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dener. Sent by Banks to Port Jackson. Salisbury, Parad. Lond. f. 73; Collins, 'N. S. Wales,' 205. Burtonia Salisb. = Hibbertia. Burtonia R. Br.

Burton, Sir Richard (1821-90): b. Barham House, Herts, 19 March, 1821; d. Trieste, 20 Oct., 1890; bur. Mortlake, Surrey. Traveller in Africa, &c. Plants from Congo in Herb. Kew. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 10; 'Nature,' 30 Oct., 1890, 646.

Bush, William Maddocks (1813?-57): d. Weston-superMare, 17 Dec. 1857. M.D. F.L.S., 1843. "Acquired considerable knowledge" of' botany. Proc. L. Soc. 1857-8, XXV.

Busk, George (1807-86): b. 1807; d. London, 10 Aug., 1886. Surgeon, R.N. F.L.S., 1846; Sec. 1857-68; F.R.S., 1850; Pres. R.C.S., 1871. Zoologist and anthropologist. 'Volvox Globator,' with Williamson, 1853. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1886-7, 36; R. S. C. i. 742; ix. 406. Oil portr. at Linn. Soc. by Miss E. M. Busk.

Bute, John, Earl of [see Stuart, John].

Butt, Rev. J. M. (fl. 1825). M.A. Vicar of East Garston, Berks. Relation of the following. 'Botanical Primer,' 1825; Pritz. 50; Jacks. 37. Smith, Lett. i. 440.

Butt, Rev. Thomas (fl. 1797-1809). Of Areley, Salop. F.L.S., 1797. Sent Anaphalis vmrgaritacea from Wyre Forest to Smith. Smith, Lett. i. 435-441. Contrib. to E. Bot. 662, 2018, &c. Botanised in Ireland.

Buxton, Richard (1786-1865): b. Prestwich, Manchester, 15 Jan., 1786; d. Ancoats, Manchester, 2 Jan. 1865; bur. Prestwich. Shoemaker and newsman. ' Botanical Guide to . . . Manchester,' 1849. Pritz. 50; Jacks. 256; Autobiog. in 'Guide'; Cash, 94; Journ. Bot. iii. 71; Boase; Dict. Nat. Biog. viii. 106.

Bynoe (fl. 1837-43). Surgeon on H.M.S. 'Beagle,' 1837-43. Fl. Tasmania, cxvii. Plants in Herb. Kew.

Caius, John, alias Key (1510-73): b. Norwich, 6 Oct., 1510 d. London, 29 July, 1573; bur. in Chapel of Gains College Camb. M.A. Cantab., 1535. M.D. Padua, 1541; of Cambridge, 1558. Pupil of Yesalius. F.R.C.P., 1547; Pres. 1555-60. Physician to Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth Founder of Caius College, Camb. Communicated histories of rare plants to Gesner. 'De Stirpium,' 1570. Pritz. 50 Jacks. 26; Munk, i. 37; Life by Aikin; Cooper, Athen. Cantab, i. 312; Dict. Nat. Biog. viii. 221. Three portr. at Caius Coll.; mezzo, portr. by J. Faber; woodcut in his 'Works,' 1556; and one in the 'Heroologia.'

Calcioensis, Henricus (fl. 1493). Benedictine Prior. Scotch? p, 'Synopsis Herbaria,' MS. Pult. i. 24.

Callcott, Lady (Maria), née Dundas (1785-1842): b. Papcastle, Cockermouth, 19 July, 1785; d. Kensington, 28 Nov., 1842; bur. Kensal Green Cemetery, m. 1. Thomas Graham, R. N.,