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### Author
Millspaugh, Charles Frederick (1854-1923), American physician and botanist; M. D. New York Med. coll. 1881; practicing physician at Binghamton, N.Y. 1881-1890, and Waverly, N.Y. 1890-1891; professor of botany Univ. W. Virginia 1891-1894; from 1894 at Chicago (Field Museum, Chicago University Medical College).
**Abbreviated name**: *Millsp.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Millsp.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection F|F]]; important collection also at [[Collection WVA|WVA]]; for further duplicates see IH.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 493; BJI 2: 118; BL 1: 151, 159, 168, 173, 221, 224, 229, 309; BM 7: 845-846; Bossert p. 268; CSP 17: 258-259; DAB 13: 17-18; GR p. 232; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Millsp."); IF p. 720; IH 1 (ed. 6): 362, 2: 541-542; Kelly p. 149; Kew 4: 8, Langman p. 507-508; Lenley p. 291-292; LS 17898-17902, suppl. 18500-18502; Morren ed. 10, p. 126; NI 1381; NW p. 53; Pennell p. 614; Plesch p. 338; PH 209, 450; Rehder 5: 575; SK 1: 363; Stevenson p. 1251; TL-2/1: 787; Tucker 1: 488; Urban-Berl. p. 375; Zander ed. 10, p. 693, ed. 11, p. 790.
- Anon., Bot. Soc. Amer. Publ. 86: 93-95. 1924 (tribute); J. New York Bot. Gard. 24: 286. 1923 (obit.); Mycologia 16(3): 131. 1924; The Nassau Guardian 10 Dec 1923; Torreya 23(4): 94. 1923.
- Barnhart, J. H., J. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 72-73. 1908, 12: 137. 1911.
- Boone, W., Hist. bot. W. Virginia 193. 1965.
- Britton, N. L., Fl. Bermuda 548. 1918.
- Core, E. L., Proc. W. Virginia Acad. Sci. 8: 82-93. 1934 (1935) (on M's contr. to botany of W. Va.), reprint p. 1-12.
- Deam, C. C, Fl. Indiana 1117. 1910.
- Dörfler, J., Botaniker-Adressbuch 205. 1896.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 148. 1969.
- Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 210. 1970 (coll. E).
- Humphrey, H. B., Makers N. Amer. bot. 181-183. 1961 (b. 20 Jun 1854, d. 15 Sep 1923).
- Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 46 (pl. K).
- Millspaugh, C. F., Field Mus. Bot. 2(3): 141-142. 1906 (Bahama colls., itin.), 2(7): 290. 1909 (id.).
- Rickett, H. W., Index Bull. Torrey bot. Club 71. 1955.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 514. 1977 (mosses F, WVA).
- Sherff, E. E., Bot. Gaz. 77: 228-230. 1924 (portr.).
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 2: 4. 1900, 3: 6-7, 87. 1902, 5: 8-9. 1908.
#### Composite works
See N. L. Britton, *Bahama fl*., TL-2/787.
#### Eponymy
*Millspaughia* B. L. Robinson (1905); *Neomillspaughia* S. F. Blake (1921).
### Publications
##### n.6067. American medicinal plants
**Title**
*American medicinal plants*; an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homoeopathic remedies: their history, preparation, chemistry, and physiological effects... New York, Philadelphia (Boericke & Tafel) \[1884-1887\], 2 vols.
**Abbreviated title**: *Amer. med. pl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: in six parts (30 plates each) between Dec 1884 and Sep 1887. Plates by author. *Copies*: B-S (compl.), MICH (incompl.), MO (incompl.), NY (incompl.), UC, USDA. – *1*: \[i\]-xv, *pl. 1-90* with text, *2*: \[i\], *pl. 91-180*, \[1\]-65, \[1, err.\]. – Plates partly coloured.
*Re-issued*: 1892, 2 vols. *Copies*: MICH, MO, NY. – "*Medicinal plants* an illustrated and descriptive guide..." Philadelphia (John C. Yorston & Co.,...) 1892. – *1*: \[i\]-xv, *pl. 1-99* (id.), 2: \[i\], *pl. 100-180*, appendix \[1\]-75, \[1, err.\].
*Dover ed*.: 1974, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-806, *pl. 1-180. Copy*: MO – "*American medicinal plants*. An illustrated and descriptive guide to plants indigenous to and naturalized in the United States which are used in medicine... with a new table of revised classification and nomenclature by E. S. Harrar..." New York (Dover Publications, Inc.) s.d \[1974\]. – Edited by Ellwood Scott Harrar (1905-x); ISBN 0-486-23034-1.
##### n.6068. Preliminary catalogue of the flora of West Virginia
**Title**
*Preliminary catalogue of the flora of West Virginia*. C. F. Millspaugh, M. D. 1892. \[Charleston, West Va. (Moses W. Donnally...) 1892\].
**Abbreviated title**: *Prelim. cat. fl. W. Virginia*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1892 (though cover dated Jun 1892; see Rickett, NAF 28B(2): 346; TBC 15 Dec 1892; BG Jan 1893), cover, p. \[311\]-537, \[538, err.\], *1 pl. Copies*: MO, USDA. – Bull. W. Va. Exp. Sta. 24(2): 311-537. 1892, title on cover: *Flora of West Virginia*. – The list of mosses was issued separately as Contr. 32 Herb. Columbia Coll.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Gaz. 16: 273. Sep 1891 (will be issued the coming winter).
- Greene, E. L., Erythea 1: 25-26. 1893.
##### n.6069. Contribution to the flora of Yucatan
**Title**
*Contribution to the flora of Yucatan*... Chicago, U.S.A. \[Field Colombian Museum\] August 1895. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug 1895, p. \[1\]-56, i-vii, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: BR, FI, G, MO, NY. – Field Colombian Museum Publ. 4 (Bot. Series 1(1)). To be cited from journal.
*Contribution II to the coastal and plain flora of Yucatan*: Field Mus. Bot. Ser. 1 (3): 277-339, *pl. 8-21.* Dec 1896.
*Contribution III*: ib. 1(4): 341-410. 7 Mar 1898 (but cover: Jan 1898).
##### n.6070. Flora of West Virginia
**Title**
*Flora of West Virginia*... Chicago, U.S.A. \[Field Columbian Museum publication 9\] 1896. Qu.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Lawrence William Nuttall (1857-1933).
*Publ*.: Jan 1896, p. \[65\]-276, *pl. 5-7. Copies*: BR, MO, NY, US. – To be cited from Field Mus. Bot. 1(2): \[65\]-276, *pl. 5-7* (with text).
##### n.6071. Flora of the Island of St. Croix
**Title**
*Flora of the Island of St. Croix*... Chicago, U.S.A. \[Field Columbian Museum Publication 68\]. 1902. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov. 1902 (Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1903), \[i\], 441-546, map. *Copies*: MO, NY. – To be cited from Field Mus. Bot. 1(7): 439-546, map. 1902. – Mainly based on the collections made by Mrs. L. A. Ricksecker (1896-1897) and her son A. E. Ricksecker (1895-1896) on St. Croix.
##### n.6072. Plantae Yucatanae
**Title**
*Plantae Yucatanae*. (Regionis antillanae) plants of the insular, coastal and plain regions of the peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico... Chicago, U.S.A. \[Field Colombian Museum, Publication 69, 92\] 1903-1904. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Mary Agnes Chase (née Merrill) (1869-1963).
*Fasc. 1*: Feb 1903, map, p. \[i\], \[1\]-84, \[1-2, index\]. – Field Mus. Bot 3(1). To be cited from journal.
*Fasc. 2*: Apr 1904, p. \[i\], \[85\]-151, \[1-2, index\], *9 pl*. Field Mus. Bot. 3(2). Id.
*Copies*: MO, NY.
##### n.6072a. Prenunciae bahamienses
**Title**
*Prenunciae bahamienses* – I. \[II.\] Contributions to a flora of the Bahamian archipelago... Chicago, U.S.A. \[Field Colombian Museum. Publication 106, 136\] 1906-1909, 2 parts. Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: 17 Feb 1906 (stamp on some copies), Field Mus. Bot. 2(3): \[135\]-184.
*2*: 6 Aug 1909 (id.), Field Mus. Bot. 2(7): \[287\]-321, map.
*Copy*: MO.
##### n.6073. The living flora of West Virginia
**Title**
West Virginia Geological Survey. Part i. *The living flora of West Virginia* by C. F. Millspaugh. Part ii. *The fossil flora of West Virginia* by David White. I. C. White, State Geologist \[Morgantown, W. Virginia 1913\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Author part 2*: Charles David White (1862-1935).
*Publ*.: Oct 1913 (inscription author on US copy; p. vii: 1 Jun 1913), front., p. \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-491. *Copies*: NY, Stevenson, US, USDA. – Part 1: \[1\]-389, part 2: 390-453. – West Virginia Geological Survey, report 5A, 1913. – Replaces Millspaugh and Nuttall, *Fl. W. Virginia* (1896).
##### n.6074. Flora of Santa Catalina Island
**Title**
*Flora of Santa Catalina Island* (California)... Chicago, U.S.A. \[Field Museum of Natural History, Publication 212\]. 1923. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Santa Catalina*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Lawrence William Nuttall (1857-1933).
*Publ*.: Jan 1923 (t.p.), p. \[1\]-413, *pl. 1-14*, 1 map. Copies: Stevenson, US(2), USDA. – Field Mus. Bot. 5.
*Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 62: 86-89. 1924.