]> [collector note: Alabama, Georia, N. & S. Carolina (col. 1884-88), District of Columbia (col. 1881-85), Texas; US, A, E, F, MSC, OXF, CGE, BH, CS, ISC, GH, KSC, MONTU] née Michael Gerald McCarthy; he was deaf. "Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" listed the middle name as "Gerard." Example of Names Published: Rhexia mariana var. lanceolata (Walter) T.F. Wood & McCarthy, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 3: 97 (1866), nom. illeg. Botany McCarthy, Gerald McCarthy, Gerald G. McCarthy McCarthy Gerald McCarthy Michael Gerald McCarthy M. G. McCarthy 1858 1915