BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OP BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 878 



Forbes, John (1800 9-1823) : d. Senna, E. Africa, Aug. 1823 ; 

 tablet in Chiswick Churchyard. A.L.S., 1822. Collector for 

 K. Hort. Soc. in E. and S. Africa, Madagascar, &c. Lasegue, 

 376 ; Trans. Hort. Soc. viii., iii. Plants in Mus. Brit. Forbesia 

 Eckl. = Curcu/igo Gaertn. 



Forby, Joseph (fl. 1801). Clerk. Brother of the following. 

 Discovered Salix Forbyana Sm. Eng. Bot. 1344. 



Forby, Robert (1759 ?-!825) : b. Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, 1759 ? ; 

 d. Fincham, Norfolk, 20th Dec. 1825. Of Barton. Clerk. 

 Brother of preceding. B.A., Camb., 1781. M.A., 1784. 

 F.L.S., 1798. Eector of Fincham, Norfolk, 1799. Eng. Bot. 1344. 

 Memoir by Dawson Turner, with portr. litho. from painting 

 by M. Sharp, 1822, prefixed to 'Vocabulary of East Anglia,* 

 1830. Gent. Mag. vol. 96 (1826), i. 281. Salix Forbyana Sm. 



Ford, John (fl. 1789). M.D. F.L.S., 1789. Linu. Letters, ii. 

 47 ; Eng. Bot. 78. 



Fordyce, George (1736-1802) : b. Aberdeen, 18th Nov. 1736 ; 

 d. Essex St., Strand, 25th May, 1802; bur. St. Ann's, Soho. 

 Grandfather of George Bentham. M.A., Aberd., 1750. M.D., 

 Edin., 1758. F.R.S., 1776. F.R.C.P., 1787. ' Elements of 

 Agriculture and Vegetation,' 1765. Gent. Mag., June, 1802 ; 

 Munk, ii. 373. Portr. by Phillips at St. Thomas's Hospital, 

 engr. by Keating. Medal designed by Flaxman. 



Forster, Benjamin Meggot (1764-1829): b. Walbrook, 16th 

 Jan., 1764 ; d. Scotts, Hale End, Walthamstow, 8th March, 

 1829 ; bur. at Walthamstow. Sent plants for Eng. Bot. 

 Fungologist, electrician, and philanthropist. Brother of the 

 two following. ( Penza cutiat/osa,' 1786. 'Introduction to the 

 Knowledge of Fungusses,' 1820. ' Epistolarium Forsterianum,' 

 h. pp. xiii.-xv. Pritz. 110 ; Jacks. 546 ; Nich. Illustr. viii. 553 ; 

 Gent. Mag. xcix. (1829), 279. 



Forster, Edward (1765-1849) : b. Wood Street, Walthamstow, 

 12th Oct. 1765 ; d. Ivy House, Woodford, Essex, 23rd Feb. 

 1849; bur. at Walthamstow. F.L.S., 1800; Treas., 1816; 

 V.-P., 1828. F.B.S. Banker. Contributed to Gough's Cam- 

 den, Phyt. i., ii., iii. ; E. B. S. i., ii., iv. (2790) ; Mag. Zool. 

 Bot. ii. (1839), 95 ; Ann. & Mag. viii. (1842), 433 ; &c. Her- 

 barium purchased by B. Brown, and presented to Mus. Brit. 

 Pritz. 110 ; Jacks. 262 ; E. S. C. ii. 669 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 

 89 ; Gent. Mag. xxxii. (1849), 481 ; Nich. Illust. vm. 554 ; 

 Gibson, Fl. Essex, 448 ; ' Recueil de ma vie,' T. I. M. Forster, 

 1837 ; ' Epistolarium Forsterianum,' ii. p. xv. Oil portr. by 

 Eadis, Linn. Soc. Portr. in Ipswich Mus. series. Luzula 

 Forsteri DC. Sedum Forsterianum Sm. 



Forster, Thomas Furley (1761-1825) : b. Bond Court, Walbrook, 

 5th Sept. 1701 ; d. Walthamstow, 28th Oct. 1825 ; bur. Wal- 

 thamstow. F.L.S.,1800. Joint-author with two preceding of 

 the plant-lists in Gough's ' Camden.' Additions to Warner s 

 'Plant® Woodfordiensis,' 1784. 'Flora Tonbrigensis,' 1816. 

 Discovered Asplenium lanceolatum and Viola lactea. Eng. Bot. 

 240, 445, &c; Pritz. 110; Jacks. 547; Gent. Mag. xxxn 

 (1849), 481 ; E. S. 0. ii. 671 ; 'Recueil de ma vie, 1. I. M. 



