104 biogeaphicAl index of 



F.E.C.P., 1836. Collected in Madeira, 1837-8, and at 

 Gibraltar, 1840-1. Herb, of 30,000 species presented to 

 Cambridge Univ. MS. Flora of Madeira. Lowe, Fl. Madeira, 

 pref. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 234; Journ. Bot. 1853, 307. 

 Carlemannia Benth. 



Lete, Nicholas [see Leate]. 



Jbettsom, John Coakley (1744-1815) : b. Little Van Dyke, 

 Tortola, 22 Nov., 1744i; d. Sambrook Court, Basinghall Street, 

 1 Nov., 1815 ; bur. Little Coleman Street, BunMll Eow. 

 M.D. Leyden, 1769 ; LL.D. Camb., Mass., &c. ; L.E.C.P., 

 1770 ; F.E.S,, 1771 ; F.L.S., 1797. Had a bot. garden at 

 Grove Hill, Cambervrell. ' Natural History of the Tea-tree,' 

 1772. 'Naturalist's Companion,' 1772. 'Hortus Upto- 

 nensis,' 1783. Pritz. 183; Jacks. 672; 'Life,' with portr., 

 W. Skelton pinx. & sculpsit, 1817 ; Munk. ii. 287 ; Nichols, 

 Lit. lUustr. ii. 657, with portr. ; ' Memoirs of S. Fothergill,' 

 by G. Crosfield ; Cott. Gard. v. 79 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxxiii. 

 134. Portr. engr. T. Holloway. Lettsomia Euiz. & Pav. 



Lewis, Rev. Dr. (fl. 1700). Of Madras. Sent Cape plants to 

 Petiver, Mus. Pet. nn. 261, 784. 



Leyland, Roberts (fl. 1835). Printer, of HaUfax. Contributed 

 to N. B. G., 659, &c. PL in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Iiightfoot, Rev. John (1735-88) : b. Newent, Gloucestersh., 

 9 Dec, 1735; d. Uxbridge, Middlesex, 20 Feb., 1788. 

 M.A. Oxon, 1766; F.E.S. ; F.L.S., 1788. Chaplain to 

 Dowager Duchess of Portland. Eector of Shalden, Hants, 

 1765; "of Gotham, Notts, 1777, then of Cowley, Middlesex. 

 Travelled through Scotland, with Pennant, 1772. 'Flora 

 Scotica,' 1777; ed. 2, 1789. Herbarium bought by George 

 III., now at Kew; partly in that of G. S. Gibson, Saffron 

 Walden. Eees; Pritz. 185; Jacks. 246; MS. ' Journal of a 

 Botanical Excursion in Wales,' in Dept. Bot., Brit. Mus.; 

 Life in ' Flora Scotica ' ; Gent. Mag. Iviii. pt. 1 (1788), 183, 

 269 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxxiii. 232. Lightfootia L'Her. 



Lind, James (1736-1812) : b. Scotland, 17 May, 1736 ; d. Lon- 

 don, 17 Oct., 1812. M.D. Edin., 1768 ; F.E.S., 1777. With 

 Banks in Iceland, 1772. Plants from Cape, St. Helena, 

 Johanna I., and E. Indies, in Herb. Brit. Mus. Banks' 

 Corresp. ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xxxiii. 272. 



Iiindley, John (1799-1865) : b. Catton, Norfolk, 5 Feb., 1799 ; 

 d. Turnham Green, Middlesex, 1 Nov., 1865; bur. Acton. 

 Ph.D. Munich, 1832; F.L.S., 1820; P.E.S., 1828. Assist- 

 ant in Banks' Library, 1819. Garden clerk, Chiswick, 1822. 

 Assistant- Sec. Hort. Soc, 1830; Sec, 1858. Prof. Bot. 

 Univ. Coll., London, 1829-60. Prsefectus Hort. Chelsea, 

 1836-53. Editor, ' Bot. Eegister,' 1826 ; ' Gard. Ghron.,' 

 1841. ' Eosarum Monographia,' 1820. ' Digitalium Monog.,' 

 1821. ' Synopsis of Brit. Flora,' 1829. ' Fossil Flora,' with 

 Hutton, 1831-37. ' Vegetable Kingdom,' 1846. Her- 

 barium at Cambridge ; Orchids at Kew. Pritz. 186 ; Jacks. 

 673; E. S. C. iv. 31; Proc Linn. Soc. 1865-6, Ixxiii. ; 

 Proc. Eoy. Soc xv. xxx. ; Lasegue ; Gard. Ghron. 1865, 



