> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 826](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190297) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12778-1) LSID 12778-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19324976) QID Q19324976 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rockley, Lady Alicia Margaret (formerly Cecil; née Amherst), (1865-1941), British (English) popular botanical author; collected in Mozambique (1899), Rhodesia (1900), Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, Canada (1927); married (1898) Sir Evelyn Cecil (later Baron Rockley). **Abbreviated name**: *Rockley* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rockley*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (collected as A.M. Cecil). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 167; Desmond p. 527 (lists books; d. 14 Sep 1941); IH 2: (in files). #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 79: 136. 1941 (d.); The Times 15 Sep 1941 (fide Desmond); Who was Who 4 (1941-1950): 992. - Decary, R., Moçambique Docum. trimestr. 21: 114-117. 1940 (Lady Rockley & Madagascar). - Exell, A.W. & G.A. Hayes, Kirkia 6(1): 100. 1967 (coll. Fl. zambes.). - Verdöorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 7: 354. 1943 (d.). ### Publications ##### n.9333. Wild flowers of the great dominions of the British Empire **Title** *Wild flowers of the great dominions of the British Empire*... London (Macmillan and Co.,...) 1935. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Wild fl. Brit. emp.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1935 (J. Bot. Sep 1935; Nat. Nov. Jul 1935), p. \[i\]-xii, 1-380. *Copies*: E, NSW. *Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 73: 268-269. Sep 1935 ("Lady Rockley follows the custom of some of the early Victorian botanists who "enriched" their text with quotations from the poets – good, bad, and indifferent).