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TOWNSHEND— THOMAS, TOWNSEND, OR WHAT WAS NAME? BRANDEGEE'S TS. PAULA.FRYXELL Department Botany of University Texas at Austin of TX 787 Austin, 13-7640, U.S.A. HORACE R.BURKE Department Entomology of A&M Texas University TX 77845-247 College Station, U.S.A. 5, JOHN REED E Director Library ofthe New York Botanical Garden NY 10438-3126, Bronx, U.S.A. T.S. Brandegee and his wife Katharine Brandegee were important California who knowledge botanists (Setchell 926) contributed greatly to our of the flora 1 of that floristically rich region during the early decades of the 20th century. The and amply nature extent of their contributions are dealt with elsewhere (see We references) and need not detain us here. became aware of the however, fact, name that T.S. Brandegee full referred to in the literature with several vari- is 's We may ants, which be a source of confusion. wished to ascertain which alterna- and tive correct to share our findings. is own name In his publications Brandegee usually cited his with initials only, him as "T.S. Brandegee." Others often referred to in this same way, but some- & times also as "Townsend Stith Brandegee" (Lanjouw Stafleu 1954, Lindsay & Thomas Cowan 1955, 1969, Stafleu 1976), sometimes as "Townshend Stith Ewan McVaugh Brandegee" (Setchell 1926, Jones 1929, 1950, Lindsay 1955, 1956,Langman Thomas Hunt 1964, 1969, Institute 1972, Lenz 1986, pp. 26, & 84, Bonta 1991, p. 87, Reveal Pringle 1993), and sometimes as "Thomas Stith Brandegee." Qones 1929, Rodgers 1968, Lenz 1986, 200). Indeed, four p. of the references cited above Qones 1929, Lindsay 1955, Thomas 1969, Lenz 986) are internally inconsistent in citing two different variants of Brandegee 1 s We name. therefore conclude that no single reference can be considered authori- we tative in solving this problem, nor do believe that this sort of question can be resolved by majority rule. name All references agree on his second "Stith," taken from his mother's The name maiden name, so that not a source of controversy. first (whether is Thomas, Townsend, or Townshend), however, clearly a source of uncertainty. is But two references give an unequivocal answer and thus resolve the uncertainty, we and wish to share this information in the present note. One from paper published by Brandegee (Brandegee 1913) departs his usual "Townshend practice of using only initials in the byline, and clearly states Stith Brandegee." The second and more persuasive bit of evidence the portrait of is which Brandegee at the age of 80 published by Setchell (1926: plate 14), in- "Townshend cludes the signature of Brandegee, reading Stith Brandegee." full own Thus, since attested in his hand, there can be no doubt about the it is Brandegee given name, which was not "Townsend" and correct spelling of 's was "Thomas." not certainly Even more compelling but readily accessible are documents in the Brande- less gee archives kept the herbarium of the University of California (UC), includ- at ing "doctoral diploma from Yale, pension papers, and discharge from the his U.S. Army," of which specify his given name as "Townshend" (Barbara Ertter, all comm.). pers. Women M.M. Ai BoNTA, 1991. Kate Brandegee, accidental botanist. In: in the Field. Texas 85-92. University 1991. Press. pp. 4:375-3 Brandegee, T.S. 1913. Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, V. Univ. Calif. Publ. Boc. EwAN, 1950. Rocky Mountain naturalists. University of Denver Press. J. Hunt Hi Botanical Library. 1972. Biographical dictionary of botanists represented in the & G.K. Hall Boston. Institute portrait collections. Co.: W. Jones, M.E. 1929. The Brandegees. Contr. Bot. 15:15-18. ofPennsylvania 1013 University Press. pp. Lanjouw, and F.A. Stafleu. 1954. Index herbariorum, Part Collectors (A-D). II, J. Ana Lenz, L.W. 1986. Marcus E. Jones. Rancho Santa Botanic Garden. Lower Lindsay, G. 1955. Notes concerning the botanical explorers and exploration of Calil Mexico. Belvedere Fund. Scientific nia, McVaugh, R. 1956. Edward Palmer, explorer of the American West. University of Oklaho Reveal, andJ.S. Pringle. 1993. Taxonomic botany and floristics. In: Flora of North Ame: J.L. Editorial Committee, eds. 1993 + Flora of North America North of Mexico. 2+ vols. Oxf . New 157-192. University Press, York. Vol. l,pp. ' York. Setchell, W.A. 1926. Townshend Stkh Brandegee and Mary Katharine (Layne) (Curran) Bran Umv. 13:155-178 gee. Calif. Pubi. Bot. + 2 plates. Stafleu, F.A. and R.S. Cowan. 1976. Taxonomic literature-II. Vol. (A-G):303. 1