> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 381](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265108) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66289592) QID Q66289592 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Battiscombe, Edward (c.q. Eric) (c. 1875-1971), British conservator of Forests in Kenya 1906-1928. **Abbreviated name**: *Battiscombe* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]. − Further material in [[Collection MO|MO]]. #### Note "Eric Battiscombe" fide N.V. Brasnett (1972); Desmond retains "Edward" even though he cited the Brasnett paper. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 139; BL 1: 40 ("Edward"); Desmond p. 47 (c. 1875-1971, "Edward"); IH 2: 60, 353; Kew 1: 179. #### Biofile - Brasnett, N.V., Commomw. Forest Rev. 51(3): 186-187. 1972 (obit. of "Eric" B., other sources have "Edward" for the same man). ### Publications ##### n.20.404. A descriptive catalogue **Title** *A descriptive catalogue* of some of the *common trees & woody plants of Kenya* Colony... London (Published by the Crown Agents for the Colonies...) \[1926\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Descr. cat. trees Kenya*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1926 (p. iii signed Oct 1926; Kew Bull. 2 Feb 1927), frontisp., p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-141, \[142\]. *Copies*: G, NSW, NY. ##### n.20.405. Trees and shrubs of Kenya colony **Title** *Trees and shrubs of Kenya colony*... A revision and enlargement of "a descriptive catalogue of some of the common trees and woody plants of Kenya Colony", Nairobi (printed and published by the Government Printer) 1936. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Trees shrubs Kenya*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1936 (p. iv: Feb 1936), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-xi, 1-201. *Copies*: L, NY. − See Blake 1: 40. − Hutchinson (1936) states that I.R. Dale took mainly care of the additional species, etc. *Additions and corrections*: 1939, by I.R. Dale, Inst. Paper Imp. Forestry Inst. Oxford 18: 20-26. 1939. *Ref*.: Hutchinson, J., Kew Bull. 1936(8): 466. 14 Dec 1936 (brief review).