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186 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS.
Camb., 1779. F.L.S., 1788. F.E.S. ' Flora Cantabrigiensis,
1785-1793, ed. 2, 1802; ed. 3, 1820. 'Heads of Lectures on
Botany,' 1787. Contrib. to E. Bot. Babington, Fl. Cambridge,
X. Bot. Guide, 41, 385 (138, 288, 333) ; Pritz. 260 ; Jacks. 597 ;
Eose ; Allibone. Relhania, L'Herit.
Rennie, Rev. James (d. 1867): d. Australia, 1867. M.A.
Prof. Zool. King's Coll., London. In Australia fr. 1840.
' Magazine of Botany,' 1833-4. ' Alphabet of Botany,' 1833.
• Handbook of Bot.' 1834. ' Familiar Introduction to Botany,'
1849. Jacks. 597 ; Allibone.
Reynardson, Samuel (d. 1721)
Of Cedar
; d. Hillingdon, Middlesex, 1721.
House, Hillingdon, fr. 1678. Had green-houses, a
fine collection, museum and library and " great correspondence
abroad." Collection sold to Robert Walpole. Plukenet,
' Amaltheum,' 63. ' Mantissa,' 51, 147. 'Cat. by Society of
Gardiners', 1730. Loudon, 'Arboretum, 56, 59, 61.
Rhind, William (fl. 1833-1867). M.R.C.S. Lect. Bot. Marischal
Coll., Aberdeen. ' History of Veg. Kingdom,' 1840-1.
' Catechism of Bot.' 1833. Pritz. 262 ; Jacks. 597. no bot.
Rhydderch, Sion, alias Roderick, John (fl. 1737). Printer.
' Of Shrewsbury. Y geir Cyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg,' ' An
English-Welsh Herbal,' 1737. Davies, 'Welsh Botanology,'
p. vii.
Richards, Thomas (fl. 1753-1816). Of Coychurch. 'Welsh
and English Botanology,' in ' Antiquae Linguae Britannicae
Thesaurus,' 1815. Davies' 'Welsh Botanology,' p. vii.
Richardson, David Lester (1800-1865): b. 1800; d. 1865.
Major in Bengal army. In India 1819-1827, 1829-1861.
Professor at Calcutta. Editor from 1861 of Allen's ' Indian
Mail.' ' Flowers and flower-gardens,' 1855. Pritz. 263,
Jacks. 215. Memoir by J. W. Kaye, in ' Calcutta Review,'
vol. xvi ; Allibone.
Richardson, Sir John (1787-1865) : b. Dumfries, 5th Nov., 1787 ;
d. Grasmere, Westmoreland, 5th June, 1865. F.R.S. F.L.S.
M.D., Edin., 1816. Surgeon and NaturaHst in Franklin's 1st
(1819) and 2nd (1825-8) Expeditions ; 3rd Arctic Expedition,
1851 ; made large collections. Knighted, 1846. Plants at
British Museum and Kew. Bot. Misc. i. 70. Proc. Linn. Soc.
1865-6, Ixxxiv. Pritz. 263 ; Jacks. 223 ; E. S. C, v. 188, viii.
744. ' Life,' by Rev. John Mcllraith, 1868. ' Reader,' 1865,
i. 707. Allibone. Heuchera I'dchardsonii Br.
Richardson, Richard (1663-1741) : b. North Bierly, near Bradford,
Yorks., 6th Sept., 1663 ; d. same place, 21st April, 1741
bur. New Chapel Church, nr. deck Heaton. M.B., Oxon.
M.D., Leyden, 1699. F.R.S. , 1712. Found Trichomanes radi-
' cans, in Yorks. Phil. Trans, no. 128, p. 526. De cultu hortorum,'
1699.' Contrib. to Ray's ' Synopsis,' ed. 3. MS.
' Delicia) Hortenses,' 1696, and ' Index Hort. Bierleiensis,'
1737. Pult. ii. 185 ; Pritz. 263 ; Jacks. 4 ; Petiver, Mus. 95 ;
Loud. Gard. Mag. iii. 127 ; Salisb. Gen. 114. ' Correspondence,'
1835, w. portr. Nich. Illust. i. 225, w. portr. viii. 1858; ix.