William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/21/56
Title William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 6 Dec 1799
Author(s) William Brunton 1775-1806
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/21/56 from William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (6 December 1799)

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Item Type: Document
From: Brunton, William
Sent from: Ripon, Yorkshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Sent a parcel of plants by coach, chiefly cryptogamic; numbered detailed descriptions and observations of the specimens, including: 'Polypodium lonchitii', 'P. aculeatum', 'P. rheticum', 'P. dryopteris', unidentified 'Lichen', 'Trichia fragiformis', 'Veronica montana', 'Primula elatior', 'Sphaeria mori', 'Carex digitata'. Discovered 'Saxifraga umbrosa' in 1796, communicated habitat to [William] Bingley.

Letter date: 6 Dec 1799
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 21.97
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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.