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Bruce, Arthur (c. 1725-1805) : b. c. 1725 ; d. 1805. Sec. N. H. 

 boc. Edin. Discovered Polyyonatum verticillatwn. E. B. 128. 

 Herb, bequeathed to Sir J. E. Smith. Smith Lett. i. 431-3. 



James 



er 



1730 ; d. Kinnaird, 27th April, 1794. Traveller. Of Kinnaird. 



Consul at Algiers, 1763-5. In Abyssinia, 1769-1771. Pritz. 



44 ; Biog. by A. Murray in 2nd ed. of « Travels,' 1805 ; Diet. 



Nat. Biog. \ii. 98 ; Baill. i. 503. Portr. engr. Heath, 1790, in 



Ins « Travels.' Brucea J. S. Miller. 

 Brunton, John (fl. 1777). ' Cat. of pi. botanically arranged 



most of wh. are cultivated and sold by . . .' at . . . Perryhill, 



Birmingham, 1777. Pritz. 46 ; Jacks. 409. 

 Brunton, William (1775-1806): b. 21st October, 1775: d. Kipon, 



23rd June, 1806. Of Bipon. P.L.S., 1806. Found Uypmm 



sqitarrosul um. E. B. 1709. 



Bryant, Charles (d. 1799 ?). Of Norwich. « Flora Diabetica,' 

 1783. « Dictionary of Ornamental .... Plants,' 1790. Linn. 

 Trans, vii. 299; Pritz. 46; Jacks. 528. 



Bryant, Henry (1721-1799) : b. 1721 ; d. Colby, Norfolk, 4th 

 June, 1799. Clerk. B.A., Camb., 1749. M.A., 1753. A.L.S., 

 1795. Bector of Colby, Norfolk. Discovered Tillaa muscosa in 

 Britain, 1766. ' Enquiry iuto the cause of ... . Brand, 1781. 

 Brother of the above-mentioned. Pritz. 46; Linn. Trans, vii. 

 297 ; Gent. Mag. lxix. 1799, i. 532 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 155 ; 

 Smith Lett. i. 33. 



Bryce, James (1806-1877) : b. Killaig, Coleraine, 22nd October, 

 1806; d. Inverfarigaig, Loch Ness, 11th July, 1877. B.A., 

 Glasgow, 1828. LL.D., 1858. F.G.S. * Geology of Arran, 



With an fl.f>p.nvmt; nt' f.lia 1W.fl.TlV ' 1872. 



vii. 159. 



Diet. Nat. Biog. 



HA3 



Buekland, William (1784 ?-1856) : b. Axminster, Devon, 1784?; 

 d- 15th August, 1856 ; bur. Islip, Oxon. Clerk. D.D., Oxon, 

 1825. F.L.S., 1821. P.G.S., 1824 & 1840. F.R.S., 1818. 

 Dean of Westminster, 1845. Prof. Mineralogy, Oxon, 1813 ; 

 of Geology, 1818. Jacks. 182 ; B. S. C. i. ; Proc. Boy. Soc. 

 viii. 264 ; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1857 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 

 206. Bucklandia Sternb. = Clathraria Mant. Biickiandia Brong. 

 (fossil Cycad). Bucklandia B. Br. (Hamamelida). Portr. in 



Ipswich series, 1849. 



Buckman, James (1814 or 1816-1884) : b. Cheltenham, Glouces- 

 tershire, 1814 or 1816; d. Bradford Abbas, Dorset, 23rd Nov., 

 1884. Druggist. F.L.S., 1850. Prof, of Bot., Cirencester, 

 1848-1863. ' Bot. Guide to . . . Cheltenham,' 1844. ' British 



Grasses,' 1858. Pritz. 47 ; Jacks. 528 ; B. S. 0. i. 705 ; 



vi. 611 ; vii. 298; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1884-5, 104; Proc. Geol. 

 Soc. 1884-5, 43 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 216. 



Buddie, Adam (d. 1715): b. Deeping St. James, Lincoln; d. 

 Cray's Inn, 15th April, 1715 ; bur. St. Andrew's Holborn. 

 Clerk. B.A., 1681. M.A., Camb., 1685. Vicar of Great Fam- 

 bridge, Essex, 1703. Beader at Gray's Inn. ' Hortus Siccus 



