22 BIOGEAPHICAL INDEX OF 



1836. Found Astragalus alpinus, 1831. Trans. Bot. Soc. 



Bdin. X. 284. 

 Brass, William (fl. 1790). Collected 250 species at Cape Coast 



for Banks, Fothergill, and Pitcaim. Plants in Herb. Brit. 



Mus. Brassia Br. 

 Bray, John (fl. 1400). Physician. Pensioned by Eichard II. 



' Synonyma de nominibus Herbarum,' Sloane MS. 282, 24. 



Pult. i. 22 ; Jacks. 501 ; Haller i. 219 ; Tanner, Bibl. Brit. 



122 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vi. 237. 

 Braylsford, James (fl. 1700). " A Turkey merchant." Gave 



four books of Palestine plants collected by himself to 



Petiver. Mus. Pet. 79. H.S. 183. 

 Bree, Rev. Robert Francis (d. 1830 or 1847?). Of Camber. 



well, and afterwards of Chichester. P.L.S., 1815 ; A.L.S., 



1827. " Qui primus animum illustrissimi E. Brown capitulis 



dioicis Serratulae tinctorise adtendit." E. Bot. 2809, 2934. 



Herbarium presented to a Society at Boulogne, Phyt. ii. 3. 



Breea Leasing = Serratula arvensis L. 

 Bree, Rev. William (fl. 1770-1820). Father of foUowing. 



Contrib. to Purton's ' Midland Flora ' and drew plates for it 



{Lycoperdon, &c.). Midi. Fl. Appx. pref. vii. 

 Bree, Rev. William Thomas (1787-1863) : b. Coleshill, War- 

 wick, 1787 ; d. Allesley, Warwick, 1863. B.A. Oxon, 1808 ; 



M.A., 1816. Eector of Allesley. 'Nug^ Helveticse,' 1856. 



Contributed to Phytologist, Mag. Nat. Hist., Ann. & Mag., 



Midland Flora, N. B. G. 181, Fl. Warw. 497, Top. Bot. 



539, E. B. 2626, 2653, 2724. Discovered Lastrea rigida. 



F. L. Colvile, ' Worthies of Warwickshire ; ' E. S. C. i. 598 ; 

 Journ. Bot. 1863, 160 ; Mag. Nat. Hist. 1831, 29, 162 ; Ann. 

 & Mag. vi. (1841), 401; Pref. to Haworth's ' Saxifragarum.,' 

 xiii. 



Brewer, Samuel (before 1700 ?-c. 1742) : b. Trowbridge, Wilts ; 

 d. Bierley, Bradford, Yorkshire, after 1742 ; bur. Cleck- 

 Heaton, Yorkshire. Lived at Bangor, and from 1727 in 

 Yorksh. Became gardener to Duke of Beaufort at Badminton. 

 Collected for Dillenius. Wrote MS. ' Botanical Journey 

 through Wales ' (in Bot. Dept., Brit. Mus.). Discovered 

 Dianthus casms. Herb, bought for £20 by Eichard Eichard- 

 son, jun. Pult. ii. 188-9; Pritz. 40; Eieh. Corr. ; Nich. 

 Illust. i. 261, 288 ; Cash, 5 ; Baker, ' Fathers of Yorkshire 

 Botany ' ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vi. 295. Breweria E. Br. 



Brichan, Rev. James B. (fl. 1844). Of Banchory, Aberdeen. 

 Frequent contributor to Phyt. i. Eoss-shire plants in N. B. 



G. 608. 



Brickell, John (fl. 1730-45). M.D. ' Nat. Hist. N. Carolina,' 

 Dublin, 1737. Cat. American plants and trees, DubUn, 1745. 

 Sent plants to Muhlenberg. Elliott, Bot. Carolina, ii. 290. 

 Brickellia Ell. 



Bridges, Thomas (1807-65) : b. Lilly, Herts, 22 May, 1807 ; d. 

 in the Pacific, 9 Nov., 1865 ; bur. Lone Mt. Cemetery, San 

 Francisco. Son-in-law of Hugh Cuming. Kew Collector in 

 ChiU, Peru, Bolivia, and California, 1827-65. F.L.S. Intro- 



