132 BIOGEAPHICAi INDEX OF 



Parkinson, J. W. K. (Mrs. or Miss), (fl. 1833). ' General 

 Observations on Vegetation ' (1833), transl. from Mirbel, 

 published anonymously. Jacks. 222. 



Parkinson, Sydney (d. 1771) : b. Edinburgh ; d. Indian Ocean, 

 Jan. 1771. WooUen-draper. Protege of Bants, with whom 

 to South Seas in ' Endeavour ' as draughtsman, 1768. Draw- 

 ings in Dept. Bot., Brit. Mus. ' Journal of Voyage,' 1784. 

 (cfr. " Preface " and " Explanatory Eemarks " : list of plants, 

 37-50). Pritz. 240; Jacks. 223; Portrait prefixed to 'Journal,' 

 engr. Jas. Newton. 



Parks, John Damper (fl. 1823). Collector for Hort. Soc. in 

 China and Java, 1823. Trans. Hort. Soc. v. 427. 



Parnell, Richard (d. 1882) : b. Devonshire ; d. Edinburgh, 1882. 

 Ink-manufacturer. M.D. P.E.S.E. Orig. Memb. Bot. Soc. 

 Edin., 1836. Lived in Jamaica, 1839. ' Grasses of Scotland,' 

 1842 ; ' Grasses of Britain,' 1845 ; both with figs, drawn and 

 engraved by himself. Herbarium of grasses at Lian. Soc. 

 Pritz. 241 ; Jacks. 589 ; Journ. Bot. 1883, 30 ; E. S. C. iv. 

 763. Poa Parnellii Bab. 



Parry, Charles Christopher (1823-90) . b. Admington, "Wor- 

 cestershire, 28 Aug., 1823 ; d. Davenport, Iowa, 20 Feb., 1890. 

 Went to America, 1832. M.D. Botanical explorer and 

 collector. On Mexican Boundary Survey, 1850; in Eocky 

 Mountains, 1861. Botanist to Agric. Dept. Washington, 

 1869-71. ' Chorizanthe,' 1884, 1889, and various bot. papers. 

 Friend of Torrey and Gray. Herb, at Davenport Acad. Nat. 

 Sciences. Jacks. 589 ; E. S. C. iv. 767 ; viii. 565 ; ' Garden 

 and Forest,' iii. 120; BuU. Torrey Bot. Club, March, 1890; 

 'Western NaturaUst,' June, 1890 (portr.). Parryella Torr 

 & Gray. 



Parry, Sir WilUam Edward (1790-1855) : b. Bath, 19 Dec, 

 1790; d. Ems, 8 July, 1855; bur. Greenwich Cemetery. 

 Arctic explorer. Eear-Admiral, 1852. F.E.S., 1821; D.C.L. 

 Oxon, 1829. Knight, 1829. Plants at Kew and Mus. Brit. 

 'Memoirs' by Eev. Edw. Parry, 1867, with portr. by G. 

 Eichmond, 1842, engr. Lane ; Journ. E. Geogr. Soc. xxvi. 

 p. clxxxii. Parrya Br. 



Parsons, Christopher (1807-82) : b. Southchurch, Essex, 1807; 

 d. Southchurch, 23 Sept., 1882. Herbarium at Southend 

 Institute. MS. ' Flora of Eochford Hundred.' ' Birds of 

 Essex," 27. 



Parsons, James (1705-70) : b. Barnstaple, Devon, March, 

 1705; d. Bloomsbury, 4 April, 1770; bur. Hendon. M.D. 

 Eheims, 1736; P.E.S., 1741. Practised in London. 'Micro- 

 scopical Theatre of Seeds,' 1744. ' Analogy between Propa- 

 gation of Animals and Vegetables,' 1752. 'Pharmacopoeia 

 Edinburgensis,' 1752. Eees ; Pritz. 241 ; Jacks. 589; Mtmk, 

 ii. 175. Portr. by Wilson in Mus. Brit. Parsonsia P. 

 Browne = Guphea Jacq. Parsonsia Br. 



Partington, Charles Frederick (fl. 1820-38). Editor, ' British 

 Cyclopaedia.' 'Introduction to Science of Botany,' 1835. 

 Jacks. 39. 



