> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 237](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355324) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/35184-1) LSID 35184-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18731554) QID Q18731554 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.