> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 741](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120872) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2516-1) LSID 2516-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2982922) QID Q2982922 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.