Alice Elizabeth Louisa Melliss

Alice Elizabeth Louisa Melliss (née Stace; 1846–1909) was a British botanical illustrator.

She illustrated the book St. Helena: a physical, historical, and topographical description of the island, including its geology, fauna, flora and meteorology under the name Mrs. J. C. Melliss.

[1] Her father was William C. Stace, an officer in the Royal Engineers who was made a colonel in 1858.

[2][3] She married John Charles Melliss on 20 July 1869 in Chipperfield in Hertfordshire, England.

[8] Writing in The Academy, H W Bates described "the full-page coloured drawings of all the endemic flowering plants, by Mrs Melliss, [as] especially interesting".

A postage stamp of St. Helena with an illustration of the plant, Mellissia begonifolia. Text on the stamp reads: "Centenary of the Publication of St Helena by John Charles Melliss. 1875-1975. Mellissia begonifolia. St. Helena 5p"
Postage stamp issued in 1975 to mark the centenary of the publication of "St Helena" by J.C. Melliss