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### Author
Smith, Frederick Porter (1833-1888), British medical missionary in Central China; MB Univ. London 1855; after his return to England medical practitioner at Shepton Mallett.
**Abbreviated name**: *F.P. Sm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.P.Sm.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 292; BM 4: 1945; Desmond p. 566; Herder p. 412; Jackson p. 381; MW p. 459; Rehder 3: 273; Tucker 1: 655.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 224: 270. 1964; Pharm. J. Trans. 18: 859. 1888.
### Publications
##### n.12.193. Contributions towards the materia medica & natural history of China
**Title**
*Contributions towards the materia medica & natural history of China*. For the use of medical missionaries & native medical students... Shanghai (American Presbyterian Mission Press), London (Trübner & Co.,...) 1871.
**Abbreviated title**: *Contr. mat. med. China*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1871 (p. vii: 30 Nov 1870), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-237. *Copy*: LC.
*Ref*.: Hance, H.F., J. Bot. 11: 73. 1873 (criticism).