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GB-110/JES/COR/1/10
Title
Erik Acharius, Vadstena, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk
Letter date
6 Oct 1801
Author(s)
Erik Acharius 1757-1819
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/10 from Erik Acharius, Vadstena, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (6 October 1801)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/10 from Erik Acharius, Vadstena, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (6 October 1801) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Acharius, Erik
Sent from:
Vadstena, Sweden
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's letter of 5 August [1801]. Classifying Linnaeus' lichens on new arrangement based on their fruits, for a new work; details of plan; requests lichen names from Smith. Sending Smith parcel of lichens via [Olof] Swartz; catalogue at end of letter [extant]. He has been expeanding his own herbarium, which now contains 7,000 species; requests Australasian and Pacific island plants from Smith; he has specimens of palms, American ferns, 'Epidendrum', and South American specimens. Asks Smith's opinion of Linnaeus' 'Byssum incanum', 'B. laceteum', 'B. antiquitatis', 'B. saxatilem', 'Lichen lacteum', and 'L. rupicolens'.
Catalogue of lichens, 2pp.
Letter date:
6 Oct 1801
Languages:
Latin
Prev Ref No:
1.17
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 28 Dec [1801] |
| Related Material | Acharius, E, (1803). "Methodus qua omnes detectos lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad genera, species et varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit ..." Stockholmia: Ulrich. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
