BRITISH AND lEISH BOTANISTS. 143 



in Herb. Dillenius at Oxford, and in Herb. Sloane, 61, 72, 

 79, 114, 145, 146. Pult. ii. 185 ; Pritz. 263 ; Jacks. 4 ; Nich, 

 Illust. i. 225, w. portr. viii. 1858; ix. 804; Petiver, Mus. 

 95 ; Loud. Gard. Mag. iii. 127 ; Salisb. Gen. 114. Medallion 

 on tomb. Bichardia L. ; Bichardsonia Kunth. 



Richardson, Rev. William (d. 1768) : b. Ullswater, Cumber- 

 land. Eector of Dacre, Cumberland, 1742. Prepared the 

 flora for Hutchinson's 'Hist, of Cumberland.' Baker, PI, 

 Lake District, 9 ; Bot. Guide, 143. 



Richardson, Rev. William (1740-1820) : b. Ireland, 1740 ; d. 

 Clonfele, co. Antrim, 1820. D.D. Agriculturist. Of Moy 

 and Clonfele. 'Useful Grasses,' Trans. Irish Acad. xi. 88 

 (1810). 'Piorin Grass,' Phil. Mag. 1816, 136. E. S. C. v. 

 190 ; Donaldson's Agric. Biog. 108. 



Richardson, William (1797-1879) : b. Hebburn, Northumber- 

 land, 31 Aug., 1797 ; d. Alnwick, 18 April, 1879. Saddler. 

 Of Alnwick. Member of Bot. Exchange Club. Discovered 

 Psamma haltica. Journ. Bot. 1872, 21 ; Proc. Berwicksh. 

 Field Club, ix. 184; E. S. C. v. 67 (" W. E., jun."), viii. 744. 



Rickman, Miss Josephina Christiana (1808-92) : b. 15 Sept'., 

 1808 ; d. Croydon, 18 May, 1892. Eediscovered Isnardia 

 at Petersfield in 1835. 



Riley, John (d. 1846) : d. York, 1846. Of Papplewick, near 

 Nottingham. P.B.S.E. Local Sec. Bot. Soc. Lond. 1843. 

 ' Hybridity in ferns,' Proc. Bot. Soc. Lond. 60. ' Catalogue 

 of Perns, after Sprengel.' 1841. Had a fern herbarium. Pritz. 

 264 ; Phyt. ii. 779. 



Ritchie, Joseph (d. 1821) : d. Mourzouk, 26 November, 1821. 

 African Traveller. Collected near Tripoli, &c., and made 

 notes on the plants. Appendix to ' Denham and Clapperton's 

 Travels,' 209; Huish, 'Travels of E. and J. Lander.' 

 Ritchiea Br. 



Ritson, A. (fi. 1832). ' Spring Flowers,' 1832. Jacks. 38. 



Roberts, David (fl 1820). Surgeon. Of Melin-y-coed, Llanrwst. 

 Son of Eichard Eoberts, with whom he annotated Withering. 

 Williams, ' Paunula Grustensis,' 4. 



Roberts, John (d. before 1843). A.L.S. Miller. Of Salisbury 

 and subsequently of Norwich. Helped Maton with botany 

 of Sahsbury. Maton, ' Nat. Hist. Wilts,' 10. 



Roberts, Miss Mary (1789-1864) ; b. Painswick?, Gloucester- 

 shire, 1789 ; d. Brompton, 13 Jan., 1864 ; bur. Brompton 

 Cemetery. ' Wonders of Veg. Kingdom,' 1822. ' Annals of 

 my Village,' 1831. ' Plants and Animals of America,' 1839. 

 ' Flowers of Matin and Evensong,' 1845. ' Voices from the 

 Woodlands,' 1850. Jacks. 245; Friends' Books, ii. 500; 

 Allibone. 



Roberts, Richard (d. before 1828). Of Melin-y-coed, Llanrwst. 

 Knew Brit, plants well. Annotated Withering. WiUiams, 

 ' Faunula Grustensis,' 4. 



Robertson, Archibald (fl. 1822). M.D. Of Edinburgh. ' Col- 

 loquia de rebus prseeipuis physiologise Vegetabilium atque 

 botanices,' 1822. Pritz. 265. 



