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### Author
Howe, W. E. (x-1891), British geologist and pteridologist at Matlock-Bath.
**Abbreviated name**: *W. Howe* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Howe*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 211; BB p. 157; BM 2: 882; Desmond p. 325; Kew 3: 48; NI 945.
### Publications
##### n.3092. The ferns of Derbyshire
**Title**
*The ferns of Derbyshire*, illustrated from nature. Edited by W. E. Howe with a preface by the Rev. Gerard Smith, B. A.... London (Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt. Bemrose and Sons, Derby and Matlock-Bath) 1861.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ferns Derbyshire*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1861 (p. x: 11 Jun 1861), engr. t.p., p. \[i\]-x, \[1\], *pl. 1, 1a, 2-22*, with text. *Copy*: NY. – Several further editions were published, ed. 3. 1863; ed. 5. 1865, ed. 6. 1867; "new edition with additions" London (Bemrose and Sons...) s.d. \[1877\], engr. t.p., \[i\]-xxii, \[1\], \[1-2\], *pl*. \[*0*\], *1-24*, with text, \[1, note\]. *Copy*: NY.
*Ref*.: Schlechtendal, Bot. Zeit. 19: 390-391. 27 Dec 1861.