26 BIOGEAPHICAD INDEX OF 



Nat. Biog. vii. 64. Portr. in vestry of St. Peter Mancroft, 

 Norwich ; one at E. C. P. ; one, with family, by Dobson, at 

 Devonshire House ; engr. by E. White in ' Works,' ed. 1686 ; 

 and engr. at Linn. Soc, from Norwich portr. 



Browne, Rev. William (c. 1628-78) : b. Oxford, c. 1628 ; d. 

 Oxford, 25 March, 1678 ; bur. in outer chapel, Magdalen 

 Coll.,Oxon. B.A. Oxon, 1647 ; B.D., 1665. Vice-President 

 of Magdalen, 1669. ' Catalogus Horti Bot. Oxoniensis,' 1658, 

 with Stephens and Bobart. " Chief hand in the composition 

 of the Catalogue," Wood, Fasti, ii. 282. Pult. i. 167 ; Pritz. 

 44 ; Wood's Pasti Oxon. ii. 282. Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 75. 



Brownlee, Rev. J. (fl. 1842). Missionary at the Cape. Had 

 " a good general knowledge of Botany," and sent pi. tp 

 Harvey. Joum. Bot. 1842, 16. Brownleea Lindl. 



Brownri§rg, William (1771-1800) : b. High Close Hall, Cum- 

 berland, 24 March, 1711 ; d. Ormathwaite,- Keswick, 6 Jan., 

 1800. M.D. Leyden, 1735; F.E.S., 1741. 'Electrifying of 

 Plants,' Phil. Trans. 1747, No. 482. Friend of Sloane, Hales, 

 and Pranklin. ' Literary Life,' by Joshua Dixon, 1801 ; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 85. 



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

 Soc. Edin. Land surveyor. Discovered Eriophorum 

 pubescens. Contrib. to E. Bot. 128, 1908, &c. Herb, 

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

 E. Bord. 197 ; Journ. Bot. 1863, 359. 



Bruce, Henry (fl. 1830?). Plant collector under Wallich. 

 Wall. List, p. 24. 



Bruce, James (1730-94) : b. Kinnaird, StirUng, 14 Dec, 1730 : 

 d. Kinnaird, 27 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 ; Baill. 

 i. 503 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 98. Portr. engr. Heath, 1790, 

 in his ' Travels.' Brucea J. S. MiUer. 



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

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

 Birmingham, 1777. Gontrib. to Withering's Arrangement, 

 ed. ii. (pref. xi.). Pritz. 46 ; Jacks. 409. 



Brunton, William (1776-1806) : b. 21 Oct., 1775 : d. Eipon, 

 23 June, 1806. Muscologist. Of Eipon. F.L.S.,1806. Found 

 Hypnum squarrulosum. E. B. 1709. Contrib. largely to 

 E. Bot. Bot. Guide, 563-745. Dicranum Bruntoni Sm. 



Bryant, Charles (d. 1799?). Of Norwich. Brother of the 

 following. ' Flora Diastetica,' 1783. ' Dictionary of Orna- 

 mental .... Plants,' 1790. Pritz. 46 ; Jacks. 528 ; Linn. 

 Trans, vii. 299. 



Bryant, Rev. Henry (1721-99) : b. 1721 ; d. Colby, Norfolk, 

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

 1795. Eector of Colby, Norfolk. Contrib. to E. Bot. (221, 

 &c.). Discovered Tillaa muscosa, 1766. ' Enquiry into 

 cause of ... . Brand,' 1784. Pritz. 46; Linn. Trans, vii. 

 297 ; Smith, Lett. i. 33 ; Gent. Mag. Ixix. 1799, i. 532 ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. vii. 155. 



