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### Author
Townsend, Frederick (1822-1905), British landowner and county squire, M.A. Trinity Coll., Cambridge 1855; actively engaged in floristic botany associated with C.C. Babington and W.W. Newbould, resided in Wickham, Hampshire 1865-1874; from 1874 on the family residence, Honington Hall, Warwickshire.
**Abbreviated name**: *Townsend* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.Towns.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection SLBI|SLBI]] (5000); other material at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection WAR|WAR]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]-UB.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(1): 82; Backer p. 590; Barnhart 3: 395; BB p. 302; BL 2: 232, 242, 724; BM 5: 2129; Bossert p. 404; Clokie p. 255; CSP 6: 17, 8: 1105, 11: 630-631, 12: 739, 19: 180; Desmond p. 615 (b. 5 Dec 1822, d. 16 Dec 1905); Herder p. 315; Jackson p. 253; Rehder 1: 403-534; Tucker 1: 695.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 240: 632. 1964; J. Bot. 44: 79. 1906 (d.); Who's who London 1901-1905.
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 287.3. 1980.
- Britten, J., J. Bot. 44: 113-115. 1906 (obit., portr.).
- Burnat, E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 30: cxxxii. 1883 (plant collecting in S.E. France).
- Cavillier, F., Boissiera 5: 90. 1941.
- Davey, F.H., Fl. Cornwall lii. 1909.
- Druce, G.C., Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Is., Rep. 1905: 148-149 (obit.).
- Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 128: 43-49. 1906 (obit., list publ.).
- Kent, D.H., Brit. Herb. 82. 1957.
- Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 259. 1984.
- Lousley, J.E., Fl. Isles of Scilly 82. 1972.
- Praeger, F.L., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 7: cxlv. 1901.
- Riddelsdell, H.J., Fl. Gloucestershire cxxxii. 1948.
### Publications
##### n.14.798. On the Anthoxanthum Puelii
**Title**
*On the Anthoxanthum Puelii* Lec. et Lam.; with some remarks on other species of the genus... Extracted from the Journal of Botany... 1875. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1875, p. \[i\]-vi, *pl. 157. Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 4: 1-5, *pl. 157.* 1875.
##### n.14.799. On an Erythraea new to England
**Title**
*On an Erythraea new to England*, from the Isle of Wight and South Coast... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal – Botany... \[1881\].
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 29 Apr 1881 (read 2 Dec 1880), p. \[398\]-405, *pl. 15. Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Linn. Soc., London, Bot. 18: \[398\]-405, *pl*. 75. 1881.
##### n.14.800. Flora of Hampshire
**Title**
*Flora of Hampshire*, including the Isles of Wight; or, a list of the flowering plants and ferns found in the county of Southampton, with localities of the less common species ... London (L. Reeve & Co.,...) 1883. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Hampshire*.
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: Jan 1883 (p. iv: Oct 1882; J. Bot. Mar 1883; Bot. Centralbl. 5-9 Mar 1883; Bot. Zeit. 30 Mar 1883; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1883), p. \[i\]-xxiv, \[1\]-524, *pl. 1-2*, map, err. slip.
*Copies*: B-S, BR, G, HH.
*Preliminary publ*.: 1879, *Notes on the flora of Hampshire*, 15 p.
*Ed. 2*: Oct 1904 (p. vi: Jul 1904; BM rd Nov 1904; Bot. Centralbl. 28 Dec 1904; Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1904), p. \[i\]-xxxviii, \[xxxix-xl\], \[1\]-657, \[658, err.\], \[659, colo.\], *pl. 1-2*, map. *Copies*: B-S, G, HH, MO, USDA. – "New edition, with numerous additions..." London (Lovell Reeve and Co....) 1904. Oct. – Bot. Centralbl. 127: 62. 1914 and Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1914 announce a further "new edition", "London 1913", not seen by us.
*Supplement*: 1929, see J.F. Rayner, Suppl. Fl. Hampshire, TL-2/8708. For further additions see BL 2: 242.
*Ref*.: T.R.A.B., J. Bot. 21: 120-125. Apr 1883 (rev.).
- Britten, J., J. Bot. 43: 33-36. Jan 1905 (rev.).
##### n.14.801. On Euphrasia officinalis
**Title**
*On Euphrasia officinalis* L. \[Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany" for June, 1884\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1884, p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 22: 161-168. 1884.
##### n.14.802. Notes on a new subspecies of Euphrasia officinalis
**Title**
*Notes on a new subspecies of Euphrasia officinalis* L.... Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany" for June 1890. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1890, p. \[1\]-4. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 218: 162-165. 1890.
##### n.14.803. Monograph of the British species of Euphrasia
**Title**
*Monograph of the British species of Euphrasia* Prefaced by an epitome on Prof. Wettstein's views on the development and distribution of the European species... Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany" September-December, 1897. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep-Dec 1897 (in journal), p. \[i\], \[1\]-48. *pl. 374-380* (uncol.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 35: 321-336. Sep, 395-406. Oct, 417-426, *pl. 374-380.* Nov, 465-477. Dec 1897.