> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 813](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33069055) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/22192-1) LSID 22192-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21518563) QID Q21518563 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Lees, Frederick Arnold (1847-1921), British physician and botanist at Leeds (1887-1921). **Abbreviated name**: *F. Lees* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.Lees*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (p.p.; 2000), [[Collection CMM|CMM]] (main herb., 25.000). Some further material at [[Collection LCN|LCN]] and [[Collection SLBI|SLBI]]. Lees' library also went to [[Collection CMM|CMM]] (now at Bradford Public Library). Mosses at [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]]. *Ref*.: Seaward, Naturalist 1967: 77-80; 907: 133-135. 1970; 915: 125-129. 1970; 924: 35-36. 1973 (extensive details on Lincolnshire collections). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 361; BB p. 185; BL 2: 252, 254, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 680; BM 3: 1079; Clokie p. 198; CSP 8: 189, 10: 549-550, 12: 436, 16: 674; Desmond p. 380; GR p. 403; IH 2: 424 Jackson p. 571; Kew 3: 398; LS 15098-15099, 35911; Tucker 1: 419. - Britten, J. Bot. 60: 97-100. 1921 (portr.). - Davy, J. Bot. 31: 123-124. 1893 (criticism of Lees' *Outline flora of Lincolnshire*, publ. in White's *Directory for Lincolnshire*, see Comp. works). - Druce, G. C., Fl. Berkshire clxxxiii. 1897; Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles Rep. 6(3): 358-363. 1922. - Gibbons, E. J., Fl. Lincolnshire 57. 1975. - Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 109-110, 198. 1977. - Lees, F. A., Description of the Lees herbarium and library, Bradford Public Library, 1910 (fide Britten 1922; autobiogr.). - Spalding, D. A. E., Sorby Record 2(4): 12-13. 1967 (n.v.). #### Composite works - (1) Edited: *The London catalogue of British mosses*, ed. 2, 1881 (originally issued by C. P. Hobkirk and H. Goswell). - (2) *Outline flora of Lincolnshire*, in W. White's *Directory for Lincolnshire*, Sheffield 1892, p. 37-63. - (3) Founder and editor of *Botanical Record Club*: phanerogamic and cryptogamic (1873: founded as *Botanical Locality Record Club*, 1879 *Botanical Record Club*), reports edited by Lees 1873-1886 (six issues). - (4) With James William Davis (1846-1893): *West Yorkshire*: an account of its geology... and botany, part 2, Physical geography and botanical topography. London 1878 (see BM 1: 428). ### Publications ##### n.4296. The flora of West Yorkshire **Title** *The flora of West Yorkshire* with a sketch of the climatology and lithology in connection therewith... London: (Lovell Reeve & Co.,...) 1888. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. West Yorkshire*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: Jan-Mai 1888 (p.x: 31 Dec 1887; J. Bot. Jun 1888; Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1888; Bot. Zeit. 29 Jun 1888), p. \[i\]-x, \[1-3\], \[1\], map, \[3\]-843, \[1-4, subscribers\]. *Copies*: G, USDA. – *A supplement to the Yorkshire floras*, edited by C. A. Cheetham and W. A. Sledge, London \[1942\], iv, 134 p. provides an updated list of vasc. plants and Characeae. *Ref*.: Britten J., J. Bot. 26: 219-222. Jun 1888 (extensive review).