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### Author
Dandy, James Elgar (1903-1976), British botanist, born at Preston, Lancashire 24 Sep 1903, educated at Preston Grammar School and Downing College, Cambridge, with the Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew 1925-1927 as assistant to John Hutchinson, moved to British Museum (Natural History), from 1927, keeper of botany 1956-1966, retired 1966.
**Abbreviated name**: *Dandy* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dandy*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 416; BJI 2 (Generalreg.): p. 33; BL 2: 216-217; Bossert p. 93; Hortus 3: 1191; HU 2(1): cxlvi, cliii, clxxvi; IH 2: 151; Kew 2: 9; Langman p. 233; MW p. 90; MW suppl. 53; Roon p. 31; Zander ed. 10, p. 649, ed. 11, p. 739.
#### Biofile
- Allen, D.E., The botanists 123, 127, 152. 1986.
- Anon., Taxon 5: 199. 30 Oct 1956 (appt. Keeper Bot. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London); Fl. males. Bull. 21: 1381. 1966 (relinquished Keepership of Botany).
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 395 (no. 229.462). 1980.
- Cannon, J.F.M., Watsonia 11(4): 419-420. 1977 (obit.).
- Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 584 (nos. 640, 340b). 1984.
- Hamman, U. and G. Wagenitz, Bibl. Fl. Mitteleuropa nos. 2322, 2323. 1970.
- Kent, D.H., Index location herbaria Brit. vasc. pl. 50. 1957.
- Marticorena, C., Bibl. bot. taxonom. Chile, Monogr. syst. bot. Missouri bot. gard. 41: 216. 1992.
- Sands, M.J.S., J. Kew Guild 9(81): 486. 1977 (obit.).
- Smit, P. and R.J.Ch.V. ter Laage (eds.), Essays in biohistory 27, 28, 33, 34, 48-51. 1970 (Regn. veg. 71).
- Stearn, W.T., Taxon 26: 157. 1977 (obit., d. 10 Nov 1976); The Times 17 Nov 1976 ("extensive knowledge of plants"), Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington \[see index p. 400\]. 1981.
- Taylor, G., Nature 265: 572. 1977, Fl. Males. Bull. 30: 2737. 1977 (obit., d. 10 Nov 1976).
#### Composite works
- (1) J.G. Millais, *Magnolias*... TL-2/6027. Dandy collaborator, as well as Henry Wilson (1878-1930).
- (2) Die *Pflanzenareale* 2. Reihe, Heft 5, Jena 1919, Dandy, J.E. and R.D'O. Good, *Magnoliaceae* Karte 41-43.
- (3) *Miscellaneous phanerogams*, *in* Index nominum genericorum plantarum 1979, 311 entries.
#### Outside our period
- (1) *The Sloane Herbarium*, Rev. ed. 1, 1958, 99. pls., 246 p.
- (2) *List* of *British Vascular plants*, incorporating the London catalogue, v, 176 p. Qu. Brit. Mus. 1958. – BL 2: 216-217.
- (3) A *survey* of the *genus Magnolia* together with Manglieta and Michelia, London (Horticultural Society 1950, from Report Camellia and Magnolia Conference 4-5 Apr 1950, p. 64-81).
- (4) The *type* of *Amaryllis bella-donna* L., *in* Taxon 3: 321-332. 1954.
- (5) *Index* of *generic names* of *vascular plants* 1753-1774, Utrecht, Regn. veg. vol. 51. 1967.
- (6) *Homonyms* in the *Prodromi* of *Thunberg* and *Burman*, Bothalia 7(3): 427-428. 1961.
- (7) *List of Necker's names* (typescript), see Note on p. 704, TL-2/3: 6871. The list is at FAS-B, BM, US.
- (8) *Watsonian vice-counties* of *Great Britain*, The Ray Society 1969 (Ray Soc. Publ. 146), see also Taxon 20: 627. 31 Aug 1971 (rev. FAS).
### Publications
##### n.28.847. Chinese Magnolieae
**Title**
New or noteworthy *Chinese Magnolieae*... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1928. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1928 (in journal), p. \[123\]-132, *pl. ccxxvi* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh 16(77): 123-132, *pl. 226.* 1928.
*Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 63(Lit.): 58. 1930.
##### n.28.848. Magnoliaceae
**Title**
The *Magnoliaceae* of *Kwangtung*, Macao, and Hong Kong... Canton, China (Lingnan Science Journal) 1929. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1929 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 137-145. *Copies*: B, L (xerox). – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 137-145. 1929.
##### n.28.849. Three
**Title**
*Three* new *Michelias* from *Indo-China*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1929. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug 1929 (in journal), p. \[222\]-224. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 67(8): 222-224. 1929.
##### n.28.850. Magnolieae
**Title**
New *Magnolieae* from *China and Indo-China*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1930. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1930 (in journal), p. \[204\]-214. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 68(7): 204-214. 1930.
##### n.28.851. new names
**Title**
Some *new names* in the *Monocotyledones* I-II... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1931-1932. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *1*: Feb 1931 (in journal), p. \[53\]-55. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 69(2): 53-55. 1931.
*2*: Dec 1932 (in journal), *in* J. Bot. 70: 328-332. 1932. – No reprint seen.
##### n.28.852. Magnoliaceae
**Title**
*Magnoliaceae* collected in *Kwangsi* by R.C. Ching 1928... Nanking, China (Metropolitan Museum of Natural History) 1933. Oct.
**Notes**
*Collector*: Ren-Chang Ching (1898-1986), see TL-2, suppl. 4: 103-104.
*Publ*.: Jul 1933 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[10\]-13. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sinensia 4(1): 10-13. 1933.
##### n.28.853. additions
**Title**
Notes from the British Museum Herbarium. Some *additions* to the genus *Bubbia* (Winteraceae)... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1934. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb 1934 (in journal), p. \[40\]-43. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 72(2): 40-43. 1934.
##### n.28.854. Hydrocharitaceae
**Title**
Notes on *Hydrocharitaceae*. – *I-II*.... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1934-1935. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *1*: Apr 1934 (in journal), p. \[132\]-139. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 72(4): 132-139. 1934. – "The delimitation and subdivision of Ottelia."
*2*: Aug 1935 (in journal), p. \[209\]-217. *Copy*: B. – Id. 73(8): 209-217. 1935. – "The Genus Ottelia in China."
##### n.28.855. nomenclature
**Title**
On the *nomenclature* of three species of *Caesalpinia*... Extracted from The Journal of Botany... 1938. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Arthur Wallis Exell (1901-x), see TL-2/1: 808.
*Publ*.: Jun 1938 (in journal), p. \[175\]-180. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 77(6): 175-180. 1938.