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### Author
Watson, John Forbes (1827-1892), Scottish physician and economic botanist; M.D. Aberdeen 1847; assistant surgeon Bombay medical service 1850; lecturer in physiology at Grant medical college; on sick leave to England 1853; reporter on economic products of India, keeper of the India office Museum 1858-1879.
**Abbreviated name**: *J.F. Wats.* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.F.Watson*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown. – *Letters* at [[Collection K|K]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 464; BM 5: 2272; Desmond p. 644 (d. 27 Jul 1892); DNB 60: 15-16 (20: 926-927); Herder p. 89; Jackson p. 11, 385, 388; LS 28386; PR 10012; Rehder 5: 904; Tucker 1: 733-734.
#### Biofile
- Alliborie, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 3: 2605. 1888.
- Anon., Brit. Mus. cat. print. books 253: 823. 1965; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 218: 997-998. 1973.
- Boase, F., Modern English biogr. 3: 1226-1227. 1965.
- Buckland, C.E., Dict. Indian biogr. 442-443. 1906.
- Ferguson, J.A., Bibl. Australia 7: 892-893. 1969.
### Publications
##### n.16.809. Index to the native and scientific names
**Title**
*Index to the native and scientific names* of *Indian* and other easern *economic plants* and products. Officially prepared under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council... London (Trubner & Co....) 1868. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Index Indian econ. pl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1868 (p. iv: Nov 1866; J. Bot. rev. Jul 1868; Flora 20 Jun 1868), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-637, \[639, colo.\]. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MO, PH.
##### n.16.810. A classified and descriptive catalogue of the Indian Department
**Title**
Vienna Universal Exhibition, 1873. *A classified and descriptive catalogue of the Indian Department*... London (W.H. Allen & Co.,...) 1873. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Classif. cat. Ind. Dept.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1873, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-246. *Copy*: M.