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Bot, Soc. Edin. viii. Bridgesia Hook. = Polyachyrus Lag. 



Bridgesia Hook. & Arn. = Ercilla A. Juss. Bridgesia 



Camb. 

 Briggs, Thomas Richard Archer (1836-91) : b. Fursdon, nr. 



Plymouth, 7 May, 1836 ; d. Fursdon, 23 Jan., 1891 ; bur. 



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 Brightwell, Thomas (1787-1868); b. Ipswich, 18 March, 



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Solicitor and Mayor of Norwich. F.L.S., 1821. 'Fauna 



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 Brittain, Thomas (1806-84): b. Sheffield, 2 Jan., 1806; d. 



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 Brodie, James (fl. 1800). M.P. Of Brodie, Elgin. Discovered 



Moneses. F.L.S., 1795; F.E.S. Algologist. E. B. 146, 



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Greville, Algae Brit. vi. Herbarium given to Walker Arnott. 



" Friend and patron " of Smith. " Discoverer of many new 



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 Brodigan, Thomas (fl. 1830). Of Pilltown, Meath. ' Botani- 

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 Bromfield, William Arnold (1801-51); b. Boldre, Hants, 



1801 ; d. Damascus, 9 Oct. 1851 ; bur. Damascus. M.D. 



Glasgow, 1823; F.L.S., 1836. 'Flora Vectensis,' 1856. 



Travelled on Continent, Ireland, West Indies, North America, 



and Egypt. Distinguished Galamintha sylvatica. Contrib. 



to E. Bot. (2812, 2863, 2897) and Phytol. Herbarium at Isle 



of Wight Philos. Soc, Eyde. MSS. bot. library, and N. 



American and Egyptian plants at Kew. Pritz. 41 ; Jacks. 



254, 350; Proc Linn. Soc. ii. 182; Phyt. iv. pref. ; E. S. C. i. 



644; Journ. Bot. 1851, 373; Diet. Nat. Biog. vi. 398. Engr. 



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Bromfeldia Neck. 

 Bromhead, Sir Edward Thomas Ffrench, Bart. (1789- 



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