> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 136](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266443) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1191-1) LSID 1191-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721850) QID Q721850 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Brown, Nicholas Edward|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Brown, Nicholas Edward (1849-1934), British botanist, born at Redhill, Surrey, educated at the Grammar School of Reigate, curator of the private museum of William Wilson Saunders (1809-1879), assistant in the Herbarium at Kew 1873, in 1874 in addition commencing lecturing on geographical botany, participated in the compiling of various Kew Series, e.g. Flora capensis, assistant keeper of the Herbarium 1909-1914, Dr. Sci. hon. Witwatersrand 1932. **Abbreviated name**: *N.E. Br.* \[standard form in IPNI: *N.E.Br.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (herb. and mss.). #### Bibliography and biography AG 5(1): 414; Barnhart 1: 263 (b. 11 Jul 1849, d. 25 Nov 1934); BJI 1: 7, 2: 21; BL 1: 244, 288, 2: 224, 295; BM 1: 260, 2: 686; Bossert p. 55; Desmond p. 95; Hortus 3: 1189; Kew 1: 393-394; LS 3918; Morren ed. 2, p. 23, ed. 10, p. 70; NI p. 25; Plesch p. 159; Rehder 5(index): 126-127; TL-2/1: 363-364 and see indexes; Zander ed. 10, p. 639, ed. 11, p. 726. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Kew Guild 2: 167. 1904 (portr.), 5: 460-461. 1935 (obit. note and frontisp. portr.; see also J. Bot. 43: 40. 1905); J. Bot. 52: 280. 1914 (retirement from Kew); Kew Bull. 1932(3): 155 (Dr. Sci. h.c. Witwatersrand); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 91: 268. 1932 (portr., note on Dr. Sci. Witwatersrand), 96: 417. 1934. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.80. 1980 (mss.). - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 16-18. 1978. - Cotton, A.D., J. Bot. 73: 19-20. 1935 (obit.). - Gunn, M. and L.E. Codd, Bot. Expl. S. Afr. 105. 1981. - Herre, H., Genera Mesembryanthemaceae 46. 1971 (portr.). - Hutchinson, J., Kew Bull. 1935(1): 58-61 (obit., b. 11 Jul 1849 Redhill, Surrey, d. 25 Nov 1934, Kew Gardens; evaluation of his published work); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 147: 165-167. 1935 (id.). - Phillips, E.P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 43-44, 45, 55. 1930. - Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 1: 168. 1935 (portr., caption, note on death). - Rappa, F., Lav. Ist. bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 14: 3-18. 1954. - Squire, A.W.L., Cactus. Bruxelles 4(6): 119-121. 1972. - White, A. and B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae ed. 1. 1: 203. 1933, ed. 2. 1: 115-117. 1937 (obit., portr.), index 16 (numerous entries). #### Composite works - (1) N.E. Brown compiler of *Supplement of the third edition*, vols. i-iv of J.E. Smith, *English botany*, 1892, see TL-2/12.221. - (2) N.E. Brown contributed to H. Schinz ed., *Beitr. Kenntn. Afr. Flora* (neue Folge) XIII, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 1(8): 777-778. 1901. - (3) For contributions to Flora Capensis see W.H. Harvey, *Flora Capensis* 1860-1933 (TL-2/2448): *Valerianaceae*, *Ericaceae*, *Asclepiadaceae*, *Labiatae*, *Euphorbiaceae*, *Ulmaceae*, *Moraceae*, *Pontederiaceae*, *Flagellariaceae*, *Typhaceae*, *Eriocaulaceae*. - (4) Id. D. Oliver, *Flora of tropical Africa* 1868-1937 (TL-2/7055): *Asclepiadaceae*, *Gentianaceae*, *Hydrophyllaceae Euphorbiaceae*, *Pontederiaceae*, *Rapateaceae*, *Typhaceae*, *Eriocaulaceae*, *Mayaceae* (in addenda). #### Eponymy *Nebrownia* Kuntze, see ING 2: 1151. 1979. ### Publications ##### n.23.225. Report on two botanical collections made **Title** I. *Report on two botanical collections made* by F.V. McConnell and J.J. Quelch *at Mount Roraima* in British Guiana... London (Transactions of the Linnean Society)... 1901. Qu. **Notes** *Collectors*: Frederick Victor McConnell (IH 2: 479), John Joseph Quelch (b. 1854). *Publ*.: Jan 1901 (date on cover), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-107, *pl. 1-14* (uncol. liths. J.N. Fitch), N.E. Brown, Spermatophyta p. 18-76 (excl. Orchid.). *Copies*: MO, U. – Issued as Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. 6(1): 1-107, *pl. 1-14.* 1901. *Authorship*: *Introduction* by I.H. Burkill, p. 1-7, *Spermatophyta* by N.E. Brown (*Orchidaceae *by R.A. Rolfe), p. 18-76, *Pteridophyta* by C.H. Wright, p. 77-78, *Bryophyta* by F. Stephani, p. 88-100, *Thallophyta* by G. Massee p. 101-107. *Ref*.: Solms-Laubach, H., Bot. Zeit. ser. 2. 59: 268. 1 Sep 1901 (rev.). ##### n.23.226. Sansevieria **Title** *Sansevieria*. A monograph of all the known species... Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information... 1915. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Jul 1915 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[185\]-261, *2 pl*. (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Kew Bull. 1915(5): 185-261, *2 pl*. 1915. ##### n.23.227. Contributions **Title** *Contributions* to a *knowledge* of the *Transvaal Iridaceae*... Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa... 1929 \[-1932\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.:\[*1*\] 1929 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[341\]-352. *Copies*: L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 17(4): 341-352. 1929. *2*: 1932 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[261\]-280. *Copies*: L, U. – Id. 20(3): 261-280. 1932. ##### n.23.228. Mesembryanthema **Title** *Mesembryanthema* descriptions, with chapters on cultivation and general ecology\[.\] Beschreibungen, nebst Abhandlungen über Kultur und allgemeine Ökologie\[.\] Beschrijvingen, met hoofdstukken over de cultuur en algemeene oekologie... Ashford, Kent, England (L. Reeve and Co., Ltd.) 1931. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mesembryanthema*. **Notes** *Editor*: E.J. Labarre. *Co-authors*: A. Tischer and Mia C. Karsten. *Note*: Descriptions on p. 101-300 by N.E. Brown. *Publ*.: 1931 (p. xvi: Jul 1930), p. \[i\]-xxvi, *pl. 1* (col. draw.), \[1\]-323, *pl. 2.* *Copies*: B, L. *Ref*.: J.H., Kew Bull. 1932(2): 109-110. 9 Apr 1932 (rev.). - Anon., J. Bot. 70: 262-263. 1932 (rev.). - Cammerloher, H., ÖBZ 81(3): 229-230. 1934. ##### n.23.229. Nivenia **Title** *Nivenia* Vent. and Nivenia R.Br.... Cape Town (Published by the \[Royal\] Society \[of South Africa\]). 1933. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1933 (copy at U rd. 15 Jan 1934), p. \[i\], \[259\]-270. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 21(3): 259-270. 1933.