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### Author
Rand, Edward Lothrop (1859-1924), American botanist and lawyer; BA Harvard College 1881; LL.B and A.M. 1884; admitted to the Massachusetts bar at Boston 1885; one of the founders of the New England Botanical Club and its first corresponding secretary 1895-1921.
**Abbreviated name**: *E.L. Rand* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.L.Rand*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection GH|GH]] and [[Collection NEBC|NEBC]], other material at [[Collection B|B]] (destr.), [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection PH|PH]]. – Letters to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 127 (b. 22 Aug 1859, d. 9 Oct 1924); BL 1: 185, 186, 314; BM 4: 1644; CSP 18: 46; GR p. 239; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 400; LS 21709; NW p. 55; PH 444, 450; Rehder 5: 702; Tucker 1: 581; Urban-Berl. p. 311.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Hedwigia 66: (119). 1926 (d. 12 Mai 1921, err. for 9 Oct 1924; 12 Mai 1921 is the day on which Mrs. E.L. Rand died); Joint Bull. Vt. bot. bird Clubs 10: 31. 1924 (obit.); Science ser. 2. 60: 427. 1924 (obit.).
- Barnhart, J.H. *in* F.W. Pennell, Monogr. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 617. 1935.
- Day, M.A., Rhodora 3: 261-262. 1901 (herb.).
- Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 80. 1955.
- Robinson, B.L., Rhodora 27: 17-27. 1925 (obit., portr.).
### Publications
##### n.8622. A preliminary list of the phaenogams
**Title**
Champlain Society. *A preliminary list of the phaenogams* and vascular cryptogams *of Mt. Desert Island* Maine... Cambridge, Mass. May 1888.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. list phaenog. Mt. Desert Isl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Mai 1888, p. \[i\*\], i-ii, 1-43.
*Suppl. 1*: Mai 1889, p. \[i-ii\], 1-6.
*Suppl. 2*: Apr 1890, p. \[i-ii\], 1-8.
*Suppl. 3*: Apr 1891, p. \[i\], err. slip, 1-10.
*Suppl. 4*: Mai 1892, p. \[i\], \[1\]-7.
*Copies*: HH, NY. – Hectograph printed.
##### n.8623. Flora of Mount Desert Island, Maine
**Title**
*Flora of Mount Desert Island, Maine*. A preliminary catalogue of the plants growing on Mount Desert and the adjacent islands... Cambridge (John Wilson and Son...) 1894. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.*
**Notes**
*Co-author*: John Howard Redfield (1815-1895); geological introduction by William Morris Davis.
*Publ*.: Aug 1894 (p. 11: 1 Jul 1894; Bot. Centralbl. 7 Sep 1894; Nat. Nov. Nov(1) 1894; Bot. Zeit. 16 Dec 1894; TBC 19 Sep 1894), p. \[1\]-286. *Copies*: FH, G, HH, MICH, MO, NY, PH, US, USDA. – Request for information: Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 16(2): 78. 1889.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Gaz. 19: 385. Sep 1894 (rev.).
- Buchenau, F., Bot. Zeit. 52(2): 375-376. 16 Dec 1894 (rev.).
- Warnstorf, CF., Bot. Centralbl. 61: 26-28. 28 Dec 1892 (rev.).