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### Author
Tyas, Robert (1811-1879), British clergyman and botanist; BA Cambr. 1848; vicar at East Tilbury 1812, author of several wild flower books and other popular books on natural history.
**Abbreviated name**: *Tyas* \[standard form in IPNI: *Tyas*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 411; BB p. 308; BM 5: 2157; Desmond p. 625 (b. 4 Nov 1911, d. 11 Apr 1879); GR p. 78; Jackson p. 216, 235, 236, 245, 394, 408; PR 9592; Rehder 5: 866.
#### Biofile
- Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. bot. 2: 1456. 1878, 3: 2489. 1880.
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 242: 873-874. 1964; Hedwigia 39: (41). 1900 (asst. bot. Univ. Arizona).
- Boase, F., Mod. Engl. biogr. 3: 1058-1059. 1965.
- Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 348. 1980.
- Redgrove, H.S., Gard. Chron. 1935(2): 178-179 (Language flowers).
### Publications
##### n.15.414. Flowers from the Holy land
**Title**
*Flowers from the Holy land*: being an account of the chief plants named in scripture; with historical, geographical, and poetical illustrations... London (Hoalston and Stoneman,...) Edinburgh (J. Menzies) 1851. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Holy Land*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1851, frontisp., p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-198, *11 pl*. (col. liths.). *Copy*: BR.
##### n.15.415. Flowers and heraldry
**Title**
*Flowers and heraldry*; or, floral emblems and heraldic figures, combined to express pure sentiments, kind feelings, and excellent principles, in a manner at once simple, elegant, and beautiful... London (Houlston & Stoneman...) Edinburgh (J. Menzies), Dublin (S.J. Machen) 1851. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. heraldry*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1851, p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[= *pl. 25*\], \[iii\]-xiv, \[xv\], \[1\]-238, *pl. 1-24* (col. liths.).
*Copy*: G.