> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 260](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068502) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4053-1) LSID 4053-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18910510) QID Q18910510 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), British pharmaceutical botanist and algologist, curator of the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1872-1922). **Abbreviated name**: *Holmes* \[standard form in IPNI: *Holmes*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PHA|PHA]] (British phanerogams), [[Collection NMW|NMW]] (hepatics), [[Collection BIRM|BIRM]] (algae), [[Collection NOT|NOT]] (lichens). Other lichens at [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection DOR|DOR]]; other cryptogams at [[Collection CGE|CGE]]. *Exsiccatae*: *Algae britannicae rariores exsiccatae* (fasc. 1-12, ed. 1883-1910, nos. 1-312, partly with E.A.L. Batters) sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]] (see Sayre 1969). Letters at [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. *Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 45: 79-80. 1907 (description of H's algae herbarium, now at BIRM). - Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 60. 1957. - Sayre, G., Mem New York Bot. Gard. 19: 80-81. 1969. - Hedge, I. and Lamond, Ind. coll. Edinburgh 92. 1970. - Hawksworth, D. L., Prel. bibl. brit. lichens 98. 1976. - Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 19, 23-24, 96-97, 198. 1977. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 195; BL 1: 142, 301; BM 2: 865, 6: 477; Clokie p. 185; CSP 7: 1007, 10: 261, 12: 342, 15: 916-917; Desmond p. 315; De Toni 1: lxv, cxxxvii, 4: xxx; GR p. 401; Hortus3: 1195 ("Holmes"); IH 2: 283; Jackson p. 60, 251, 414; Kew 3: 16-17; Langman p. 374; LS 12565-12572, suppl. 12148; MW p. 184, suppl. p. 109; Rehder 5: 401; TL-2/360; Tucker 1: 347; Urban-Berl. p. 265; Zander ed. 10, p. 671. - Anon., Who was Who 1929-1940, p. 656-657 (fide Desmond). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 35: 502. 1897. - Cotton, A.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1930/31: 177-179. 1931. - Koster, J.T., Taxon 18: 553. 1969. - Rendle, A. B., J. Bot. 68: 310-313. 1930. - Shellard, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 1-2. 1973. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 94. 1903. #### Composite works With E.A.L. Batters, A revised list of the British marine algae, Published in *Annals of Botany*, vol. 5, no. 17, p. 63-107, for December 1890, Published Jan 1891 (see G. M. (Murray), J. Bot. 29: 91-92. 1891). Appendix, Ann. Bot. 5(21): 518-526. 1891. #### Eponymy *Holmesia* J.G. Agardh (1890); *Holmsella* \[sic\] H. H. Sturch (1926); *Neoholmesia* H. Mikami (1972). ### Publications ##### n.2948. The mosses of Devon and Cornwall **Title** *The mosses of Devon and Cornwall* \[Plymouth 1869\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mosses Devon Cornwall*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Francis Brent (1816-1903). *Publ*.: 1869, p. \[1\]-31. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted from Plymouth Inst. Trans. 3(2): 315-335. 1868-69. Published in conjunction with I.N.N. Keys, *Fl. Devon Cornwall* (1866-71), see no. 3609. ##### n.2949. Scale mosses and liverworts of Devon and Cornwall **Title** *Scale mosses and liverworts of Devon and Cornwall* \[Plymouth 1869\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Scale mosses liverw. Devon Cornwall*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1869, p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted from Plymouth Inst. Trans. 3(2): 337-345. 1868/9. See also no. 2948. ##### n.2950. Lichens of Devon and Cornwall **Title** *Lichens of Devon and Cornwall* \[Plymouth 1869\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Lich. Devon Cornwall*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1869, p. \[1\]-39. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted from Trans. Plymouth Inst. 3(2): 347-375. 1868-69. See also no. 2948. ##### n.2951. The cryptogamic flora of Kent **Title** *The cryptogamic flora of Kent*... \[London\] 1878. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Crypt fl. Kent*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1878, p. \[1\]-27 (Lichens). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from J. Bot. It is not known to us whether all parts were reprinted with independent pagination. Original publication of the series was as follows: | | | |---|---| |6: |11-16 Jan 1877 | |50-56 Feb 1877. | |81-85 Mar 1877. | |108-113 Apr 1877. | |174-178 Jun 1877. | |199-207 Jul 1877. | |232-237 Aug 1877. |7: |43-54 Feb 1878. | |117-120 Apr 1878. | |209-212 Jul 1878. | |329-345 Nov 1878. | |373-376 Dec 1878. *Ref*.: N.L., Bot. Zeit. 39: 69. 1881. ##### n.2952. Catalogue of the collections in the museum of the Pharmaceutical Society **Title** *Catalogue of the collections in the museum of the Pharmaceutical Society* of Great Britain... London (printed for the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain,...) 1878. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. mus. Pharm. Soc*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Feb 1878 (J. Bot. Mar 1878), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-302. *Copy*: Kon. Inst. Tropen, Amsterdam. *Ref*.: BM 4: 1563; Trimen, J. Bot. 16: 90-91. 1878. ##### n.2953. British fungi, lichens & mosses **Title** The young collector. *British fungi, lichens & mosses*, including scale-mosses and liverworts. By E. M. Holmes,... and Peter Gray,...London (Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co....) 1886. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit, fungi lich. mosses*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Peter Gray (1818-1899). *Ed. 1*: Jun 1886, p. \[1\]-32 (fungi by Holmes), \[1\]-31 (lichens by Gray), \[1\]-32 (mosses by Gray). *Copy*: Steere. *Ed. 2*: Jul 1886 (n.v.) *Ed. 3*: 1907, p. \[1\]-32, \[1\]-31, \[1\]-31, \[32, cont.\], as in ed. I. *Copy*: Steere. – The dates of publication of ed. 1 and 2 are given on p. \[2\]. ##### n.2954. Catalogue of the Hanbury herbarium **Title** *Catalogue of the Hanbury herbarium*, in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain... London (the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain...) 1892. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Hanbury herb.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1892, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-136, \[i\]-xiv. *Copies*: MO, NY. *Ref*.: BM 4: 1563; Britten, J., J. Bot. 30: 191. 1892.