> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 785](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333924) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9959-1) LSID 9959-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21609274) QID Q21609274 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Spence, Magnus (1853-1919), British schoolmaster and botanist at Orkney. **Abbreviated name**: *Spence* \[standard form in IPNI: *Spence*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection STS|STS]]; further material at [[Collection NMW|NMW]]. – See Druce (1927) and Kent and Allen (1984). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 308; BB p. 284; BL 2: 308, 719; BM 8: 1230; Desmond p. 576 (b. 1 Jan 1853, d. 20 Aug 1919); Tucker 2: xxxvi. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 57: 293. 1919, 65: 78-79. 1927 (herb.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 205.6. 1980. - Druce, G.C., Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 5(5): 626. 1920, 8(1): 206. 1927. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 79. 1957 (herb. STS). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 248. 1984. ### Publications ##### n.12.598. Flora orcadensis **Title** *Flora orcadensis* containing the flowering plants arranged according to the natural orders by Magnus Spence,... and the mosses by Lieut.-Colonel James Grant,... Kirkwall (D. Spence,...) 1914. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. orcad.* **Notes** *Co-author* (for mosses): James Grant (1847-1924), mosses on p. \[107\]-125 (the dates of birth and death of Grant were supplied by S.W. Greene). *Publ*.: 1914 (p. 109: 8 Sep 1913; Bot. Centralbl. 6 Oct 1914; J. Bot. Aug 1914), portr. Spence, p. \[i\]-xcv, \[1\]-148, 2 maps, portr. Grant. *Copy*: NY. – See BL 2: 308 for further botanical literature on Orkney. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 52: 220-222. Aug 1914 (rev.).