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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF KniTISH AM) IIUSII BOTANISTS. 245
Trans. Med.-bot. See, 1882. Had a herbarium. Contributed
to Swete's Fl. Bristoliensis, see pref. vi. Jacks. 3G ; 11. S. C.
V. 271 ; Proc. Linn, Soc. 185G, xlv.
Roscoe, Mrs. Edward (fl. 1829). ' Floral Illustr. of the Seasons,"
I82i). Pritz. 2G'J ; Jacks. 407.
Roscoe, William (1753-1831): b. Liverpool, 8 March, 1753;
d. Toxteth Park, Liverpool, 30 June, 1831. F.L.8., 1804.
Founded Liverpool Bot. Garden, 1802. M.P. for Liverpool,
1806. Correspondent of Hniitli. ' Scitarainer^,' 1824-28. Con-
trib. to Linn. Trans., 1806-1814. Pritz. 269 ; Jacks. 599 ;
P. S. C. v. 274 ; 'Life,' by his son Henry, 1833 ; Sm. Corresp.
ii. 301 ; Gent. Mag. 1832, ii. 179 ; Allibone; Hoefer; Michaud
"Wedgewood Medallion. Portr. at Kew, engrav. fr. cast by
J. Gibson. JloHCuea Sm.
Rose, Hugh (d. before 1795). Of Norwich. Apothecary. Correspondent
of Hudson. Taught J. E. Smith. Had a herbarium.
' Elements of Bot.,' 1775. Pritz. 269 ; Jacks. 599 ; Linn.
Trans, vii. 297.
Rosenberg, Miss M. E. (fl. 1839-45). Of Bath. ' Corona
Amaryllidacea,' 1839. 'Museum of Flowers,' 1845. Jacks. 41.
Roupell, Mrs. A. E. (fl. 1849). Drew plates of ' Specimen of Fl.
of South Africa,' 1849. Pritz. 270 ; Jacks. 347 ; Bot. Mag.
4466. LlonpcUla Hook.
Rowden, Frances Arabella (fl. 1801-1810). Of Hans Place,
London. ' Poetical Introduction to Botany,' 1801. Jacks. 212.
Roxburgh, William (1759-1815) : b. Craigie, Avrsliire, 1759 ;
d. Edinburgh, May, 1815. M.D., F.L.S., 1799". H. E. I. C.
Medical Service. Superintendent, Calcutta Garden, 1793-181 -J.
At Cape and St. Helena on way home in 1814. List of St. H.
Plants in ]3eatson's ' Tracts relating to St, Helena.' ' PI. of
Coromandel Coast, 1795-8. ' Hortus Bengalensis,' 1814,
' Flora Indica ' (posthumous), 1820-32, Plants nt l^rit. Mus.
and Kew. MS. Fl. Indica and drawings of Palms in l)ot. Dej t.,
V>x\i. Mus. Other drawings at Kew and Calcutta Bot. (iard.
Pritz. 271; Jacks. 600; Pref. to 'Flora Indica' and 'Coromandel
PI.'; Cott. Gard. vi. 65; P. S. C. v. 314; Allibone.
Portr. at Kew, engr. by Warner fr. pen and ink sketcli by Sir
AV. J. Hooker. Monument in Calcutta Garden. liDxIninihid
Dryand.
Royds, Sir John (11. I8li)). Puisne Judge, Supreme Court of
Bengal.
" A zealous botanist and an eminent benefactor of the
science." Eoxburgh, Coromandel Plants, iii. 87. Uoydsia
Pvoxb.
Royle, John Forbes (1799 9-185B) : b. Cawnpore, 1799'?; d.
Acton, Middlesex, 2 Jan., 1856. M.I),, Munich, 1833. F.L.S.,
1833. IvPv.S., 1837. Surgeon in H.E.I.C. Medical Service in
] bengal, 1820. Curator, Saharunpur, 1823-1831. Prof. Mat.
Medic. King's Coll., London, till 1856, Sec. Boy. Hort.
Soc. 'Manual of Materia Medica,' 1847. ' Botany of Himalayas,'
1834-38. 'Fi]>rous PI. of India,' 1855. Pritz. 271;
Jacks. 600; Proc. liinn. Soc. 1858, xxxi; I'lora Indica, 64;