> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 418](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068660) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4410-1) LSID 4410-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4160073) QID Q4160073 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author James, Edwin (1797-1861), American physician and botanist and explorer on Long's exploring expedition to the sources of the St. Peters River; Colorado's first botanist; from 1836 nr. Burlington, Iowa. **Abbreviated name**: *E. James* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.James*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]. – Plants collected by James were described by John Torrey (1824, 1828). Early authors cited them as "iter Long" (see Ewan 1950). #### Note on name (by Barnhart): His papers in Trans. Am. philos. Soc. ser. 2. 2, 1825 are signed E. P.James. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 292; Barnhart 2: 244; BM 2: 922; Bossert p. 194; CSP3: 530; DAB9: 576 (bibl); Hortus3: 1196 ("James"); IH 2: 311; Kew3: 146; Lasègue p. 465, 466; Lenley p. 240; ME 3: 604 \[index\]; Merrill p. 245-247, 702; NAF ser. 2. 5: 244; Pennell p. 610; PR 4389; Rehder 1: 321; Zander ed. 10, p. 675. - Allison, Univ. Colorado Studies 6: 64. 1908. - Earle Smith, Bartonia 28: 16. 1957. - Ewan, J., Rocky Mountain naturalists 13-20, 237-238. 1950 (portr.); Trail and Timberline no. 267, Jun 1942 (portr., bibl. of biol. titles on Long's expl. exp.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 41. 1969. - Geiser, S. W., Naturalists of the frontier ed. 2. 276. 1948. - Graustein, J. E., Thomas Nuttall 469 \[index\]. 1967. - Hulbert, ?. ?., Southwest on Turquoise trail 24-42. 1933 (ascent of Pikes Peak). - Pamell, Ann. Iowa ser. 3. 8: 161-185. Oct 1907; 8: 277-295. Jan 1908 (fide Ewan 1942). - Parry, Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 33: 428-430. 1862. - Reveal, J., *in* A. Cronquist et al., Intermountain flora 1: 43. 1972. - Reveal, J., and Hafen, *in* Hafen et al., Western America ed. 3. 381, 383. 1970. - Rodgers, A. D., John Torrey 343 \[ind.\]. 1942. - Rowe, B. F., *in* H. A. Kelly and W. L. Burrage, Amer. med. biogr. 606-607. 1920. - Sargent, C. S.,. Silva 2: 96. 1891. - Spaulding, Pop. Sci. Mo. 75: 497-498. 1908. - Torrey, J., Ann. N.Y. Lyceum nat. hist. 1: 30-36, 148-156. 1824; 2: 161-254. 1828 (descr. of plants collected by James). #### Eponymy *Jamesia* Rafinesque (1832, *nom. rej.*); *Jamesia* J. Torrey & A. Gray (1840, *nom. cons.*); *Jamesia* C. G. D. Nees (1841). *Note*: Jamesianthus S. F. Blake & E. E. Sherff (1940) is dedicated to Robert Leslie James (*fl. 1936*), American botanist. ### Publications ##### n.3275. Account of an expeditionfrom Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains **Title** *Account of an expeditionfrom Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains*, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the hon. J. C. Calhoun, sec'y of war: under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party. Compiled by Edwin James, botanist and geologist for the Expedition. In two vols. – With an atlas... Philadelphia (H. C. Carey and I. Lea,...) 1823, 2 vols. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Account exped. Pittsburgh*. **Notes** *1*: 1823 (registr. 29 Nov 1822), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-5, \[1-2, com.\], \[1\]-503. *2*: 1823 (id.), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-442, \[i\]-xcvii (dated 1822). *Copies*: NY, US – *Atlas* (n.v.): 2 maps. Qu. *London issue*: 1823, 3 vols., London (printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown) 1823. Reprinted in R. G. Thwaites, *Early western travels*: 1748-1846, vols. 14-17 (see ME). See also BM 2: 922 for differences between issues. *Ref*.: ME 2: 396-398. - Lubrecht, H., Early Amer. bot. works 1967, no. 72.