> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 68](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333207) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8957-1) LSID 8957-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1223057) QID Q1223057 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Saunders, William Wilson (1809-1879), English botanist, horticulturist and entomologist; with the East India Company 1830-1832; underwriter at Lloyds, London 1832-1873; treasurer Linnean Society, London 1861-1873; had large living collections of plants at East Hill, Wandsworth, from 1857 at Hallfield, Reigate; from 1874 in retirement at Raystead, Worthing. **Abbreviated name**: *W.W. Saunders* \[standard form in IPNI: *Saunders*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – Further material in [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]] (ex herb.), [[Collection K|K]] (ex herb.), [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection RTE|RTE]]. – Letters at Kew; drawings of fungi at [[Collection BM|BM]]; library sold by auction (1873); Smithsonian Archives SIA 7112. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 567; Barnhart 3: 215; BB p. 269; BM 4: 1811; Clokie p. 238; CSP 5: 412, 6: 753, 8: 837, 11: 289; Dawson p. 544 (b. 4 Jun 1809, d. 13 Sep 1879); DNB 51: 311-312 (17: 820-821); GF 75, 85; Herder p. 475; Jackson p. 118, 244; Kelly p. 206; Kew 4: 603; Langman p. 675; LS 23720; NI 1690, 1731, 2378, see also 1: 128, 132-134; PR 8047; Rehder 5: 760; Stevenson p. 1257; TL-2/see J.G. Baker, W.H. Fitch; Tucker, 1: 625; Urban-Berl. p. 391; Zander ed. 11, p. 766. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. Natural. 13: 748. 1879 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 37: 744. 1879 (d.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 213: 586-587. 1955; Bull. Soc. bot. France 26 (bibl.): 190. 1879 (obit.); Deut. entom. Z. 23: 8. 1879 (d.); Entom. mon. Mag. 16: 119-120. 1879 (obit.); Flora 46: 208. 1863 (succeeds J. Lindley as secr. Hort. Soc. Lond.); Gard. Chron. 1871: 136-137 (portr., obit.); J. Bot. 9: 191. 1871, 17: 320. 1879 (obit.); Le Naturaliste 1: 111. 1879 (d.); Nature 20: 836-837. 1879 (obit.); Nat. Nov. 1: 190. 1879; Rev. hort. Belge étrang. 6: 127. 1880; Trans. Entom. Soc. London 1879: lxvi-lxvii (obit.); Zool. Anzeiger 2: 576. 1879 (d.). - Boulger, G.S., *in* C.E. Salmon, Fl. Surrey 52. 1931. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 434 \[index\]. 1980. - Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 79, 101, 179, 214. 1974. - Druce, G.C., Fl. Oxfordshire 395. 1886; Fl. Buckinghamshire xcviii. 1926 (herb. at OXF). - Fletcher, H.R., Story R. Hort. Soc. 556 \[index\]. 1969. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 58 (herb. 1843-1882, sic, at K). - J.T.C., Entomologist 12: 278-280. 1879 (obit.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 77. 1957 (herb. at OXF; also in RTE). - McKelvey, S.D., Bot. expl. Trans-Miss. West 1137. 1955 (herb.). - Musgrave, A., Bibl. Austral. Ent. 275-277. 1932. - N.C., Gard. Chron. 1879(2): 368 (obit.). - Nelmes & Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. mag. dedic. 154-156. 1932 (portr.). - Pearsall, W.W., Fl. Surrey 52. 1931. - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 86. 1981 (arch. mat. HU). - White, A. & B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae ed. 2. 103, 116. 1937. - Wolley-Dod, A.H., Fl. Sussex xli. 1970. #### Eponymy *Saundersia* H.G. Reichenbach (1866). ### Publications ##### n.10.349. Refugium botanicum **Title** *Refugium botanicum*; or, figures and descriptions from living specimens, of little known or new plants of botanical interest. Edited by W. Wilson Saunders,... the descriptions by H.G. Reichenbach,... J.G. Baker,... and other botanists. The plates by W.H. Fitch... London (John van Voorst,...) \[1868-\] 1869-1873. 5 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Refug. bot.* **Notes** *Authorship*: John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920), descriptions of living plants except Orchids; Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824-1889) descriptions of Orchids; Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) figures and dissections. "And other botanists" appears only on the t.p. of vol. 1. *Publ*.: 5 vols. of 3 parts each; *24 plates* per part; text of plates dated; accompanied by text. *Copies*: BR, E, FI, G, M, MICH, MO, NY, US. *1*: 1869 (t.p.; for details see table below), p. \[i-xii\], *pl. 1-72* with text, \[i-iii\]. Plates partly col. liths. by W.H. Fitch. *2*: 1872 (t.p.), p. \[i, iii\], *pl. 73-144*, id. *3*: 1870 (t.p.), p. \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-ii, *pl. 145-216*, id. \[1\]-18. *4*: 1871 (t.p.), p. \[i-v\], *pl. 217-288*, id. *5*: 1873 (t.p.), p. \[i\], *pl. 289-360*, id., \[i\] |vol. |part |*plates* and text |dates on *pl*. and covers| |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |1-24 |Apr 1868| | |2 |25-48 |Aug 1868| | |3 |49-72 |Feb 1869| |2 |1 |73-96 |Jun 1869 (publ. Dec 1869?)| | |2 |97-120 |Oct 1872| | |3 |121-144 |Nov 1872| |3 |1 |145-168 |Sep 1869| | |2 |169-192 |Jan 1870| | |3 |193-216 |Apr 1870| |4 |1 |217-240 |Sep 1870| | |2 |241-264 |Apr 1871| | |3 |265-288 |Jun 1871| |5 |1 |289-312 |Nov 1871| | |2 |313-336 |Jul 1872| | |3 |337-360 |Dec 1879| Vol. 2(3): Bot. Centralbl. 16-20 Oct 1882; Bot. Zeit. 27 Oct 1882. *Ref*.: Bary, A. de, Bot. Zeit. 28(1): 12-13. 7 Jan 1870 (rev. vol. 1). ##### n.10.350. Mycological illustrations **Title** *Mycological illustrations* being figures and descriptions of new and rare hymenomycetous fungi. Edited by W. Wilson Saunders,... and Worthington G. Smith,... assisted by A.W. Bennett. London (John van Voorst,...) 1871-1872, 2 parts. Oct. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Mycol. ill.* **Notes** *Co-editor*: Worthington George Smith (1835-1917); assisted by Alfred William Bennett (1833-1902). *1*: Mai 1871, cover, *pl.1-24*, with text (col. liths. by Saunders and Smith). *2*: Jul 1872, cover, *pl. 25-48*, with text (id.). *Copies*: G, MICH, MO, NY, PH, Stevenson, USDA. *Ref*.: F.C., J. Bot. 9: 222. 1871 (rev.).