> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 326](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265523) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/972-1) LSID 972-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4100323) QID Q4100323 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Boott, Francis M. B.|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Boott, Francis (1792-1863), American physician and botanist (*Carex*), born in Boston, Mass., studied at Harvard University, B.A. ib. 1810, went to Liverpool 1811, studied at the universities of Edinburgh and Paris, M.D. Edinburgh 1824, practicing medicine in London from 1825, also lecturing at Webb Street School of Medicine ib. from 1825. **Abbreviated name**: *Boott* \[standard form in IPNI: *Boott*\] #### Herbarium and types *Carex* herbarium and manuscripts of Carex at [[Collection K|K]]. − North American collections in [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DWC|DWC]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection PH|PH]]. − *Manuscripts*: letters at [[Collection BM|BM]], Hunt libr., [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 34; Backer p. 74; Barnhart 1: 220 (b. 26 Apr 1792, d. 25 Dec 1863); BB p. 38-39; BM 1: 200; Bossert p. 45; CSP 1: 492; Dawson p. 120; Desmond p. 75-76; DNB 5: 393; DTS 1: 25, xviii, 6(4): 47; Hortus 3: 1189; IH 2: 86; Jackson p. 524; Kew 1: 300; Lasègue p. 138; Lenley p. 448 (corresp. Torrey); ME 1: 166, 3: 541; MW p. 49; NI 210; PR 994-995; Rehder 3: 242; TL-2/1: 277-278 and see indexes; Tucker 1: 97; Urban-Berl. p. 331; Zander ed. 10, p. 638, ed. 11, p. 725. #### Biofile - Allan, M., Hookers of Kew 72. 1967. - Anon., Flora 47: 222-223. 27 Apr 1864 (obit. not.); Proc. Amer. Acad. Sci. 6: 305-308. 1865 (obit.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1888/90: 33. 1891; The manuscript papers of British scientists 1600-1940. 11. 1982 (mss.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255.34, 255.62, 269.61. 1980 (mss. in Brit. Isl.). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 398. 1880. - Dawson, W.R., The Smith papers 16. 1934 (26 letters to J.E. Smith). - Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 452. 1877. - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 461 \[index\]. 1967. - Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 37: 288-292. 1864; Scientific Papers 2: 315-320. 1889. - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 830 \[index\]. 1893. - Mabberley, D.J., Jupiter botanicus 472 \[index\]. 1985. - Miller, H.S., Taxon 19: 515. 1970 (herb. mat. also in PH via Tuckerman). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 15. 1906. - Pease, A.S., Fl. N. New Hampshire 33. 1964 (ascended Mt. Washington with Jacob Bigelow 1816). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 22(15): 108. 8 Apr 1864 (biogr. note, b. 26 Sep 1792, d. 25 Dec 1863, London). - Seemann, B., J. Bot. 2: 61-62. 1864 (obit.), 3: 191. 1865. - Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 17(6): 727-728. 1968 (note of facsim. repr. *Ills. Carex*; biogr. note). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 57-58, 76. 1981, 5(3): 196. 1984 (mss.). #### Composite works - (1) see TL-2/1: 278. - (2) *Carex*, *in* W.J. Hooker, *Flora boreali-americana* 2: 207-228. 1840. ### Publications ##### n.22.088. On a species of Carex **Title** *On a species of Carex* allied to C. saxatilis, Linn.... \[Trans. Linn. Soc. London... 1844\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 6 Nov 1844 (fide Raphael in Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75. 1970), p. \[215\]-220. *Copy*: B. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc., London 19(3): 215-220. 1844. − See also Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 180-181. 1849. ##### n.22.089. Caricis species novae **Title** *Caricis species novae*, vel minus cognitae... \[Trans. Linn. Soc.... 1846\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 29 Aug 1846 (fide Raphael in Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 2: 75. 1970; rd. by 16 Dec 1846 by Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.), p. 115-147. *Copy*: B. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc., London 20(1): 115-147. 1946. − See also Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 254-261, 284-288. 1849.