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C.M.G., 1878; F.L.S., 1826, Pres., 1861-74; Sec. E. 

 Hort. Soc. 1829-40 ; F.E.S., 1862. ' Plantse Hart- 

 wegianae,' 1857. ' Flora of Hongkong,' 1861. ' Mora 

 Australiensis,' 1863-78; 'Genera Plantarum,' with J. D. 

 Hooker, 1862-83. Herb, at Kew. Pritz. 21 ; Jacks. 21 ; E. 

 S. C. i. 280 ; vii. 240 ; ix. 192 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1884, 90, with 

 bibhography, 1887-8, 71 ; Journ. Bot. 1884, 353, portr. ; 

 Gard. Chron. 1884, ii. 336, 368 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 263. 

 Oil portr. by Dickinson at Linn. Soc. Photo, and engr. at 

 Kew. Benthamia Lindl. = Cornus. 



Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland, 

 nSe Haelby (1714-85) : b. 1714; d. 1785 ; m. 1734, William, 

 2nd Duke of Portland. Had bot. garden and museum at 

 Bulstrode. " Well acquainted with English plants," Browne, 

 Jamaica, 165. Herbarium purchased by Lambert. Portlandia 

 P. Br. 



Benwell, James (1735?-1819) : d. Oxford, 7 Oct., 1819. Em- 

 ployed in Oxford Bot. Gard. more than 40 years. Accom- 

 panied John Sibthorp on bot. excursions. Portr. by A. E. 

 Burt, engr. Skelton. Baxter, Brit. Phsenog. Bot. vi. 416. 



Berkeley, Rev. Miles Joseph (1803-89) : b. Biggin, Oundle, 

 Northamptonsh., 1 April, 1803 ; d. Sibbertoft, Market Har- 

 borough, 30 July, 1889. M.A. Cambridge, 1825; E.L.S., 

 1836 ; P.E.S., 1879. Eector of Sibbertoft. Fungi of 

 'English Flora,' 1836. ' Decades of Fungi,' 1844-56. 'In- 

 trod. to Cryptogamic Bot.,' 1857. Contrib. to E. Bot. 

 (2754-6, &c., and largely to Gard. Chron. Correspondence 

 and drawing of Algas in Bot. Dept. Brit. Mus. ; Fungi at Kew. 

 Pritz. 24; Jacks. 521; Journ. Bot. 1889, 305; Scott. Nat. 

 1889, 146 ; E. S. C. i. 295 ; vii. 144 ; ix. 200 ; Ann. Bot. iii. 

 451 (bibliogr.). Oil portr. by Peel at Linn. Soc. Portr. in 

 Gard. Chron. 1871, 271, and 1879, i. 788. Portr. Men of 

 Eminence, 1864. Berkeleya Grev. 



Berkenhout, John (1726 or 1730-91) : b. Leeds, 1726 or 1730 ; 

 d. Besselsleigh, Berks., 3 April, 1791. M.D. Leyden, 1765. 

 ' Clavis Anglica Linguae Botanicse,' 1764-5 ? ' Outlines of 

 Nat. Hist, of Great Britain,' 1770-1. Pritz. 24 ; Jacks. 521 ; 

 'European Magazine,' 1788, 156; Gent. Mag. Ixi. 388, 485 ; 

 Leeds Worthies, 187 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 369. Portr. 1791. 



Berry, Andrew (fl. 1805-19). M.D. Of Madras. Contri- 

 buted to Calcutta Garden. Friend of Eoxburgh. Eoxburgh, 

 ' Coromandel Plants,' 1819, iii. 60 ; ' Account of Columbo 

 Eoot,' Asiatic Eesearches, x. 335. E. S. C. i. 307. Berria 

 Eoxb. = Berrya DC. 



Bettany, George Thomas (1850-91) : b. 1850 ; d. Dulwich, 

 2 Dec, 1891. M.A. Camb. ; B.Sc. Lond. ; F.L.S., 1880. 

 Lecturer on hot., Guy's Hospital, 1877-86. ' Practical Botany,' 

 1881. E. S. C. vii. 165; ix. 231. 'Eeview of Eeviews,' v. 

 56, w. portr. Athenaeum, 1891, ii. 767. 



Biddulph, Susanna (fl. 1790-1808). Of Southampton. Con- 

 tributed Algse to E. Bot. (1762, &c.). Biddulphia Gray = 

 Conferva Biddulphiana Sm. 



