> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 84](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258562) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2967-1) LSID 2967-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7183579) QID Q7183579 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Fyson, Philip Furley (1877-1947), Japanese-born British teacher and sometime botanist, born 17 Apr 1877 in Niigata, Japan of missionary parents, educated in Scotland, attended Cambridge, succeeded Alfred Gibbs Bourne (1859-1940) as prof. of biology 1904-1912 and then prof. of botany 1912-1920, Presidency College, Madras, India, inspector of schools for Vishakapatnam and Ganjam 1920-1925, returned to the Presidency College as principal 1925-1932, F.L.S., retired 1932 and settled in England, died 26 Dec 1947 in Rushwick (Worcs.) after being struck by a car while bicycling. **Abbreviated name**: *Fyson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Fyson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection FRC|FRC]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection PCM|PCM]]. #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 213; Barnhart 2: 21; BM 6: 352; Frodin ed. 2: 721; IH 2: 213; Kew 2: 359; NI 2: 64; Tucker 2: xvi, 3: 113. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 228. 1931; \[Last will and testament, 12 Dec 1947\]: *Copy*: K; Evening News and Times (Worcester) \[newspaper\]: 27 Dec 1947, Id.: 30 Dec 1947, Id.: 2 Jan 1948; \[certified copy birth certificate, dated 24 Mar 1997\]: *Copy*: K. - Matthew, K.M., 1997. J. Swamy Bot. Club 14: 94-97. (portr.) - Matthew, K.M., 1998. Frontline (India's Natl. Magazine) 15(5): 88. (portr.) - Matthew, K.M., 1998. Shola no. 21: 278-279. (portrs. Fyson & wife) - Matthew, K.M., 1999. Huntia 10(2): 130-131. (portr.) - Matthew, K.M., 2001. Shola no. 27: 326-327. - Purushothaman, T.R., 1932. The Presidency College (Madras) Magazine 7(2-3): 134-137. (portr.) #### Eponymy *Fysonia* Kashyap (1923). #### Composite works Instrumental in initiating the *Journal of Indian Botany* (Madras), vols. 1-2 (1921-1923), which was superseded by the *Journal of the Indian Botanical Society*, vols. 3-x (1924-x). ### Publications ##### n.35.876. flora **Title** The *flora* of the *Nilgiri and Pulney Hill-Tops* (above 6,500 feet) being the wild and commoner introduced flowering plants round the hill-stations of Ootacamund, Kotagiri and Kodaikanal... Madras (Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press) 1915\[-1920\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Nilgiri and Pulney Hill-Tops*. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*Vol. I*\]: 1915, p. \[i\]-xxvi, \[1\]-475. *Copies*: BM, G, HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), MO, USDA. *Vol. II*: 1915, p. \[i\]-ii, *pl*. \[*1*\]-*286* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: BM, G, HH (n.v.), MO, USDA. *Vol. III.*: 1920, (suppl. to vols. I and II, including the country around Coonoor and down to 5,000 ft.), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[i\]-iii \[author's postscript with corrections\], \[1\]-136, \[137\], *pl. 287-581* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: BM, G, HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), MO, USDA. *Illus*.: Bourne, (Lady) Emily Tree (née Glashier) (1858-1954), wife of Alfred Gibbs Bourne (1859-1940); Fyson, Diana Ruth (née Wilson) (1886-1969), wife of Philip Furley Fyson (1877-1947); and others. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 54(1): 34-35. Jan 1916 (rev.). - Craib, W.E., Bot. Centralbl. 132(4): 102. 25 Jul 1916 (rev.). - *Reprint* \[of the 1915-1920 ed.\]: 1974-1975,... Dehra Dun (Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY (n.v.), US(2), USDA (n.v.). - *Reprint* \[of the 1915-1920 ed. in 2 vols.\]: 1977,... New Delhi (Today and Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers). *Copy*: MO. ##### n.35.877. Indian species **Title** The *Indian species* of *Eriocaulon*... Madras (Methodist Publshing House) 1923. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1923 (insert "With the author's compliments" dated 24 Apr 1923), cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[1\]-88, *pl. 1-51* (50 uncol. phot. mostly with illus. inserts, 1 draw. by D.R. Fyson). *Copies*: HH, K (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Indian Bot. 2: 133-150, 192-207, 259-266, 307-320, *pl. 1-23.* 1921; J. Indian Bot. Soc. 3: 12-18, 91-115, *pl. 42-51.* 1922. *Illus*.: Fyson, Diana Ruth (née Wilson) (1886-1969), wife of Philip Furley Fyson (1877-1947). ##### n.35.878. flora **Title** The *flora* of the S*outh Indian Hill Stations*: Ootacamund, Coonoor, Kotagiri, Kodaikanal, Yercaud and the country round... Madras (Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press) 1932. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. S. Indian Hill Sta.* **Notes** *Publ*. \[*Vol. 1*\]: 1932 (Nat. Nov. Jul 1934), p. \[i\]-xxix, \[1\]-697, 2 loose errata sheets. *Copies*: BM, G, HH, USDA. *Vol. 2*: 1932, p. \[i\], *pl. 1-611* (all uncol. lith. by Mrs. Fyson, Lady Bourne, R. Natesan, the author and others). *Copies*: BM, G, HH, K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), USDA. *Illus*.: Bourne, (Lady) Emily Tree (née Glashier) (1858-1954), wife of Alfred Gibbs Bourne (1859-1940) (*96 pl.*); Fyson, Diana Ruth (née Wilson) (1886-1969), wife of Philip Furley Fyson (1877-1947) (*320 pl.*); Fyson, Philip Furley (1877-1947) (*61 pl.*); Harrison, M.F. (fl. 1932) (*28 pl.*); Natesan, R. (fl. 1932), Indian artist (*79 pl.*); and 27 others. *Note*: This publication is more or less a revised and amplified edition of *The flora of the Nilgiri*... 1915\[-1920\]. *Ref*.: C.E.C. F\[ischer\]., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933(10): 507-508. 30 Dec 1933 (rev.). - *Reprint* \[1932 ed.\]: 1977,... New Delhi (Today & Tomorrow's Printers & Publishers), 2 vols. *Copies*: K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY. - *Reprint* \[1932 ed.\]: 1986,... Delhi (Periodical Expert Book Agency). *Copy*: US.