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### Author
Kirby, Mary (1860: Mrs. H. Gregg) (1817-1893), British botanist at Leicester.
**Abbreviated name**: *Kirby* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kirby*\]
#### Herbarium and types
The herbarium of Mary's sister Elizabeth Kirby (1823-1873) is at [[Collection LEI|LEI]]. The two sisters collaborated narrowly.
*Ref*.: Kent, D. H., Brit. herbaria 63, 1957.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 293; BB p. 174-175; BM 2: 983; CSP 3: 658; Desmond p. 361; DNB 31: 198; IH 2: 362; Jackson p. 44, 207, 255; Kew 3: 265; PR 4677; Rehder 5: 454; SO add. 850d; Tucker 1: 388.
- Horwood, A. R., and C. W. F. Noel, Fl. Leicestershire and Rutland ccxii-ccxiii. 1933 (also on Elizabeth Kirby).
- Kirby, M., Leaflets from my life, 1887 (fide BB).
#### Eponymy
*Kirbyella* C. Zeliff (1930) and *Kirbynia* Grassé & A. C. Hollande (1950) are dedicated to Harold Kirby, American protistologist.
### Publications
##### n.3663. A flora of Leicestershire
**Title**
*A flora of Leicestershire*; comprising the flowering plants, and the ferns indigenous to the county, arranged on the natural system; by Mary Kirby. With notes by her sister... London (Hamilton, Adams, and Co.), Leicester (J. S. Crossley) 1850. Duod. (in sixes).
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Leicestershire*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Elizabeth Kirby (1823-1873) (see DNB 31: 198, Desmond p. 361).
*Publ*.: 1850 (p. ix: 4 Mai 1850), p. \[i\]-\[xii\], \[1\]-183. *Copies*: G, HH, NY Preceded by Kirby, M., *The Flora of Leicestershire* 1848 (n.v.).
*Ref*.: Kirby, M., Phytologist 3: 179-180. 1848.