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### Author
Macvicar, John Gibson (1801-1884), Scottish clergyman and botanist; M. A. St. Andrews, pastor Scottish Church in Ceylon 1839-1852; minister at Moffat 1853-1884.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. Macvicar* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Macvicar*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 433 (b. Mar 1901, d. 12 Feb 1884); BB p. 203; CSP 4: 172-173, 8: 302, 16: 988; Desmond p. 414; DNB 35: 285-286; Jackson p. 70, 91, 151; PR 5729 (ed. 1: 6396); Rehder 5: 535.
### Publications
##### n.5207. Observations on the germination of the Filices
**Title**
*Observations on the germination of the Filices*... Edinburgh (printed by P. Neill) 1824. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Obs. germin. Fil.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *1*824, p.\[i-ii\], \[1\]-8, *1 pl*. (col. lith.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from Trans. roy. Soc. Edinburgh W: 263-270. 1824.