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### Author
Adams, John (1872-1950), Irish botanist at Dublin, M.A. Cantab. \[Cambridge\], lecturer in botany at Dublin municipal technical school, assistant professor of botany, R. Veterinarian College Dublin; Dominion (economic) Botanist of Canada at Ottawa 1914-1938.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. Adams* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Adams*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection CAN|CAN]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 14 (b. 20 Jan 1872); BL 1: 133, 143, 145, 2: 279; Desmond p. 3 (b. 20 Jan 1872, d. 18 Mai 1950); LS 690-691, 30.438-30.444, suppl. 71-75.
#### Biofile
- Hawksworth, D.L. and M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenology Brit. Isl. 29-30, 197. 1977.
- Knowles, M.C., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 38 (B) (10): 188. 1929 (on his Distr. of Lichens in Ireland).
- Mitchell, M.E., Bibl. Irish lichenol. nos. 2-4. 1971.
- Praeger, R.L., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 7: cv. 1901.
#### Note
- (1) Published *A census catalogue of Irish fungi*, Proc. R. Irish Acad. 28(B): 120-157. 1910.
- (2) Published *A bibliography of Canadian plant geography to the end of the year 1920 \[-35\]*, Trans. R. Can. Inst. 16: 293-355. 1928, 17: 103-145. 1929, (for 1921-25): 267-295. 1930, 18 (for 1926-30): 343-373. 1932, 21 (for 1931-1935): 95-134. 1936.
### Publications
##### n.18.863. The distribution of lichens in Ireland
**Title**
*The distribution of lichens in Ireland*... Dublin (Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd.), London (Williams and Norgate) 1909. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1909, cover-t.p., map, p. 193-234. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Irish Acad. 27(B)10: 193-234. 1909.
##### n.18.864. A students' illustrated Irish flora
**Title**
*A students' illustrated Irish flora* being a guide to the indigenous seed-plants of Ireland... Ashford (Kent) (L. Reeve & Co., Ltd....) 1931. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Stud. ill. Irish fl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1931 (preface dated (p. vi) Nov 1930; rev. Wilmott Aug 1931), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-343.
*Copies*: G, NY, U. – Has 578 illustrations in text, mainly taken from W.H. Fitch, *Ill. Brit. fl.* 1880 see TL- 2/1978 and Butcher and Strudwick, *Further ill. Brit. pl.
Ref.*: Anon., Kew Bull. 1931 (9): 463. 24 Nov 1931 (rev.).
Wilmott, A.J., J. Bot. 69: 219-220. 1931 (rev.; see reply by Adams, J. Bot. 70: 58. 1932).