> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 35](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068277) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1242-1) LSID 1242-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536945) QID Q536945 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hamilton, Francis (né Buchanan) (1762-1829), Scottish physician and botanist in the Bengal medical service 1795-1815; superintendent Botanic Garden Calcutta 1814-1815. **Abbreviated name**: *F. Ham.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Buch.-Ham.*\] #### Herbarium and types Main collections at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]], and [[Collection K|K]]; further material at [[Collection AWH|AWH]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. Ms and drawings of Burmese plants at [[Collection BM|BM]]; letters in Smith corr. at [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 118; BB p. 136; BM 1: 274, 2: 778, 6: 153; Clokie p. 176-177; CSP 1: 692; Desmond p. 281; DNB 7: 186; IH 2: 104; Jackson p. 383; Kew 2: 566; Lasègue p. 138-141; RS p. 86; SK 1: 214, 5: 49, 8: xvii; TL-2/1, no. 1497; Tucker 1: 314. - Burkill, I. H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 19, 47, 190, 236, 239. 1965 (under Buchanan as well as Hamilton). - King, G., J. Bot. 37: 458-459 1899. - Mabberley, D. J., Taxon 26(5/6): 523-540. 1977 (on H's *Commentaries*). - Prain, D., Ann. R. bot. Gard. Calcutta 10(2): i-lxxv. 1905. (main biogr. and bibl.). - Sims, J., Bot. Mag. pl. 2170 (text). 1820. - Smith, Lady P., Mem. Corr. J. E. Smith 1: 555. 1832, 2: 85-88. 1832. - Steenis-Kruseman, M.J. van, Fl. males, ser. I. 5: 49, cclxxviii. 1958. - Wight, R., *in* W. J. Hooker, Bot. misc. 2: 91. 1831. #### Composite works - (1) Sowerby, J. and J. E. Smith, *English botany*, mosses. - (2) Don, D., *Prodr. fl. nepal.* 1825 (TL-2/1, no. 1497) is based on plants collected by H. and by Wallich. - (3) Hamilton, Fr., *A commentary on the Hortus malabaricus*, Trans. Linn. Soc. 13(2): 474-560. 3-19 Dec 1822; 14(2): 171-312. 15 N0V 1825; 15(1): 78-152. 9 Feb 1827; 17: 147-252. 25 Mai 1837 (IDC 8308). (See Mabberley 1977). #### Eponymy *Buchanania* K. P. J. Sprengel (1802); *Buchanania* J. E. Smith (1806). ### Publications ##### n.2339. Some notices concerning the plants of various parts of India **Title** *Some notices concerning the plants of various parts of India*, and concerning the Sanscrit names of those regions... Edinburgh (printed by P. Neill) 1823. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Not. pl. India*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1823, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-16. *Copy*: G. – Preprinted from Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 10: 171-186. 1826; see also Flora 9: 689-704. 1826.