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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 185
Pult. i. 189; Rees; Pritz. 257; Jacks. 596; 'Memorials' by
Lankester, 1846 ;
' Correspoudence,' 1848; Gibson, Fl. Essex,
444; Cott. Gard. v. 221; Journ. Hort. xxi. (1876), 512, with
portr. Portr. and bust, Trin. Coll. Camb. portr. Nat. Portr.
;
Gallery, Kew, &c. Wedgwood medallion. Rajania L.
Rayer, Jacob (d. circ. 1796).
Street. Friend of Smith.
Apothecary? of Bolt Com-t, Fleet
Botanized in home counties. Con-
tributed to Eng. Bot. 1790-6 (tt. 65, 71, &c.).
Rea, John (d. 1681)
: d. Kinlet, near Bewdley, Nov. 1681. Nurseryman.
* Flora, Ceres and Pomona,' 1665 ; ed. 2, 1696.
Introduced Conjltm Colurna, 1665. Pritz. 257 ; Journ. Hort.
1876, 172.
Reade, Rev. Joseph Bancroft (1801-1870) : b. Leeds, 1st April,
1801 ; d. 1870. M.A., Camb., 1828. F.R.S. Microscopist.
One of founders and President, Microscopical Soc. ' Spiral
vessels in roots,' Mag. Zool. Bot. i. (1838), 111. Monthly
Microscopical Journal, v. 92. R. S. C. v. 114; viii. 710.
Reeks, Henry (1838-1882) : b. Standen, Berks, 15th March, 1838;
d. Thruxton, Hants, 20th Feb. 1882. F.L.S., 1866. 'Newfoundland
Plants,' Journ. Bot. 1871, 16. 'Plants of East
Woodhay,' Rep. Newbury Field Club, 1870-1. Jacks. 864;
R. S. C. viii. 714 ; Journ. Bot. 1882, 352 ; Proc. Linn. Soc.
1880-2, 65.
Reeves, John (1774-1856): b. West Ham, 1st May, 1774; d.
Clapham, 22nd March, 1856. F.L.S., 1817. F.R.S., 1817.
Father of the following. Went to China as inspector of tea to
H.E.I.C, 1812-1831. Lived at Macao, afterwards at Clapham.
Correspondent of Banks. Sent home Wistaria. Made collection
of drawings of Chinese plants, now in Bot. Dept., Brit. Mus.
Gard. Chron. 1856, 212; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1856, xliii. ; Cott.
Gard. xvi. 21 ; R. S. C. v. 127. Reevesia Lindl.
Reeves, John Russell (1804-1877): b. 1804; d. Wimbledon,
Sm-rey, 1st May, 1877. F.R.S. F.L.S., 1832. Lived thirty
years in Canton. Had a herbarium. Journ. Bot. 1877, 192
Gard. Chron. 1877, i. 604.
Reeves, Rev. John William (fl. 1843). M.A., Camb., 1843.
Herbarium, including that of Dean Gamier, in Winchester
Public Library. Fl. Hampshire, xx., xxii.
Reid, Eliza P. (fl. 1826). Of Windsor. ' Historical and Literary
Botany,' 1826. Jacks. 214.
Reid, Francis A. (fl. 1852)., Lieut. Sec. Madras Horticult. Soc.
and Director of its garden.
Reid, Hugo (fl. 1882-1870).
Rcidia Wight.
Of Edmburgh. Lect. Nat. Philosophy,
Liverpool High School. ' Botanical Classification,' 1888.
' Science of Botany,' 1887. Pritz.
Reid, James (il. 1692). Sent plants
260; Jacks. 597; Allibone.
from Barbadoes to Petiver
and Courteu. ' Plants from Barbados by James Reid the
quaker. Sent thither on King William's account, 1692.' Herb.
Sloane, 55. Mus. Pet. no. 31 (R/iccd). Plukenet, Aim. 15.
(Reede).
Relhan, Rev. Richard (1758-1828): b. 1758; d. 1828. M.A.,