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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF

Cooper, Athen. Cantab, i. 343; Munk; Biog. Brit.; Felton, 84-5; Cott. Gard. v. 207; Journ. Hort. 1876, 378, with portr.; Dict. Nat. Biog. vii. 244. Engr. portr. in profile in 'Government of Health,' 1559, and full length (imaginary) in 'Bulwarke of Defence'; head, engr. W. Stubeley, 1722.

Bunbury, Sir Charles James Fox, Bart. (1809-86): b. Messina, 1809; d. London?, 19 June, 1886. F.L.S., 1833; F.R.S. 'Plants of Brazil,' Proc. Linn. Soc. 1849, 108; 'Fossil Plants from .... Jurassic,' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1851. 'Botanical Fragments,' 1883. Herb, at Cambridge. Pritz. 48; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1886, 735; Ann. &; Mag. vii. 1841, 439; Journ. Bot. 1842, 549; 1843, 15; 1844, 242; 1886, 69; R. S. C. i. 715; vi. 612. Bunburia Harv.

Bunny, Joseph (1798-1885): b. Newbury, Berks., 1798; d.. Newbury, 2 June, 1885. M.D. Edin., 1823. Contrib. to Cat. Newbury Plants, 1839. Trans. Newbury Field Club,, iii. xvi.

Buonaiuti (fl. 1807). Librarian to Lord Holland. 'On Dahlia,'Appx. to McDonald's Gard. Dict., 1807. Trans. Hort. Soc, iii. 218.

Burchell, William John (1781-2-1863): b. Fulham, 178182; d. Fulham, 23 March, 1863. F.L.S., 1808; D.C.L.. Oxon., 1834. "Schoolmaster and acting botanist" to H. E.I. C. at St. Helena, 1805-10. Travelled in S. Africa,, 1811-15; in S. America, 1825-29. Herbarium and MS., Flora of St. Helena at Kew. Collected 15,000 spp. Heir to E. A. Salisbury. Pritz. 48; Jacks. 346; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1862-3 xxxiv.; Bot. Misc. ii. 128; Kew Gard. Report, 1865; Bot. Challenger, ii. 51; E. S. C. i.; Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 290. Portr. at Kew. Burchellia R. Br.

Burdon, Mrs. (d. 1885): d. Castle Eden, Durham, 10 March, 1885. " An excellent botanist." Naturalist, 1884-5; 235. Burgess, Rev. Dr. (fl. 1777-1805). Of Kirkmichael, Dumfries. Lichenologist. Lightfoot, Fl. Scotica, i. xiii. Contrib. to E. Bot. 300, 1473. Leptogium Burgessii Leighton.

Burke, Joseph (fl. 1840). Collector for Lord Derby in S. Africa and N. America. Pl. at Kew and in Herb. Mus. Brit. Journ. Bot. 1843, 163; 1845, 644; Ic. Pl. 593. Burkea Hook.

Burnett, Gilbert Thomas (1800-35): b. 15 April, 1800; d. 27 July, 1835. Prof. Bot., King's College, London, 1831, and at Chelsea, 1835. F.L.S., 1832. ' Outlines of Botany,' 1835. Pritz. 49; Jacks. 38, 495; Semple, 186; R. S. C. i. 735; Mag. Gard. iv. (n.s. ii.) 29; Diet. Nat. Biog. vii. 412. Burnettia Lindl.

Burnett, James (fl. 1836). M.A. 'Magazine of Botany and Gardening,' 1835-7.

Burnett, M. A. (fl. 1840-50). Sister of G. T. Burnett. ' Plantæ Utiliores,' 1842-50, drawn and coloured by M. A. B., the text mainly by G. T. B. Pritz. 49; Jacks. 192; Dict. Nat. Biog. vii. 412.

Burton, David (d. 1792): d. Australia, 13 April, 1792. Gar-