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### Author
Elliott, Stephen (1771-1830), American botanist, prominent citizen of South Carolina.
**Abbreviated name**: *Elliott* \[standard form in IPNI: *Elliott*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection CHARL|CHARL]], a few types also at [[Collection NY|NY]], other authentic material in the Muhlenberg herbarium at [[Collection PH|PH]].
*Ref*.: IH 1 (ed. 6): 358, 2: 181.
- Britton, Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 21: 80-81. 1894.
- Lamson-Scribner, U.S. Dept. Agric. Div. Agrost., Circular no. 29, 12 p., 1901 (Elliott's grasses).
- McVaugh, Rhodora 40: 175-177. 1938 (*Lobelia*).
- Weatherby, Rhodora 44: 249-262. 1942 (list of type specimens).
- Ewan, *in* facsimile ed. 1971 of Elliott's *Sketch*, p. xi-xv.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 504; BM 2: 523; Bossert p. 115; CSP 2: 481, 12: 217; DAB 6: 99; ME 1: 181 (biographies\], 3: 570 \[index\], PR 2664.
- Moultrie, An eulogium on Stephen Elliott... delivered... on 8the November 1830, Charleston 1830, Oct., 46 p.
- Anon., Flora 13: 693-694. 1830.
- Darlington, Reliq. baldwin. 1843 (many refs.)
- Ravenel, Bot. Gaz. 8(7): 249-253. 1883.
- Sargent, Garden & Forest 7: 201-202. 1894.
- Harshberger, Bot. Philadelphia 24, 96, 121, 282. 1899.
- Dexter, Biogr. Sketch of the graduates of Yale College 4: 704-707. 1907 (bibl.)
- Gee, Bull. Univ. South Carolina 72: 35-37. 1918 (bibl.)
- Barnhart, Mem. Torrey bot. Cl. 16: 293. 1921.
- Rodgers, John Torrey 340 \[index\]. 1942.
- Graustein, Thomas Nuttall 465 \[index\]. 1967.
- Ewan, William Bartram 12, 42, 48. 1968.
- Geiser, Naturalists of the Frontier 241-242. 1968.
- Stafleu, Taxon 21: 689-691. 1971.
- Lenley et al., Cat. manuscr, coll. New York Bot. Gard. 454. 1973 (letters to Torrey).
#### Eponymy (genus)
*Elliottia* Muhlenberg ex S. Elliott (1817); (journal): *Elliottia* notes from the herbarium of Georgia Southern College. Statesboro, Georgia. U.S.A. No. 1-5, 1964-1966.
### Publications
##### n.1659. A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia
**Title**
*A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia*. Charleston (J. R. Schenck) 1821-1824, 2 vols., Oct. (in fours)
**Abbreviated title**: *Sketch bot. S. Carolina*.
**Notes**
|vol. |part |pages |*plates* |dates|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1 |1-96 |1-2 |26 Sep 1816|
| |2 |97-200 | |Dec 1816|
| |3 |201-304 | |Mar 1817|
| |4 |305-400 |3-4 |Oct 1817|
| |5 |401-496 | |Dec(?) 1817|
| |6 |497-606, \[i\*-ii\*\], \[iii\]-vi | |early 1821|
|2 |1 |\[1\]-104 || (prob. late) 1821|
| |2 |105-208 | |(prob. early) 1822|
| |3 |209-312 | |1823|
| |4 |313-416 | |1823|
| |5 |417-520 | |1823|
| |6 |521-624 | |1824|
| |7 |625-743, \[i\]-viii |7-12? |1824|
*Copies*: FAS, McVaugh, NY, US. – The first part was originally issued on 26 Sep 1816, recalled, reprinted and reissued with no. 2 (see Advertisement on p. v of vol. 1). This first part is described by Mackall (1931) and Ewan (1971); the text of p. 1-96 of the second issue fills p. 15-96 of the original; p. 1-14 are taken up by the glossary. – Covers nos. 1-4: "printed for the author."
*Facsimile ed*.: New York (Hafner Publishing Company) 1971, Classica botanica americana vol. 6. Introduction by Joseph Ewan. *Copy*: FAS.
*Ref*.: BL 1: 213; BM 2: 523; Jackson p. 363; ME 3: 388-389; PR 2664, ed. 1: 2960; RS p. 82; SK p. clxxx; IDC 881.
- Anon., New England J. Med. Surgery 6: 265-267. Jul 1817 (nos. 1-3).
- Rafinesque, Amer. monthly Mag. 3(2): 96-101. 1818 (nos. 1-5).
- Gray, Amer. J. Sci. ser. 3. 13: 81, 392. 1877.
- Kuntze, Rev. gen. 1: cxxviii. 1891.
- Barnhart, Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 28: 680. 1901.
- Mackall, Catalogue De Renne Georgia Library 3: 1329. 1931 (for part 1, orig.).
- Weatherby, Rhodora 44: 249-264. 1942 (catalogue of types).
- Ewan, Elliott's *Sketch* in American botany, *in* facsimile edition 1971, p. ix-xxxvii.
- Stafleu, Taxon 21: 689-691. 1972.