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### Author
Stirton, James (1833-1917), Scottish physician and cryptogamist; MD Edinburgh 1858; lecturer on gynecology Royal Infirmary; Glasgow 1879-1889; professor of gynecology Glasgow 1889-ca. 1904.
**Abbreviated name**: *Stirt.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Stirt.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection GLAM|GLAM]] (2000 lich., 7000 mosses); further material at [[Collection BM|BM]] (smaller part of orig. lichen herb.; dupl. mosses, lich.), [[Collection BRI|BRI]], [[Collection CHR|CHR]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection WELT|WELT]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 331 (d. 14 Jan 1917); BB p. 289; BM 5: 2022; Clokie p. 249; CSP 8: 1020, 11: 502, 12: 705, 18: 967; Desmond 586; GR 381; Hawksworth p. 186; IDC 340, 517; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 99, 343; Kelly p. 219; Lenley p. 388; LS 25895-25934 (lich.); Morren ed. 10, p. 78; SBC p. 133.
#### Biofile
- Boyd, D.A., Glasgow Natural. 8(4): 142-144. 1920 (obit.).
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 84.21, 157.6. 1980.
- Dixon, H.N., J. Bot. 61: 10-17. Jan, 46-52. Feb, 69-75. Mar 1923 ("Dr. Stirton's new British mosses revised").
- Doidge, E., Bothalia 5: 1020. 1950 (bibl. S. Afr. lich.).
- Gyelnik, V.K., Ann. hist.-nat. Mus. natl. Hung., Bot. 31: 57. 1938.
- Hawksworth, D.L. & M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 23, 155, 199. 1977 (bibl.).
- Jones, G., Glasgow Natural. 20: 54, 57. 1980 (lichen herbarium divided over GLAM and BM).
- Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11: 17. 1979 (coll.).
- Rogers, R.W., Austrobaileya 1(5): 502-510. 1982 (typification Australian lichens).
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 518. 1977 (coll. mosses).
- Trail, J.W.H., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 129: 71-75. 1917 (obit., bibl.).
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 160. 1898 (Challenger exp. lichens see J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 14: 369-372. 1875).
#### Composite works
- (1) *Cryptogamic flora, in* Edward Richard Alston, *Notes on the fauna and flora of the West of Scotland*, Glasgow 1876.
- (2) *Musci, Hepaticae* (with R.H. Paterson), *Lichenes, in* Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists, *A contribution towards a complete list of the fauna and flora of Clydesdale*... Glasgow 1876.
#### Eponymy
*Stirtonia* A.L. Smith (1926); *Stirtonia* R. Brown (1900).
### Publications
##### n.13.115. Additions to the lichen flora of New Zealand
**Title**
*Additions to the lichen flora of New Zealand*... \[Annual Report and Transactions of the Glasgow Soc. of Field Naturalists 1873\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Feb 1873 (read Mar 1872), p. 15-23. *Copies*: Almborn, BM. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Rep. Trans. Glasgow Soc. Field Natural. 1872-1873: 15-23. 1873.
##### n.13.115a. Lichens British and foreign
**Title**
*Lichens British and foreign*. \[Transact. Glasgow Soc. Field Naturalists 1876\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Apr-Jun 1876 (read 28 Sep 1875), p. 85-96. *Copies*: Almborn, BM. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Glasgow Soc. Field Natural. 4: 85-95. 1876.
##### n.13.116. Description of recently discovered foreign lichens
**Title**
*Description of recently discovered foreign lichens* \[Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 1877\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun-Aug 1877 (read 26 Apr 1876; Proc. 10(2) rd. Jul-Sep 1877 Geol. Soc. London), p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 10: 156-164. 1877.
##### n.13.117. Additions to the lichen flora of South Africa
**Title**
*Additions to the lichen flora of South Africa*. \[Transact. Glasgow Soc. Field Naturalists 1877\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1877 (read 30 Mar 1877), p. 211-220. *Copies*: Almborn, BM. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Glasgow Soc. Field Natural. 5: 211-220. 1877. – A fundamental paper for the lichenology of S. Africa.
##### n.13.118. On new genera and species of lichens from New Zealand
**Title**
*On new genera and species of lichens from New Zealand*... \[Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 1877\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1877 (read 26 Jan 1877; Proc. 10(2) rd. Jul-Sep 1877 Geol. Soc. London), p. \[1\]-22. *Copies*: FH, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 10: 285-306. 1877.
##### n.13.119. On certain lichens belonging to the genus Parmelia
**Title**
*On certain lichens belonging to the genus Parmelia*... \[from "The Scottish Naturalist" for January \[April, July\] 1878\]. Oct.
**Notes**
\[*1*\]: Jan 1878, p. \[1\]-4. – Reprinted and to be cited from Scott. Natural. 4: 200-203. Jan 1878.
\[*2*\]: Apr 1878, p. \[1\]-3. – Id. 4: 252-254. Apr 1878.
\[*3*\]: Jul 1878, p. \[1\]-3. – Id. 4: 298-299. Jul 1878.
*Copy*: G.
##### n.13.120. Lichens growing on living leaves from the Amazons
**Title**
*Lichens growing on living leaves from the Amazons*... \[Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 1878\].
**Notes**
*Collector*: James William Helenus Trail \[olim: Traill\] (1851-1919).
*Publ*.: 1878 (read 20 Feb 1878; Proc. 11(1) rd. by KNAW Oct 1878, p. 94-111 in this part?, part 11(2) rd. Dec 1879), p. \[1\]-13. *Copies*: Almborn, FH, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 11: 99-111. 1878 (1879?).
##### n.13.121. New and rare lichens from India and the Himalayas
**Title**
*New and rare lichens from India and the Himalayas*... \[Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 1879\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Collector*: George Watt (1851-1930).
*Publ*.: 1879 (read 5 Feb 1879; Proc. 11(2) rd. KNAW Dec 1879), p. \[1\]-17. *Copies*: Almborn, FH, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 11: 306-322. 1879.
##### n.13.122. Additions to the lichen flora of Queensland
**Title**
*Additions to the lichen flora of Queensland*... \[Trans. R. Soc. Victoria 1881\].
**Notes**
*Collectors*: Frederick Manson Bailey (1827-1915); Hugh Paton (of Glasgow).
*Publ*.: 1881 (read 9 Sep 1880; Bot. Zeit. 30 Jun 1882), p. \[1\]-13. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. R. Soc. Victoria 17: 66-78. 1881.
##### n.13.123. On the genus Usnea
**Title**
*On the genus Usnea*, and another (Eumitria) allied to it... Reprinted from the "Scottish Naturalist" for July 1881. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1881, p. \[1\]-11. *Copies*: Almborn, FH, G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Scott. Natural. 6: 99-109. Jul 1881.
*Continuation*: Scott. Natural. 6: 292-297. Jul 1882, ser. 2. 1: 72-99. Oct 1883.
##### n.13.124. On vegetable parasites on the tea plant
**Title**
*On vegetable parasites on the tea plant*, more especially that of Assam... \[Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 1882\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Mai 1882 (read 27 Apr 1881; Proc. 13(1) rd. Jun 1882 by KNAW, 13(2) rd. Dec 1883; publication possibly in 13(1)?), p. \[1\]-13. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 13: 181-193. 1882.
##### n.13.125. A curious lichen from Ben Lamers
**Title**
*A curious lichen from Ben Lamers*... Perth (S. Cowan & Co.,...) \[1887\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1887 (p. 3: Oct 1886), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-3. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Scott. Natural. 9: 37-39. 1887.
##### n.13.126. Scottish mosses
**Title**
*Scottish mosses*... Glasgow (printed for the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow by Carter & Pratt,...) 1907. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1907, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-11. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. R. Philos. Soc. Glasgow 38: 150-158. 1907.