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Friends' Books, ii. 88 ; Baker, Fl. Lake District, 7 ; Diet. 

 Nat Biog. xxxii. 297. Hicracium Laicsonii Vill. 



Lay, George Tradescant (fi. 1825-43). Naturalist to H.M.S. 

 ' Blossom,' on Beechey's voyage, 1825-28. Brit. Consul at 

 Amoy, 1843. .Collected, with A. Collie, in California, in 1827. 

 Chinese plants in Hb. Mus. Brit. E. S. C. iii. 896 ; Lase- 

 gue, 84; Hooker, 'Bot. Beechey's Voyage.' Layia Hook. & 

 Arn. 



Leared, Arthur (1822-79) : b. Wexford, 1822 ; d. London, 17 

 Oct., 1879. M.D. Duk., 1860; Oxon, 1861. In Morocco, 

 1872-7-9. 'Morocco Drugs,' Pharm. Journ. 3rd ser., iii. 

 621 ; V. 521 ; vi. 141. Proc. E. Geogr. See, n.s., i. 802 ; 

 E. S. C. iii. 903, viii. 180 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxxii. 326. 



Leate, Nicholas, or Lete (d. 1631) : d. London, 1631. Lon- 

 don merchant. Introduced many rare plants. Gerard, Herb. 

 246 ; Parkinson, Parad. 420 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxxii. 328. 



Leathes, Rev, George Reading (1778 ?-1836) : b. 1778?; d. 

 Shropham, Norfolk, 1 Jan., 1836. M.A. Cambridge, 1813. 

 Eector of Limpenhoe, 1803 ; Wickhampsted, 1804. F.L.S., 

 1805. Contrib. to Bng. Bot., 1823, &c. ; to Mag. Nat. Hist.; 

 and to Bury Bot. Gard. Plants in herb, of Eev. T. Eogers, 

 of Lackford. Gent. Mag. April, 1836, p. 438. Leathesia 

 Gray. 



Lecaan, John Pole (fl. 1708). ' Advice to Army in Spain . . . 

 with virtues of plants growing there and not wild in Eng- 

 land,' London, 1708. 



Lee, Ann (fl. 1771-8). Daughter of James Lee. Drawings 

 of Mesembryanthemum in Bot. Dept. Brit. Mus. (1771-8). 

 Journ. Bot. 1884, 123. 



Lee, Arthur (1740-92) : b Westmoreland, Virginia, 20 Dec, 

 1740; d. Urbana, Virginia, 12 Dec, 1792. M.D. Leyden, 

 1765. F.E.S. LL.D. Camb., Mass., 1782. Commissioner 

 of U.S. to France and Spain. Correspondent of Adanson. 

 Pritz. ed. 1, 151 ; ' Life,' 1829. 



Lee, Henry (1826-88): b. 1826; d. Brixton, 31 Oct., 1888. 

 F.L.S.,1866. Naturalist to the Brighton Aquarium. Founded 

 Croydon Microsc. Club. ' The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary,' 

 1887. Diet. Nat. Biog. xxxii. 357. 



Lee, James (1715-95) : b. Selkirk, 1715 ; d. Hammersmith, July, 

 1795. Gardener at Syon and Whitton. Nurseryman, circ. 

 1745, with Kennedy at HE^mmersmith. Had collectors in 

 America and at the Cape. Introduced Fuchsia cocciiiea. 

 Correspondent of Linnteus. ' Introduction to Botany,' 1760 ; 

 ed. 2, 1765 ; ed. 3, 1776 ; ed. 4, 1794, with portr. and biog. 

 Contrib. to Alton's Herb. Kewensis (i. x.). Pult. ii. 349 ; 

 Pritz. 178 ; Jacks. 571 ; Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 333 ; Loudon, 

 Arboretum, i. 78 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxxii. 367. Leea L. 



Lee, John Edward (1808-87) : b. Hull, 21 Dec, 1808 ; d. Tor- 

 quay, Devon, 18 Aug., 1887. F.G.S., 1859. Geologist and 

 Antiquarian. ' On the dispersion of Plants,' Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. V. 1832; 522. E. S. C. iii. 925 ; Diet. Nat. Bioe. xxxii. 

 363, 



