> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 191](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068433) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3932-1) LSID 3932-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568881) QID Q3568881 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hiern, William Philip (1839-1925), British botanist of independent means who worked at Kew and BM; M.A. Oxford 1868. **Abbreviated name**: *Hiern* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hiern*\] #### Herbarium and types Hiern's British herbarium is at [[Collection RAMM|RAMM]]; his non-British collections are at [[Collection CGE|CGE]]. The types of the *Catalogue* (see below) are at [[Collection BM|BM]]. This set of Welwitsch specimens was the second one; the first, ("study set") was returned to Lisbon ([[Collection LISU|LISU]]) upon a law-suit after Welwitsch's death in 1873. *Ref*.: Murray, Hist. Coll. BMNH 190. 1904. #### Note "I refuse to tamper with Greenwich time" (to Rendle when travelling in Australia with his watch at G.M.T.). #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 267; Barnhart 2: 172; BB p. 147; BM 2: 842, 6: 463; BL 1: 22, 63, 301, 2: 236, 237, 668; Bossert p. 174; Clokie p. 183; CSP 3: 347\[?\], 7: 977, 10: 225-226, 15: 833; Desmond p. 307; DTS 1: 117; Hortus 3: 1195; IH 2: 274; Jackson p. 130, 346, 384; Kew 2: 678; Langman p. 369; LS 12277; MW p. 177; Rehder 5: 391; RS p. 87; SO 484, 886; Tucker 1: 340; Zander ed. 10, p. 670. - Britten, J. Bot. 34: 439. 1896, 63: 32. 1926. - C. H. W. \[Wright\], Nature 117: 23. 1926; Kew Bull. 1926: 45-46 (brief account of the Welwitsch collections affair). - Dandy, J. E., and Taylor, G., J. Bot. 77: 97. 1937. - Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 239 \[index\]. 1974. - Druce, G. C., Bot. Exch. Cl. Br. Isl. Rep. 7(5): 849-851. 1926. - Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichen. Brit. Isl. 29, 94-95, 198. 1977. - Jackson, B. D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 138: 83-84. 1926. - Martin, W. V. and G. T. Fraser, Fl. Devon 776-777. 1939. - Moore, S., Fl. Cheshire lxxxiii. 1899. - Rendle, A. B., J. Bot. 63: 168. 1926, 64: 51-54. 1926 (bibl. by Ardagh). #### Composite works - (1). Harvey and Sonder, *Flora capensis* (TL-2/2448): *Scrophulariaceae*: 4, 2(1): 121-192. Feb 1904, 2(2): 193-384. Jul 1904, 2(3): 385-420. Oct. 1904. *Orobanchaceae*: 4, 2(2): 421-422. Oct 1904. *Ebenaceae*: 4, 1(3): 444-478. Oct 1906. - (2). J. D. Hooker, *Flora British India* (TL-2/2981): *Meliaceae*1: 540-569. Feb 1875. *Sapindaceae* 1: 668-699. Feb 1875. - (3). Contributions to Oliver, *Flora of tropical Africa*: *Araliaceae*, 3: 27-33. 1877. *Dipsaceae, 3*: 249-253. 1877. *Ebenaceae*, 3: 509-525. 1877. *Goodenovieae*, 3: 461-462. 1877. *Lythraceae*, 2: 464-486. 1871. *Rubiaceae*, 3: 33-247. 1877. *Umbelliferae*, 3: \[1\]-27. 1877. *Valerianeae*, 3: 248-249. 1871. - (4). Warming, *Symb. Fl. Bras. centr., Acanthaceae, Gesneriaceae, Smilacaceae, Verbenaceae*, in part 23, 1877, *publ*. 17 Apr 1878 (p. 67-87, 87-94, 37-66, 94-108 resp.). - (5). With Count de Ficalho, Mem. pl. Afr. Central... Pinto, Lisboa 1887 (1883), a translation from Trans. Linn. Soc., London, Bot. 2, 1881. #### Eponymy *Hiernia* S. Moore (1880). ### Publications ##### n.2745. the Batrachium section of Ranunculus **Title** On the forms and distribution over the world of *the Batrachium section of Ranunculus*. \[London 1871\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Batrachium*. **Notes** *Publ*.: after 1 Apr 1871, p. \[1\]-22. *Copy*: G. – "Reprinted and revised from the Journal of Botany, 1871," orig. publ. J. Bot. 9: 43-49. 1 Feb 1871; 65-69. 1 Mar 1871; 97-107. 1 Apr 1871. – The copy at G has manuscript additions by the author; it was sent on 26 Jan 1874. ##### n.2746. A monograph of the Ebenaceae **Title** *A monograph of the Ebenaceae*... Cambridge (Printed by C. J. Clay, M.A. at the University Press) 1873. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Eben.* **Notes** *Publ*.: early Apr 1873 (submitted 11 Mar 1872; copy to Alph. DC sent 10 Apr 1873; J. Bot. Apr 1873), p. \[i\], 27-300, *pl. 1-11* (uncol. liths. by A. T. Hollick, no. *11* by A. Faguet). *Copies*: G, L, MICH, MO, NY, U, US (journ. publ.), USDA (id.). – Trans. Cambridge philos. Soc. 12(1). 1873. *Ref*.: H.T. \[Trimen\], J. Bot. 11: 182-183. 1873. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 32: 155. 6 Mar 1874. ##### n.2747. Catalogue of the African plants **Title** *Catalogue of the African plants* collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853-61... London (printed by order of the Trustees \[of the British Museum\]) 1896-1901, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. afr. pl.* **Notes** |vol. |part |pages |dates | |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |\[i\]-\[xxvi\], \[1\]-336 |Dec 1896 | |2 |\[i\], 337-510 |Mar 1898 | |3 |\[i\], 511-784 |Dec 1898 | |4 |\[i\], 785-1035 |Aug 1900| |2 |1 |\[i\], \[1\]-260 |30 Mai 1899| | |2 |\[i, iii, v\], 261-566 |Mar 1901| *Copies*: BR, MO, NY, USDA. – Vol. 1 (Dicotyledons) (with frontisp. portr. of Welwitsch) by W. P. Hiern, 2(1) Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms by Alfred Barton Rendle, 2(2) (Crypt.) by W. Carruthers et al. *Ref*.: A.M.V., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(5): 266. 29 Mai 1897. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 35: 23-26. Jan 1897, 36: 157-158. Apr 1898, 233-235. Jun 1898, 37: 48. - Jan 1899, 191-192. Jun 1899, 39: 39-40. Jan 1901. - J.M.C., Bot. Gaz. 23: 210-211. 24 Mar 1897, 31: 69-70. 21 Jan 1901. - Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 26 (Lit.): 49. 1899.