Dalhousie, Christina Countess of (born Brown) |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1786, Coalstoun, Scotland. Died: 1839, Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Wife of G. Ramsay, the 9th Earl of Dalhousie and Commander in Chief in India, 1829-32. She collected in Penang for Sir W. Hooker (cf. Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5). Some plants were named after her. |
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Herb. Kew [K]: from Madeira, Rio, Cape, Morocco, Penang, India, 600 and 400 dupl.; many ferns. Her private herbarium consisting of 1200 specim. was presented to the Bot. Soc. Edinburgh [E], after return in Europe. Plants collected by her in Penang were sold with the Herbarium of Robert Graham in 1846, and were acquired by Rich. |
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Biogr. Index Britten & Boulger in Journ. Bot. 36, 1898, p. 446; Curtis’ Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1927, p. 27-28 portr.; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |