> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 961](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190432) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8688-1) LSID 8688-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713874) QID Q713874 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Royle, John Forbes (1800-1858), British botanist and physician, educated at Edinburgh; MD München 1833; surgeon East India Company, Bengal 1819; curator of the Saharunpur garden 1833; to England 1831; professor of materia medica King's College, London 1837-1856; secretary Horticultural Society London 1851-1858. **Abbreviated name**: *Royle* \[standard form in IPNI: *Royle*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LIV|LIV]] (12.000 Indian pl.), [[Collection BM|BM]] (orig. bryoph.), other material at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection BSD|BSD]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DD|DD]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection PH|PH]] (major coll.), [[Collection TCD|TCD]]. – Letters at Kew and the Royal Society of Arts (London). – According to Hitchcock (2: 22) Royle's types are at [[Collection K|K]]; this is based on Alph. de Candolle's erroneous statement (Phytographie 445. 1880) that the original Royle herbarium is at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(2): 10; Backer p. 501 (epon.); Barnhart 3: 187 (d. 2 Jan 1858); BB p. 263-264; Blunt p. 166; BM 4: 1758, 8: 1107; CSP 5: 316, 12: 637; Desmond p. 533; DNB 49: 375-376; Frank 3 (Anh.): 86; GF p. 74; GR p. 413; Hortus 3: 1203; IH 1 (ed. 2): 74, (ed. 3): 92, (ed. 7): 341, 2: (files); Jackson p. 20, 385, 388; Kew 4: 450-451; Langman p. 654; Lasègue p. 128, 149, 154, 346, 432, 503, 527; LS 23132; MW p. 419; NI 1690; see also 1: 129, 130, 240, 3: 58; Plesch p. 390; PR 617, 7849-7854, ed. 1: 717, 8802-8809; Rehder 5: 743; SK 5: ccx-ccxi; Sotheby 666; TL-1/1119; TL-2/422; Tucker 1: 612; Urban-Berl. p. 389; Zander ed. 10, p. 709, ed. 11, p. 809. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 205. 1967. - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1886. 1878. - Anon., Bonplandia 3: 33. 1855 (member Leopoldina, cogn. Heyne), 6: 34 (d.), 338. 1858 (Leopoldina cogn. Heyne); Bot. Zeit. 7: 206-207. 1849 (distr. duplicates), 16: 68, 127-128. 1858 (d.), 18: 311. 1860; Bull. Soc. bot. France 4: 1070. 1858; Cottage Gardener 19: 225, 249-250. 1857 (obit.); Flora 41: 47-48. 1858 (obit.); Gard. Chron. 1858: 20-21 (obit.); Österr. bot. Z. 8: 75, 139. 1858 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1858: xxxi-xxxvii (obit.); Proc. R. soc. London 9: 547-548. 1859 (obit.); Taxon 2: 183. 1953 (rediscovery Royle herb. in LIVU). - Bor, N.L., Kew Bull. 1954(3): 453-460. (Indian species of *Agrostis* collected by R.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 433 \[index\]. 1980. - Burkill, I.H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 243 \[index, 24 entries\]. 1965. - Candolle, A. de, Phytographie 445. 1880 (the Kew set mentioned by A.D.C, was not the orig. herb.). - Coats, A.M., The plant hunters 150, 156. 1969; The quest for plants 150-151. 1969. - Crawford, D.G., A history of the Indian medical service 1600-1913, 2: 149-151, 171. 1914. - E.O., Gartenflora 7: 198. 1858 (d.). - Fletcher, H.R., Story R. Hort. Soc. 157, 162, 170, 275. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27: 264. 1938 (dir. Saharunpur bot. Gard. 1823-1831). - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 112, 151. 1893. - Greenwood, E.F., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 9(4): 379. 1980. - Harrison, S., Taxon 27: 21-33. 1978 (recent work on R.'s herb.; revised list of type specimens in herb. at LIV). - Heywood, V.H., Taxon 5: 11. 1956 (herb. presented to Liverpool Royal Institution 1859; to Univ. Liverpool 1948, later to City Museum (LIV)). - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 1: 44, 468, 473, 2: 286. 1918. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 2, 469. 1884. - King, G., J. Bot. 37: 462. 1899. - Kuntze, O., Rev. gen. pl. 1: cxli. 1891. - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 350. 1969. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 708. 1863. - Rix, M., The art of the botanist 183, 184, 186. 1981. - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 516. 1977 (bryo. at BM, CGE, NY-Mitten). - Sch., Bonplandia 6: 221-222. 1858 (obit.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 16: 127-128. 1858. - Soejarto, D.D. et al., Taxon 30: 652-656. 1981 (on Podophyllum and the Royle herb.). - Stansfield, H., North West Naturalist 24: 250-265. 1953 (rediscovery of Royle's herbarium; now at LIV), Museums J. 52(12): 292-295, *pl. 43-44.* 1953 (id.), Pharmac. J. 170: 74-75, 78-79. 1953 (id.); Liverpool Libr. Mus. Arts Comm. Bull. 3(3): 5-38. 1954 (description Royle herb.); Hist. Congr. int. Bot., Rapp. Comm. avant le Congrès, sect. 21-27, p. 173-175. 1954 (on type herb., *Ill. bot. Himal. Mts.* at LIV). - Stearn, W.T., J. Arnold Arb. 24: 484-487. 1943 (on 111. bot. Himal. Mts.); Roy. Hort. Soc. Exhib. manuscr. books 1954, no. 103. - Stewart, R.R., Pakistan J. Forestry 17: 355. 1967 (Royle had native collector in Kashmir who travelled with shawl merchants); Taxon 28: 8. 1979 (R's work in Kashmir pl.). - Subba Reddy, D.V., Bull. Inst. Hist. Med. Hyderabad 3(2): 79-87. 1973 (J.F.R., "botanist-medical historian-teacher and benefactor of British Empire). #### Eponymy *Roylea* Wallich ex Bentham (1829). ### Publications ##### n.9734. Illustrations of the botany **Title** *Illustrations of the botany* and other branches of the natural history *of the Himalayan Mountains* and of the flora of Cashmere... London (Wm. H. Alland and Co.,...) \[1833\] 1839\[-1840\]. 2 vols., Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Ill. bot. Himal. Mts.* **Notes** *1* (text): 1833-1840, frontisp., p. \[\[i\*\]-viii\*, \[sign. b, table: ix\*-xiv\*\], sign, b, introd. \[sic\]: \[v\]-xxxvi, \[text runs on:\] xxix\*-xxxvi\*, \[xxxvii\]-lxxviii, \[lxxix-lxxx, \[1\]-472. (analysis copy: G). *2* (plates): 1833-1840, frontisp., p. \[i\]-iv, *pl. 1-63*, "*63a or 79*", "*75*" \[= *76*\], *75a, 77, 78*, "*99 or 78a*", *80-82*, "*83 or 100*", *83*\[*bis*\], "*84a or 99*", *84-97* (analysis copy: G). *Copies*: BR, G, M, MICH, MO, Teyler, U, USDA, IDC 695. – Plates (col. or uncol. liths.) by Vishnupersaud, with some by Capt. Cantley, C.M. Curtis, Miss Drake, J.T. Hart, W. Saunders, Luchmun Sing, J.D.C. Sowerby, J.O. Westwood. See also NI 1690; NI mentions *pl*. 9*2* in 3 states. The col. frontisp. of vol. 1 is by R.Smith (*pl. 66*). The plate "84a or 99" seems to occur also as "84a or 98". – For the dates see TL-1, Sprague (1933), Stearn (1943) and below. Part 11 was donated to the Geological Society of London on 20 Apr 1840 (see Trans. Geol. Soc. London ser. 2. 6, suppl.: 12. 1842). |part |pages |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1-40 |4, 11-18, 22 |Sep 1833| |2 |v-xii, 41-72 |1, 19-21, 23-28 |Mar 1834| |3 |xiii-xx, 73-104 |2, 5, 29, 31-35, 37, 38 |Jun 1834| |4 |105-136 |30, 39, 40, 42, 44-46, 64 (Rhododendron) 76 as 75 (Primula), 78 |Sep 1834| |5 |137-176 |3, 41, 48-51, 57, 62, 63, 64 |Jan 1835| |6 |177-216 |7, 36, 43, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 75 as 75a (Phlomis, Salvia) & frontispiece to vol. 1 |Apr 1835| |7 |217-248 |8, 9, 47, 52, 59, 64 (Olea), 67-69, 71, 77 |24 Aug 1835| |8 |249-288 |53, 54, "63a or 79", 66, 70, 72, 73, 80, 87, 88| |9 |289-336 |10, 81, 82, 83 (Procris), 84-86, 90, 100, ("83 or 100 Putranjiva") |Mai 1836 (cover: "Apr 1835")| |10 |337-384 |"78a or 99", "84a or 99", 89, 91-96, & frontispiece to vol. 2 |Feb 1839| |11 |xxi-lxxx, 385-472 |t.p.'s, dedic., preface, lists etc. 6, 97 |Mar-Apr 1840| The new species fall into two categories (Sprague 1933): a) those with figures accompanied by analyses which date from the publication of the plate where this is earlier than the corresponding text. b) those without analyses, which date from the publication of the description (if any) in the text. Sprague and Stearn (1943) give lists of the new species with their precise dates. – The contents of the parts were given on the last page of the original covers (copy at U). *Ref*.: Sprague, T.A., Bull. misc. Publ. Kew 1933: 378-390. 1933 (dates). - Stearn, W.T., J. Arnold Arb. 24: 484-487. 1943 (dates). ##### n.9735. Essay on the productive resources of India **Title** *Essay on the productive resources of India*... London (Wm. H. Allen and Co.) 1840. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Essay prod. resourc. India*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1840, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-451. *Copy*: G. ##### n.9736. On the culture and commerce of cotton in India **Title** *On the culture and commerce of cotton in India*, and elsewhere; with an account of the experiments made by the hon. East India Company up to the present time. Appendix: papers relating to the great industrial exhibition... London (Smith, Elder & Co.,...) 1851. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cult. comm. cotton India*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1851, p. \[i\]-xvi, 1-607. *Copy*: E (Univ. Libr.). ##### n.9737. Fibrous plants of India **Title** *Fibrous plants of India* fitted for cordage, clothing, and paper. With an account of the cultivation and preparation of flax, hemp, and their substitutes... London (Smith, Elder, and Co.,...) 1855. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fibr. pl. India*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1855 (p. x: 24 Feb 1855; ÖbZ 17 Mai 1855; Bonplandia 15 Apr 1855), p. \[i\]-xiv, 1-403, \[404, err.\]. *Copies*: BR, E, L, E(Univ. Libr.), FI, NY, USDA; IDC 5156.