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History in England," Linnaeus. Eees ; Pritz. 100 ; Jacks. 

 543 ; Linn. Corr. i. 79 ; Nich. Aneed. ix. 331 ; Loud. 

 Arboret. 70 ; Gent. Mag. 1776, 483 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xvii. 

 285. Ellisia P. Browne = Duranta L. Ellisia L. 



Ellis, Robert (fl. 1700). Collected in S. Carolina, 1700, and 

 sent plants to Petiver. Mus. Pet. 79. Plants in Hb. 

 Sloane, 159. 



Ellis, Rev. William (1794r-1872) : b. London, 29 Aug., 1794 ; 

 d. Hoddesdon, Middlesex, 9 June, 1872. Missionary. In 

 Polynesia, 1817-25 ; Madagascar, 1853-65. Introduced 

 Ouvirandra, Grammatophyllum Ellisii, &c. ' Memoir,' 1873 ; 

 Gard. Chron. 1872, 806 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xvii. 296. 



Elsey, Joseph Ravenscrott (1833 ?-57) : b. 1833?; d. Spring- 

 field, St. Kitt's, 31 Oct., 1857. Surgeon and naturalist to 

 North Australian Expedition. Went to West Indies to 

 collect for Grisebach. Gard. Chron. 1858, 112. 



Embleton, Robert Castles (1806-77) : b. Berwick-on-Tweed, 

 14 Dec. 1806 : d. Beadnell, Northumberland, 6 June, 1877. 

 Surgeon. Grig. Member Berwickshire E. Club. FeUow- 

 student of H. C. Watson. Formed a herbarium and ento- 

 mological collection. Top. Bot. ii. 543 ; Proc. Berwickshire 

 Field Club, viii. 229. 



Empson, James (d. 1765). Keeper of Nat. Hist. Dept., British 

 Museum. Edited Petiver's works, ed. 1767. Jacks. 32 ; 

 Gent. Mag. 1765, 299. 



English, James Lake (1820-88) : b. Epping, 21 Aug., 1820 ; 

 d. Epping, 12 Jan., 1888 ; bur. Epping. Umbrella-mender, 

 taxidermist, entomologist. Assisted the Doubledays. ' Manual 

 for Preservation of Fungi,' 1882. Issued fascicles of Epping 

 Forest Mosses, 1883-5. E. S. C. vii. 616 ; ' Birds of Essex,' 

 19. 



Evans, John (fl. 1768-1812) : b. Lydney, Gloucestershire, 

 1768 ? ; B.A. Oxon, 1792. ' Tour through North Wales in 

 1798 with botanical researches,' 1800. B. G. 32, 512 ?. 



Evans, Joseph (1808-74): b. Tyldesley?, 1803?; d. Booths- 

 town, Manchester, 23 Jime, 1874 ; bur. St. Mark's, Worsley. 

 " Medical botanist." Friend of Caley, Dewhurst, &c. Culti- 

 vated 300 spp. of medicinal plants. Foimder, Boothstown 

 Botanical Society. ' Memoir,' by Dr. C. H. Hassall, 1890. 

 Gard. Chron. 1874, ii. 614. Portr. at Boothstown Botanical 

 Society. 



Evans, William Wilson (1820-85) : b. Dysart, Fifeshire, 

 1 Jan., 1820 ; d. Edinburgh, 5 May, 1885. Assoc. Bot. Soc. 

 Edin. 1841. Curator, 1843. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. xvi. 

 1886, 311. 



Evelyn, John (1620-1706) : b. Wotton, Surrey, 31 Oct., 1620; 

 d. Wooton, 27 Feb., 1706; bur. Wotton. M.D. Leyden, 

 1641; D.C.L. Oxon, 1669; F.E.S., 1661. ' Sylva,' 1664, 

 with portr. by Nanteuil. Pritz. 103 ; Jacks, xxxiv. 206 ; 

 Memoirs, by Bray, with engr. portr. by Nanteuil and by 

 Kneller, 1818 ; Cott. Gard. v. 57 ; Journ. Hort. 1875, xxix. 

 249, with portr. ; Felton, 98 ; ' Diary,' 1818-19 ; Ath. Ox. iv 



