> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 812](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33069054) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5409-1) LSID 5409-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048793) QID Q3048793 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lees, Edwin (1800-1887), British printer and stationer at Worcester who gave up business at an early stage and devoted himself exclusively to the natural history of the English Midlands. **Abbreviated name**: *E. Lees* \[standard form in IPNI: *Lees*\] #### Herbarium and types Some material at [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]; letters in Broome corr. at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 102, 315; Barnhart 2: 361; BB p. 184-185; BL 2: 274, 319, 680; CSP 3: 925-926, 8: 189, 16: 674; Desmond p. 380 (q.v. for further biogr. refs.); DNB 32: 394; GR p. 376; Hortus 3: 1198 ("Lees"); IH 2: 424; Jackson p. 571; Kew 3: 398; LS 15091-15097; PR 5150-5151; Rehder 5: 497-498; Tucker 1: 418-419. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1888: 46; Naturalist 778: 372. 1921 (portr.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1887/1888: 93. 1890. - Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 20, 24, 109. 1977. - Kent, D. H., Hist. fl. Middlesex 22-23. 1975. - Mathews, J. Bot. 25: 384. 1887. - Riddelsdell, Fl. Gloucestershire cxxii-cxxiii. 1948. - Wade, A. E., Fl. Monmouthshire 11. 1970. - White, Ann. Bot., London, 1: 406-408. 1888 (bibl.). #### Note Lees published, under the name of Ambrose Florence, a "Strangers' Guide to the City and the Cathedral" \[of Worcester\] containing *A catalogue of plants growing wild in the vicinity of Worcester* (1820); as "Alwynus Malverine" he published popular articles on natural history in the Malvern News and Journal of which he was the editor from 1861 onward. ### Publications ##### n.4294. The botany of the Malvern Hills **Title** *The botany of the Malvern Hills*, in the counties of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester; with the precise stations of the rarer plants, and introductory observations on the general features, geology, and natural history of the district... London (Tilt and Bogue,...) Malvern (H. Lamb) s.d. \[1843\]. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Malvern Hills*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Jun-Nov 1843 (Bot. Zeit. 29 Dec 1843, p. viii: 12 Mai 1843), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-64. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 2*: Sep-Dec 1852 (p. ii: Aug 1852), frontisp., \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-101. *Copy*: NY. – "Second edition, enlarged and corrected..." London (David Bogue,...) Malvern (H. Lamb and Son) s.d. Duod. *Ed. 3*: Aug-Dec 1868 (p. viii: 31 Jul 1868), front., \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-166. *Copies*: MO, NY. ##### n.4295. The botany of Worcestershire **Title** *The botany of Worcestershire*, or the distribution of the indigenous & naturalized plants of that county, with descriptions of the most remarkable localities for botanical observation, including sketches of the physical geography of Worcestershire in four botanical districts, and a tabulated arrangement of plants, showing their frequent or rare occurrence in each division... Worcester: (printed for the Worcestershire Naturalists' Club.) 1867. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Worcestershire*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug-Dec 1867 (p. \[iii\*\]: Jul 1867), map, p. \[i\*-iv\*\], \[i\]-xci, \[1\]-147, front., \[1\]-48, \[49-50, err.\]. *Copies*: MO, NY. *Ref*.: BM 3: 1079.