> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 473](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266150) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17535-1) LSID 17535-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18910951) QID Q18910951 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Crombie, James Mascall (Morrison)|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Crombie, James Morrison (1830-1906), Scottish minister, botanist (lichenologist), born at Aberdeen, entered the Marischal College, Aberdeen at the age of fifteen, licensed 1858 in Edinburgh in the Established Church of Scotland, ordained minister 1862, settled in London 1866 with John Cumming, later minister of the Presbyterian Church until 1879, Lecturer at St. Mary's Hospital 1879-1891 and clerk to the Scottish Synod 1879-1903, had visited many times the Dept. of Botany of the British Museum (N.H.). **Abbreviated name**: *Cromb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Cromb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]. – Further material (mostly exsiccatae): [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]]-Nyl., [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection M|M]](Lich. from Herb. Arnold, rd. 1901), [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection W|W]]. – *Lichenes britannici exsiccati*: Centuries I-II, nos. 1-200, London 1874 (nos. 1-100) and 1877 (nos. 101-200); see G. Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 119. 30 Jun 1969, and Lynge, B., Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 51 (2-3): 103. 1913. #### Manuscripts at BM, 15 vols and boxes. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 97, 300, 341; Barnhart 1: 397 (b. 20 Apr 1830, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 12 Mai 1906, Ewhurt, Surrey); BB p. 76; BL 2: 294, 643; BM 1: 401, 6: 240; CSP 7: 461, 9: 605-608, 14: 408; Desmond p. 158-159; De Toni 1: xxvii; GR p. 369-370; GR, cat. p. 62; IH 2: 144; Jackson p. 536 (index); Kew 1: 647; LS 6192-6251, 32.356-32.362; Morren ed. 2, p. 24, ed. 10, p. 71, 72; MW p. 88; NI 429; PR 1969; Rehder 1: 401; SBC p. 118; TL-2/1: 568-569 and see indexes; Urban-Berl. p. 285. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 8: 45-46. Mar 1870 (*rev. Lichenes britannici*, TL-2/1: no.1277); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1905-1906: 36-37; Gard. Chron. ser. 3.39: 320. 19 Mai 1906; Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 54: 188. 1906; Bot. Not. 1907: 20 (d.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.306. 1980. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 44: 248. Jul 1906 (obit.). - Hanlin, R.T., Index Grevillea 154-155. 1978 (numerous articles listed). - Hawskworth, D.L. and M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 1568-1975. p. 67-69 \[nos. 453-516\] (publications listed), 197 (phot. on *Lich. brit. exs.*). 1977. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 18: 306. 1952 (*Lich. brit. exs.* at M). - Jackson, B.D., Kew Bull. 1906: 225 (b. Aberdeen, d. 12 Mai 1906, Ewhurst, Surrey). - Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11(1): 8. 1979 (coll. at BM). - Murray, G., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Depts. BM 1: 142. 1904 (*Lich. brit. exs.* 200 specimens 1874, 1877, also purchased 2920 lichens for BM). - Nylander, W., Sert. lich. trop. 1891 (TL-2/6972, p. 1-48 with comments by J.M. Crombie in Grevillea 6: 41-48. 1877). - Schneider, A., Bull. Torrey bot. Club 24: 492-493.1894 (critical rev. of TL-2/1278, *Monogr*. *lich. Britain*). - Smit, P. and R.J.Ch.V. ter Laage (eds.), Essays in biohistory, Regn. veg. 71: 61, 65-81.1970. - Steam, W. T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 312. 1981. - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 33. 1898. - Ward, B.T., Essex Naturalist 29(3): 192. 1954 (coll. 102 specimens of Lichens from Epping Forest). #### Composite works - (1) Addition to TL-2/1277, *Lichenes britannici*, London 1870: IDC microfiche no. E-571/2. - (2) *Lichenes, in* B. Seemann, *Flora Vitiensis* (TL-2/11.613), part 10: 419-421. Feb 1873. *Copy*: BM. - (3) J.M. Crombie translated "*Nylander on the Algo-Lichen Hypothesis* and on the nutrition of Lichens, etc.," Grevillea 22: 145-152. Apr 1875 (in fact on H.A. Weddell, TL-2/16.956, 16.958). ### Publications ##### n.28.255. Braemar **Title** *Braemar*, its topography and natural history... Aberdeen... 1861. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Braemar*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1861, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-152, 1 map. *Copy*: BM. – See BM 1: 401, Rehder 1: 401. ##### n.28.256. geological relations **Title** The *geological relations* of the *alpine flora* of Great Britain... \[London... 1869\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Geol. relat. alp.fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1869, p. \[1\]-19, *1 pl. Copy*: BM. – See BM 1: 401. ##### n.28.257. British Ramalinas **Title** Notes on the *British Ramalinas* in the herbarium of the British Museum... Reprinted from the 'Journal of Botany'... 1872. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Mar 1872 (in journal), p. \[1\]-6. *Copies*: BM, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 10(3): 70-75. 1872. ##### n.28.258. Lichens in Sowerby's herbarium **Title** Notes on the *Lichens in Sowerby's herbarium*... Reprinted from the 'Journal of Botany'... 1872. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Aug 1872 (in journal), p. \[1\]-7. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 10(8): 231-235. 1872. *Follow-up*: J. Bot. 10(12): 356-360. 1 Dec 1872. – No reprint seen. *Note*: James Sowerby (1757-1822), see TL-2/5: 759-762 and IH 2: 912. ##### n.28.259. lichens **Title** On the rarer *lichens* of the *Blair Athole*... Reprinted from Grevillea... 1873. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1873 (in journal), p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Grevillea 1(11): 170-174. 1873. ##### n.28.260. Lichen-Gonidia Question **Title** On the *Lichen-Gonidia Question*... Reprinted from Popular Science Review... \[1874\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1874 (date on p. 1), p. \[1\]-18, *pl. 112* (partly col. lith.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Popular Sci. Rev. 13: 260-277, *pl. 112.* 1874. *Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Zeit. 32: 846. 25 Dec 1874. ##### n.28.261. Ptychographa **Title** On *Ptychographa*, Nyl., a new genus of lichens... Extracted from the Journal of Botany... 1874. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1874 (in journal), *pl. 150* (col. lith.), p. \[i\]-ii. *Copies*: G(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 12(9): 257-258, *pl. 150.* 1874. ##### n.28.262. Lichenes capenses **Title** *Lichenes capenses*: An enumeration of the lichens collected at the Cape of Good Hope by the Rev. A.E. Eaton during the Venus-Transit Expedition in 1874... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... 1876. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Alfred Edwin Eaton, see IH 2: 176. *Publ*.: 11 Jul 1876 (in journal, read 3 Feb 1876), p. \[165\]-180. *Copies*: G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15(84): 165-180. 1876. ##### n.28.263. lichens **Title** On the *lichens* collected by Professor R.O. Cunningham in the *Falkland Islands*. Fuegia, Patagonia and the Islands of Chiloe during the voayge of H.M.S. 'Nassau' 1867-9... \[J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1876\]. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Robert Oliver Cunningham (1841-1918), see this suppl. *Publ*.: 11 Jul 1876 (in journal, read 16 Mar 1876), p. \[222\]-234. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15(84): 222-234. 1876. ##### n.28.264. Lichens **Title** *Lichens* collected by *W. Pool*, Esq., in *Madagascar*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... 1876. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: William Pool, see IH 2: 699. *Publ*.: 23 Oct 1876 (in journal, read 1 Jun 1876), p. \[409\]-410. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15(86): 409-410. 1876. ##### n.28.265. Lichenes Insulae Rodriguesii **Title** *Lichenes Insulae Rodriguesii*. – An enumeration of the lichens collected by Dr. I.B. Balfour in the Island of Rodriguez during the Venus-Transit Expedition, 1876... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... 1874. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*. Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853-1922), see TL-2/1: 111-112 and suppl. 1: 296-298. *Publ*.: 15 Dec 1876 (in journal, read 15 Jun 1876), p. \[431\]-445. *Copies*: G, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15(87): 431-445. 1876. ##### n.28.266. Conspectus **Title** *Conspectus* of the *genera* of *British lichens*, according to the more recent Nylanderian Arrangement... Reprinted from Grevillea \[1876\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1876 (in journal), p. \[1\]-3. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Grevillea 5(34): 76-78. 1876. ##### n.28.267. Revision **Title** *Revision* of the *Kerguelen lichens* collected by Dr. Hooker... Extracted from the Journal of Botany... 1877. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1910), see TL-2/2: 267-283. *Publ*.: Apr 1877 (in journal), p. \[i\]-vi. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 15(4): 101-107. 1877. ##### n.28.268. lichens **Title** The *lichens* of the '*Challenger' Expedition* (with a revision of those enumerated by Dr. Stirton in Linn. J. Bot. xiv. pp. 366-375.)... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal Botany... \[1877\]. Oct. **Notes** *Note*: James Stirton (1833-1917), see TL-2/6: 3-5. *Publ*: 25 Sep 1877 (in journal, read 7 Jun 1877), p. \[211\]-231. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16(92): 211-231. 1877. *Additions*: 28 Feb 1883 (in journal, read 21 Dec 1882), p. \[82\]-83. *Copy*: G. – Id. 20(125): 82-83. 1883. ##### n.28.269. Dr Nylander on gonidia **Title** *Dr Nylander on gonidia* and their different forms. Translated by The Rev. J.M. Crombie, F.L.S.... Reprinted from Grevillea... \[1877\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1877 (in journal), p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Grevillea 6(38): 41-48. 1877. ##### n.28.270. Correlation **Title** *Correlation* of the *Lichens* in Robert Brown's'*Chloris melvilliana*,... Reprinted from the 'Journal of Botany'... 1879. Oct. **Notes** *Note*: 'Chloris melvilliana', see TL-2/1: no. 831. *Publ*.: Apr 1879 (in journal), p. \[1\]-2. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 17(4): 114-116. 1879. ##### n.28.271. Enumeration **Title** *Enumeration* of *Australian Lichens* in Herb. Robert Brown (Brit. Mus.), with descriptions of new species... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... \[1879\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Aug 1879 (in journal, read 19 Jun 1878), p. \[390\]-401. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17(102): 390-401. 1879. ##### n.28.272. Enumeration of the Lichen-Flora of Kerguelen Island **Title** \[*Enumeration of the Lichen-Flora of Kerguelen Island*\]... 1879. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1879 (in journal), p. \[i, handwritten title\], \[1\]-7. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London 168: 46-52. 1879. *Additional*: The *Collections from Rodriguez, in* id. 168: 402-413. 1879. ##### n.28.273. Lichens **Title** On the *Lichens* of Dillenius's '*Historia muscorum*’, as illustrated by his herbarium ... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... \[1880\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Mar 1880 (in journal, read 18 Dec 1879), p. \[553\]-581. *Copies*: BKL, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17(104-105): 553-581. 1880. ##### n.28.274. New British Lichens **Title** *New British Lichens*... Reprinted from Grevillea... \[1881\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: \[*1*\]: Sep 1881 (in journal), p. \[1\]-2. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Grevillea 10(53): 22-24. 1881. \[*2*\]: *Observations on Parmelia olivacea* and its British allies... p. \[3\]-5. *Copy*: G. – Id. 10(53): 24-26. 1881. \[*3*\]: Note on *Parmelia reddenda* Strn.... p. 6. *Copy*: G. – Id. 10(53\]: 26. 1881. *Note*: 3 titles combined in 1 reprint. ##### n.28.275. British Lichen-flora **Title** Recent additions to the *British Lichen-flora*... Reprinted from the 'Journal of Botany' ... 1882. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1882 (in journal), p. \[1\]-6. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 20(9): 271-276. 1882. ##### n.28.276. Exotic Lichens **Title** On a collection of *Exotic Lichens* made in Eastern Asia by the late Dr. A.C. Maingay ... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... \[1883\]. Oct. **Notes** *First author*: William Nylander (1822-1899), see TL-2/3: 789-797. *Collector*: Alexander Carroll Maingay (1836-1869), see TL-2/3: 256-257. *Publ*.: 28 Feb 1883 (in journal, read 7 Dec 1882), p. \[48\]-69. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20(125): 48-69. 1883. ##### n.28.277. Algo-Lichen Hypothesis **Title** On the *Algo-Lichen Hypothesis*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... \[1884\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Dec 1884 (in journal, read 12 Apr 1884), p. \[259\]-283, *pl. 8-9* (partly col. liths.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21(135): 259-283, *pl. 8-9.* 1884.