> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 90](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266397) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1156-1) LSID 1156-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4096621) QID Q4096621 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Britten, James|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Britten, James (1846-1924), English (Chelsea born) botanist, educated privately, assistant at Kew Gardens 1869-1871, member of the Linnean Society 1870, assistant at the Botany Departement British Museum 1871-1909, Knight of St. Gregory 1897, Knight Commander 1917, ultimately living at Brentford. **Abbreviated name**: *Britten* \[standard form in IPNI: *Britten*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]. – Further material at [[Collection ABD|ABD]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MBH|MBH]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 253 (b. 3 Mai 1846, d. 8 Oct 1924); BB p. 45-46; BFM 2317, 2348; BL 1: 40, 50, 60, 107, 2: 215, 216, 229, 243, 313; BM 1: 250-251, 2: 863, 6: 140; CSP 7: 267, 9: 356, 12: 122, 13: 816; Desmond p. 89-90 (b. 3 Mai 1846, d. 8 Oct 1924); DSB 2: 475-476; GR p. 391; Hortus 3: 1189; IH 2: 97; Jackson p. 527 (index); Kew 1: 376-377; Langman p. 166; LS 4027; LS suppl. 3769; Morren ed. 2, p. 24, ed. 10, p. 71, 73; NI 235; RS p. 76; SO 575a, 1809-1812, 2847; TL-2/1: 330-331, and see indexes; Tucker 112-113; Zander ed. 11, p. 728. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The botanists 95, 98, 101, 122. 1986. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 111(39): 336. 28 Sep 1909 (left Dept. Botany BMNH on 20 Sep 1909; 40 yrs. as civil servant). - Babington, A.M., Memorials 471. 1897. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 28: 216-217. 1890, 50: (frontisp. portr.). 1912, 55: 89-95, 143. 1917 (personal recollections with respect to himself and Daniel Oliver). - Carr, D.J., Sydney Parkinson 45, 139, 140, 155, 171, 172. 1983. - Carr, D.J. and S.G.M. Carr, eds., People and plants in Australia 161, 165, 255, 287. 1981. - Druce, G.C., Fl. Buckinghamshire cii-ciii. 1926. - Hall, N., Botanists of the Eucalypts 26-27. 1978. - Jackson, B.D., Kew Bull. 1924: 392-393; Proc. Linn. Soc. 137: 50, 64-66. 1925. - Karstens, M.C., The Old Company's Garden at the Cape 72, 77, 78, 98, 150. 1951. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herbaria 45. 1957 (coll.). - Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herbaria 101. 1984 (coll.). - Mabberley, D.J., Jupiter botanicus 30, 386, 388, 390, *pl. 17-18.* 1985. - Merrill, E.D., Chron. bot. 14(5/6): 177, 198-199, *pl. 90* (on *Botany Cook's Voy.*). - Pearsall, W.H., Fl. Surrey 53. 1931. - Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 62: 345-351 ("337-343"). 1924 (obit., portr., list publ.). - Smit, P. and R.J.Ch.V. ter Laage, Essays in biohistory 35, 48-51, 355-357, 360, 373, 380. 1970. - Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 295-296, 308-311. 1981. - Vickery, A.R., Folklore 89: 71-74. 1978. - White, A. and B.L. Sloane, The Stapeliae ed. 2. 74, 83, 84, 1113, 1119. 1937. #### Composite works - (1)-(8) see TL-2/1: 330. - (9) *London catalogue*, ed. 6, checked for plants seen in the county of Berks., 1873. - (10) Idem plants seen in the county of Buckingham, 1873. - (11) Edited *The Quarterly Magazine of the Wycombe natural history society* vol. 1, no. 3-ii, 1866-1870. - (12) *Crassulaceae* \[of Tropical Africa\] *in* D. Oliver, Fl. trop. Afr. 2: 385-401. 1871, see TL-2/7055 (3: 825). - (13) *List of British seed-plants and ferns* 1907 by A.B. Rendle and James Britten, see TL-2/9066. - (14) *Some early Cape botanists and collectors*, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 45: 29-51, *pl. 4.* 1920. ### Publications ##### n.22.970. Flora of Buckinghamshire **Title** *Flora of Buckinghamshire*. A catalogue of the British plants, known, or reported, to have been found in the county of Buckingham... Wycombe (printed by W. Butler,...) 1867. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Buckinghamsh.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1867 (J. Bot. Dec 1867), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: NY. ##### n.22.971. The names of herbs by William Turner **Title** *The names of herbs by William Turner* A.D. 1548. Edited (with an introduction, an index of English names, and an identification of plants enumerated by Turner)... London (published... by N. Trübner & Co.,...) 1881. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Names herbs Turner*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1881 (p. vii: Jan 1882), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-134, \[135, colophon\]. *Copy*: U. *Ref*.: Abendroth (Leipzig), Bot. Centralbl. 13(12): 393-394. 12-16 Mar 1883 (rev.). ##### n.22.972. The plants of Milanji **Title** *The plants of Milanji*, Nyasa-Land, collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.L.S.... London (printed for the Linnean Society...) 1894. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Milanji*. **Notes** *Introduction*: William Carruthers (1830-1922), see TL-2/1: 460-461. *Collector*: Alexander Whyte (1834-1908), see IH 2: 1150. *Identifications* by: J. Britten, Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864-1949), see TL-2/1: 103-104 and suppl. 1: 275-277, Alfred Barton Rendle (1865-1938), see TL-2/4: 727-730, Anton Gepp (1862-1955), see TL-2/1: 932, et al. *Publ*.: Mai 1894 (date on t.p.), cover-t.p., map, p. \[1\]-67, *pl. 1-10* (uncol. liths. R. Morgan). *Copies*: G, MO. – Issued as Trans. Linn. Soc. London ser. 2. Bot. 4(1). 1894. ##### n.22.973. Houstoun's Central American Leguminosae **Title** *Houstoun's Central American Leguminosae*... \[Reprinted from the 'Journal of Botany'... 1897\]. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: William Houstoun (1695-1733), see TL-2/2: 342-343. *Publ*.: 1 Jun 1897 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. \[1\]-10. *Copies*: B, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 35: 225-234. 1897. ##### n.22.974. Cracca **Title** On some species of *Cracca*... \[Journal of Botany... 1900\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864-1949), see TL-2/1: 103-104, and suppl. 1: 275-277. *Publ*.: 12-19 Jan 1900 (in journal), cover (identif.), p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 38(1): 12-19. 1900. ##### n.22.975. Notes **Title** *Notes* on *Eryngium*... \[Journal of Botany... 1900\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864-1949), see TL-2/1: 103-104, and suppl. 1: 275-277. *Publ*.: Jul 1900 (in journal), cover (identif.), *pl. 411* (uncol. lith.), p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 38(7): 241-246, *pl. 411.* 1900.