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### Author
Symons, Jelinger (1778-1851), British clergyman and botanist; M.A. Cantab. 1797; curate Whitbarn, Durham, and rector Radnage 1833-1851.
**Abbreviated name**: *Symons* \[standard form in IPNI: *Symons*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]] (in herb. Hooker). – *Letters* to J.E. Smith at [[Collection LINN|LINN]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 569; Barnhart 3: 353; BB p. 295; BM 5: 2067; Desmond p. 597 (d. 20 Mai 1851); Frank 3 (Anh.): 102; Henrey 2: 151, 632, 3: 1418; Hortus 3: 1205; IF p. 733; Jackson p. 233; PR 9088, ed. 1: 10032; Rehder 1: 396; SO add. 767a; Tucker 1: 677.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 2: 192-193. 1852 (obit.).
- Baker, J.G., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Northumberland 14(1): 79. 1903.
- Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 90. 1934 (letters).
- Dickinson, C.I., Phycol. Bull. 1: 14. 1952 (algae "coll. Durham, in herb. Hook.").
### Publications
##### n.13.608. Synopsis plantarum insulis britannicis
**Title**
*Synopsis plantarum insulis britannicis* indigenarum, complectens characteres genericos et specificos secundum systema sexuale distributos... Londini \[London\] (veneunt apud J. White) 1798. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Syn. pl. ins. brit.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1798 (Gent. Mag. Dec 1798), p. \[i\]-vii, 1-207, \[208, err.\]. *Copies*: HH, NY, USDA; IDC 5168.