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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF

'Cat. of pl. of Bury,' in Gillingwater's History of Bury, 1804 Contrib. to B. G. for several counties; B. G. 557, &c.; Him Fl. Suff. 478. Pritz. 73; Jacks. 232; Diet. Nat. Biog. xi: 284. Cullumia R.Br. Sir T. G. Cullum, his son, is said also to have been a botanist. Dict. Nat. Biog. xiii. 284.

Culpepper, Nicholas (1616-54): b. London, 18 Oct., 1616; 10 Jan., 1654. Apothecary and herbalist of Spitalfields 'Herbal,' 1652; 'English Physician,' 1652; 'Physical Directory,' 1649. Pult. i. 180; Pritz. 73; Jacks. 28; Gent. Mag., 1797, i.; Dict. Nat. Biog. xiii. 287. Portr. in 'Directory,' 1649; engr. by Cross, in his 'English Physician,' 1652; another in his 'School of Physic'

Cuming, Hugh (1791-1865): b. West Alvington, S. Devon, Feb., 1791; d. London, 10 Aug., 1865. F.R.S.; F.L.S., 1832. Collected in South America and Pacific. In the Philippines, &c., 1835-39. Collected 130,000 dried specimens. Pritz. 73; Journ. Bot. 1865, 325; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1865-6, lvii.; R. S. C, ii. 103; Mag. Zool. Bot. 1838, 56. Portr. 'Men of Eminence,' 1864; Card, Chron. 1865, 82S Dict. Nat. Biog. xiii. 295. Cumingia Vidal.

Cunnack, James (fl. 1864). Bookseller, of Helston, Cornwall. Had large herbarium. Active Member of Bot. Exchange Club. Found Hypericum undulatum. Journ. Bot. 1891, 98. Top. Bot. 542.

Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839): b. Wimbledon, Surrey, July, 1791; d. Sydney, 27 June, 1839; bur. in Scottish Church, Sydney. F.L.S. Employed on 'Hortus Kewensis,' circ. 1808. Kew Collector, 1814-31. At Rio, with James Bowie, 1814-16; at Sydney, 1816-26; in New Zealand 1826. Returned to England, 1831, Colonial Botanist and Superintendent, Bot. Gard., Sydney, 1836-38. Visited New Zealand, 1838. 'Fl. Ins. Novæ Zelandiae,' Mag. Zool. Bot. 1838, 210. PI. bequeathed to Heward and presented to Kew, 1862; others in Mus. Brit. Pritz. 73; Jacks. 400; Life by Heward in Journ. Bot. 1841-2, w. litho. portr. by J. Robinson; original at Linn. Soc.; Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 67; Bot. Reg. 1840, p. 1; Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 440; Dict. Nat. Biog. xiii. 308. Alania Endl. Cunninghamia E. Br.

Cunningham, or Cuninghame, James (d. 1709?). Surgeon to Hon. E. I. C, at Amoy, 1698-1703. F.R.S., 1699. Sent pl. from China, Malacca, Cape, and Ascension to Ray, Petiver, and Plukenet; now in Herb. Sloane, at Mus. Brit. Pult. ii. 59-62; Pritz. 73; Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 440; Plukem 'Amaltheum,' and 'Phytographia '; Petiver, 'Museum'; Sloane MSS., 3322 & 4041; Dict. Nat. Biog. xiii. 312. Cunninghamia Schreb. = Malanea Aubl. Cunninghamia R. Br.

Cunningham, Richard (1793-1835): b. Wimbledon, 12 Feb., 1793; murdered by natives in interior of Australia, circ. April, 1835. Brother of Allan. Employed on 'Hortus Kewensis,' circ. 1808. Colonial Botanist and Superintendent of Bot. Gard. Sydney, 1833-1835. Pritz. 73; Comp. Bot. Mag. (ii. 1826) 210, w. htho. portr. fr. one by McNee, belonging