Douglas, James (1675-1742): b. Scotland, 1675; d. London, April, 1742; bur. St. Andrew's, Holborn. M.D. Rheims; F.R.S., 1706; F.R.C.P., 1721. 'Lilium sarniense,' lit 'Arbor Yemensis,' 1727. "Vir eruditus et solers," Haller Phil. Trans. 1725, 380. Pult. ii. 234; Pritz. 90; Munk, 77; Dict. Nat. Biog. xv. 329. Douglassia Houston Volkameria L.
Dovaston, John Freeman Milward (1782-1854): b. Westfelton, Shrewsbury, 30 Dec, 1782; d. and bur. same place, Aug., 1854. M.A. Oxon, 1807. R. S. C. ii. 329; Dict. Nat. Biog. xv. 876.
Drake, Sir Francis Henry (1722-94): b. 26 Aug., 1722; d. Feb., 1794. Friend of Hudson. MS. notes published Journ. Bot. 1884, 168. Polwhele, Hist. Devon. Fl. Plymouth, p. 25.
Drake, Miss. (fl. 1831-47): Botanical artist. lllustrat Lindley's 'Sertum Orehidaeeum,' Bateman's 'Orchidaceæ of Mexico,' and 'Bot. Register' (1831-47). Drakæea Lindl.
Drummond, James (1784?-1863): d. Perth, W. Australia, March, 1863. A.L.S., 1810. Curator, Bot. Gard. Cork, 1809. Discovered Spiranthes Bomanzoffiana at Cork in 1810. Went to W. Australia, 1829, as Curator of Bot. Gard. Issued six sets of specimens, beginning 1839. Plants at Brit. Mus. Kew, &c. Gard. Chron. 1841, 341; Munster Farmer's Mus., vi. & vii. (1818-20); Laségue, 282; R. S. C. ii. 346; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1864, xli.; Dict. Nat. Biog. xvi. 33. Drummondita Harv. (dedicated to the two Drummonds, with the termintion ita — "an I for James, and a T for Thomas").
Drummond, James Lawson (1783-1853): b. Larne, Antrim, 1783; d. Belfast, 17 May, 1853; bur. Ahoghill, Antrim. M.D. Edin., 1814; practised in Belfast. One founders of Belfast Bot. Gard., 1820, and of Belfast Nat. Hr Soc, 1821. 'First Steps to Botany,' 1823. 'Nat. Systems of Botany,' 1849. Pritz. 91; Jacks. 540; R. S. C. ii. 347; Proc. Belfast N. H. Soc. 1882, 13; Johnston Corr. 253; Dict. Nat. Biog. xvi. 33.
Drummond, Thomas (d. 1835): d. Havana, Cuba, March, 13 A.L.S., 1830. Brother of James D. Succeeded G. Don in nursery at Forfar. Curator, Belfast Garden, 1828-9. Curator Belfast Bot. Gard., 1828-9. Assistant-naturalist to 2nd Land Arctic Expedition under Franklin. Collected in N. America, Canada, and Texas, for Glasgow Garden. Discovered Orobus niger, E. Bot. 2788. Issued fascicles of 'Musci Scotici' and two series of American Mosses, the, first in 1828, teh second published after his death by Wilson and Hooker in 1841. Plants at Brit. Mus., Kew, &c. Bot. Misc. i. 178; Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 39; Journ. Bot. 1834, 50, 183; 1843, 663; Bot. Mag. t. 3441; Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 16; Laségue, 196, 204; Stewart & Corry, Fl. N.E. Ireland; R. S. C347; Dict. Nat. Biog. xvi. 41. Portr. at Kew. Drummondia DC. = Mitella, Drummondia Hook. Drummondita Hary
Dryander, Jonas (1748-1810): b. Sweden, 1748; d. London,
