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### Author
Reade, Oswald Alan (1848-1929), British botanist and pharmaceutical chemist; dispenser in the Royal Navy 1873-1908; stationed at Ascension, Bermuda, Plymouth, Malta and Haslar; collected extensively in Bermuda 1878-1886; in retirement at Lowestoft.
**Abbreviated name**: *Reade* \[standard form in IPNI: *Reade*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]] (Bermuda); plants from Malta and mss at [[Collection BM|BM]]; some Bermuda ferns at [[Collection NY|NY]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 134 (d. 14 Apr 1929); Desmond p. 514; Kew 4: 423; Rehder 1: 336, 3: 717; Tucker 1: 585.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Nature 123: 882. 1929 (d.); Pharm. J. Pharmacist 122: 393. 1929 (obit.); J. Bot. 68: 22. 1930 (obit.).
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.462. 1980.
- Britton, N.L., Fl. Bermuda 548. 1918.
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 134. 1898, 3: no. 1902.
### Publications
##### n.8716. Plants of the Bermudas
**Title**
*Plants of the Bermudas*, or, Somers' Islands... Bermuda (printed at the "Royal Gazette" Office, Hamilton) 1883.
**Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Bermudas*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1883 (t.p. but cover dated 1885), p. \[1\]-112, \[i\]-vii. *Copies*: HH, NY, PH, US, USDA.