> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 252](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066592) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11621-1) LSID 11621-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19003327) QID Q19003327 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author White, James Walter (1846-1932), British botanist and pharmaceutical chemist; set up a chemist's business at Clifton, Bristol in 1874; special lecturer in botany at the University of Bristol and M.Sc. hon. ib. 1927. **Abbreviated name**: *J.W. White* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.W.White*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BRIST|BRIST]] (6000); further material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BDK|BDK]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection NOT|NOT]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PSGB|PSGB]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 486; BJI 2: 232, 242, 731; BM 5: 2310; Bossert p. 434; Clokie p. 264; CSP 12: 780, 19: 580-581; Desmond p. 655 (b. 8 Aug 1846, d. 26 Oct 1932); IH 1 (ed. 6): 366, (ed. 7): 346; Rehder 2: 306, 307; Tucker 1: 743. #### Biofile - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 52.5, 84.11. 1980. - I.M.R. & H.S.T., Ann. Rep. Proc. Bristol Natural. Soc. Ser. 4. 7(5): 341-342. 1933 (obit.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 85. 1957. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 272. 1984 (coll.). - Lack, H.W. & D. Wagner, Willdenowia 14: 432. 1984 (pl. in B-Ullepitsch). - Lousley, J.E., Fl. Isles of Scilly 85. 1971. - Riddelsdell, H.J. et al., Fl. Gloucestershire cxxxvi-cxxxvii. 1948. - Roper, I.M., Proc. Cotteswold Naturalists' Club 24(3): 230-233. 1932; Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isl. Rep. 10(1): 83-86. 1933 (obit.). - Thompson, H.S., J. Bot. 71: 47-49. 1933 (obit., portr.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1932-1933(5): 210-212. 1933 (obit.). ### Publications ##### n.17.468. Flora of the Bristol coal-field **Title** *Flora of the Bristol coal-field* edited (for the Bristol Naturalists' Society) by James Walter White,... parts i-vi, Bristol (James Fawn and Son \[6: printed for the Society\]) 1881-1886. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Bristol coal-field*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1881-1886, in six parts, issued as appendices to the Proc. Bristol Natural. Soc. with independent pagination. *Copies*: G, HH, PH. *1* (*Thalamiflorae*): 1881 (p. iv: Jun 1881; J. Bot. Nov. 1881 "just received"), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-40. *2* (*Calyciflorae*): 1882 (p. 86: Mar 1883), p. \[i\], \[41\]-84, \[85\]-86 (adds. 1-2); err. slip. *3* (*Corolliflorae*): 1883 (p. 87: 1883), p. \[i\], \[87\]-148, \[149\]-152 (adds. 1-3). *4* (*Monochlamydeae*): 1884 (p. 153: 1884), p. \[i\], \[153\]-175, \[176\] \[177\]-179 (adds. 1-3). 5 (*Dictyogenae, et Florideae*): 1885 (p. 181: 1885), p. \[i\], \[181\]-210, \[211\]-212 (add. 1). *6*: 1886, p. \[i\]-iii (new preface page dated 1886\], \[211\]-262. *Notes supplemented to the Flora*...: 1886-1888 in Proc. Bristol Natural. Soc. 5: 116-124, 229-235. 1888, 6: 18-27. 1891. *Consolidated issue*: 1887, p. \[i\]-iv, \[i\]-iii, \[5\]-278 (additional pages: index). *Copies*: G, HH, MO. *Definitive edition*: see below, *The Flora of Bristol* (1912). ##### n.17.469. The flora of Bristol **Title** *The flora of Bristol* being an account of all the flowering plants, ferns and their allies that have at any time been found in the district of the Bristol coal-fields; with introductory sketches of the topography, physical features, climate, etc., of the divisions into which the area has been divided; notes on the origin of the flora; the distribution of local rarities as affected by rocks and soils; and biographical notices of those botanists who have engaged in botanical research at Bristol during the past 350 years... Bristol (John Wright and sons Ltd.), London (Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Ltd.) 1912. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Bristol*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1912 (p. viii: Mar 1912; J. Bot. rev. Jul 1912; Bot. Centralbl. 6 Aug 1912), p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix\], map, \[1\]-722, *3 pl*. (uncol.). *Copies*: HH, LIV, NY. – Announcement by author: J. Bot. 44: 429. 1906. *Cheaper re-issue*: London 1914, 738 p. fide Bot. Centralbl. 21 Jul 1914 (not seen by us). *Facsimile repr*.: 1972, p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix\], map, \[1\]-722, *3 pl. Copies*: FAS, G, MO. – Bristol (Chatford House Press, Ltd.) 1972. – SBN 9500-836-58. – 400 copies. *Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 50: 236-237. 1912 (notes; praise). - Marshall, E.S., J. Bot. 50: 232-236. 1912 (rev.). - Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 22: 145-146. 1973 (facs. ed.).