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### Author
Fryer, Alfred (1826-1912), British botanist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Fryer* \[standard form in IPNI: *Fryer*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection K|K]]. – Fryer's herbarium is at [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection G|G]] and [[Collection BM|BM]] (Potamogeton): Bennett's collection of British Potamogetons is at [[Collection BM|BM]], his foreign collections of the genus are at [[Collection K|K]]. The remainder of his herbarium went to his friend Salmon.
*Ref*.: IH 2: 212. 1957.
- Rendle, J. Bot. 67: 221. 1929.
- Kent, Brit, herbaria 42, 55. 1957.
- Clokie, Account herbaria Oxford 168. 1964.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 15; BB p. 117; Bossert p. 135; BM 2: 629, 6: 35; CSP 2: 737, 15: 158, 176; NI 657.
- Babington, Memorials 472. 1897.
- Evans and Britten, J. Bot. 50: 105-110. 1912 (portr.)
- Bennett, Proc. Lima. Soc. London 1911-12: 46-47. 1912.
- Gilbert, Ann. Rep. Huntingdon. Fauna Flora Soc. 24: 12-13. 1972 (fide Kew Record).
### Publications
##### n.1908. The Potamogetons
**Title**
*The Potamogetons* (*Pond Weeds*) *of the British Isles* with descriptions of all the species, varieties and hybrids. London (L. Reeve & Co.) \[1898-\]1915. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Potamoget. Brit.*
**Notes**
*Co-authors*: Arthur Bennett (1843-1929); A. H. Evans.
|parts |pages |*plates* |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1-6 |\[1\]-36 |1-24 |1898 |
|7-9 |37-56 |25-36 |1900 |
|10-12 |57-76 |37-49 |Mar 1913|
|13-15 |77-91, \[92, err.\],<br/>\[92-93, ind.\],<br/>\[i\]-x, \[1, keys\] |50-60 |Mar 1915|
The chromolithographs are of drawings by E. C. Knight, Robert Morgan (1863-1900), Matilda Smith (1854-1926). – Parts 1-12 by Fryer, 13-15 "continued from Mr Fryer's works by A. H. Evans... and concluded by Arthur Bennett." *Copies*: HH, NY.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 629, 6: 350; GF p. 57; NI 657.
- Anon., The Athenaeum 1915: 430.