692. M.D., 1702. Of 



Ipswich. "Very curious and knowing in plants," Slierard, 

 Rich. Corr. 184 ; Nich. Illustr. vi. 879 ; Loudon ' Arboretum,' 62. 

 Bell, G. (d. 1784) : b. Manchester ; d. Manchester, 1784. Doctor. 

 «<De physiologia plantarum,' 1777. Mem. Manchester Soc. ii. 

 394 ; Baillon, i. 395. 



Belt, Thomas (1832-1878): b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1832; d. 

 Kansas City, Colorado, 21st September, 1878. Traveller. 

 ' Naturalist in Nicaragua,' 1874. Gard. Chron. 1878, ii. 478 ; 

 Proc. Geol. Soc. 1878-9, 48 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 204 ; Jacks. 368. 



Bennett, Frederick Debell (fl. 1840). F.R.C.S. F.R.G.S. 



' Catalogue of Plants collected during the Tuscan's Voyage ' in 

 ' Narrative of a Whaling Voyage, 1833-1836,' 1840. Pritz. 21. 

 Bennett, John Joseph (1801-1876) : b. Tottenham, Middlesex, 

 8th January, 1801 ; d. Maresfield, Sussex, 29th February, 1876, 

 bur. M.R.C.S., 1825. F.L.S., 1828. Sec.L.S., 1840-1860. 

 F.R.S., 1841. Assistant-Keeper, Bot. Dep. Brit. Mus., 1827. 

 Keeper, 1857-1870. « Plant* Javanicse,' 1838-1852. Pritz. 21 ; 

 Jacks. 521 ; R. S. C. i. 275 ; Journ. Bot. 1876, 97, with portr. ; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 246. Oil-portr. by Eddis and bust by Weekes 

 at Liun. Soc, Kew, and Bot. Dep. Brit. Mus. Bennettia R. Br. = 



Cremostachijs Tulasne. Bennettia Gray = Saussurea DC. Ben- 

 nettia Miquel. Bennettites (fossil) Carruthers. 



Bennett, John Whitchurch (fl. 1830). F.L.S., 1828. 'Coco- 

 nut Palm,' 1831. Jacks. 208. 



Benson, Thomas (1802-1887): b. Cockermouth, Cumberland, 

 October, 1802; d. Great Fambridge, Essex, 9th June, 1887. 

 B.A., Cantab., 1824. Clerk. Vicar of Great Fambridge, 1832. 

 Contributed to Gibson's ' Flora of Essex.' Herbarium bequeathed 

 to Essex Field Club. 



Bentall, Thomas (fl. 1847-1862). Of Halstead, Essex. Invented 

 a drying paper. Contributed to Gibson's 'Flora of Essex.' 

 R. S. C. i. 280. 



Bentham, George (1800-1884) : b. Stoke, near Plymouth, 22nd 

 September, 1800 ; d. Wilton Place, London, 10th September, 

 1884. LL.D., Camb. C.M.G., 1878. F.L.S., 1826. Pres., 

 1861-1874. Sec. R. Hort. Soc. 1829-1840. F.R.S., 1862. 

 'Plantse Hartwegiame,' 1857. 'Flora of Hongkong,' 1861. 

 ' Flora Australiensis,' 1863-1878. * Genera Plantarum,' with 

 J. D. Hooker, 1862-1883. Herb, at Kew. Pritz. 21 ; Jacks. 

 21 ; R. 8. C. i. 280; \ii. 240; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1884, 90, with 

 bibliography; Journ. Bot. 1884, 853, portr.; Gard. Chron. 1884, 

 »i. 336, 368 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 263. Oil-portr. by Dickinson 

 at Linn. Soc. Photo, and engr. at Kew. Benthamvi Lindl. 



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Note on Mentha fratensis Sole. — In a letter of Aylmer 

 Boiirke Lambert to the late Sir James Smith, which w contained 



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