C.M.G., 1878; F.L.S., 1826, Pres., 1861-74; Sec. E. Hort. Soc. 1829-40; F.R.S., 1862. 'Plantæ Hartwegianæ,' 1857. 'Flora of Hongkong,' 1861. 'Flora Australiensis,' 1863-78; 'Genera Plantarum,' with J. D. Hooker, 1862-83. Herb, at Kew. Pritz. 21; Jacks. 21; R. S. C. i. 280; vii. 240; ix. 192; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1884, 90, with bibliography, 1887-8, 71; Journ. Bot. 1884, 353, portr.; Gard. Chron. 1884, ii. 336, 368; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 263. Oil portr. by Dickinson at Linn. Soc. Photo, and engr. at Kew. Benthamia Lindl. = Cornus.
Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Portland, née Harley (1714-85): b. 1714; d. 1785; m. 1734, William, 2nd Duke of Portland. Had bot. garden and museum at Bulstrode. " Well acquainted with English plants," Browne, Jamaica, 165. Herbarium purchased by Lambert. Portlandia P.Br.
Benwell, James (1735?-1819): d. Oxford, 7 Oct., 1819. Employed in Oxford Bot. Gard. more than 40 years. Accompanied John Sibthorp on bot. excursions. Portr. by A. R. Burt, engr. Skelton. Baxter, Brit. Phænog. Bot. vi. 415.
Berkeley Rev. Miles Joseph (1803-89): b. Biggin, Oundle, Northamptonsh., 1 April, 1803; d. Sibbertoft, Market Harborough, 30 July, 1889. M.A. Cambridge, 1825; F.L.S., 1836; F.R.S., 1879. Rector of Sibbertoft. Fungi of 'English Flora,' 1836. 'Decades of Fungi,' 1844-56. ' Introd. to Cryptogamic Bot.,' 1857. Contrib. to E. Bot. (2754-6, &c., and largely to Gard. Chron. Correspondence and drawing of Algæ in Bot. Dept. Brit. Mus.; Fungi at Kew. Pritz. 24; Jacks. 521; Journ. Bot. 1889, 305; Scott. Nat. 1889, 145; R. S. C. i. 295; vii. 144; ix. 200; Ann. Bot. iii. 451 (bibliogr.). Oil portr. by Peel at Linn. Soc. Portr. in Gard. Chron. 1871, 271, and 1879, i. 788. Portr. Men of Eminence, 1864. Berkeleya Grev.
Berkenhout, John (1726 or 1730-91): b. Leeds, 1726 or 1730; d. Besselsleigh, Berks., 3 April, 1791. M.D. Leyden, 1765. 'Clavis Anglicæ Linguæ Botanicæ,' 1764-5? 'Outlines of Nat. Hist, of Great Britain,' 1770-1. Pritz. 24; Jacks. 521; 'European Magazine,' 1788, 156; Gent. Mag. lxi. 388, 485; Leeds Worthies, 187; Dict. Nat. Biog. iv. 369. Portr. 1791.
Berry, Andrew (fl. 1805-19). M.D. Of Madras. Contributed to Calcutta Garden. Friend of Roxburgh. Roxburgh, 'Coromandel Plants,' 1819, iii. 60; 'Account of Columbo Root,' Asiatic Researches, x. 335. R. S. C. i. 307. Berria Roxb. = Berrya DC.
Bettany, George Thomas (1850-91): b. 1850; d. Dulwich, 2 Dec, 1891. M.A. Camb.; B.Sc. Lond.; F.L.S., 1880. Lecturer on bot., Guy's Hospital, 1877-86. 'Practical Botany,' 1881. R. S. C. vii. 165; ix. 231. 'Review of Reviews,' v. 56, w. portr. Athenæum, 1891, ii. 767.
Biddulph, Susanna (fl. 1790-1808). Of Southampton. Contributed Algæ to E. Bot. (1762, &c.). Biddulphia Gray = Conferva Biddulphiana Sm.
