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GB-110/JES/COR/21/80
Title
William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
14 Aug 1794
Author(s)
William Beeston Coyte 1740-1810
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/80 from William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (14 August 1794)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Coyte, William Beeston
Sent from:
Ipswich, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Account of plants collected from his excursion in Glamorganshire and Cornwall, including: 'Asplenium marinum', 'Pinguicula villosa', 'Erica vagans', 'Anthericum ossifragum', 'Triglochin palustre', 'Littorella lacustris', 'Sison inundatum', 'Bartsia viscosa', 'Cuscuta europea', and an 'Anselea'/'Osmunda' never discovered in England before.
Has several young plants in his "H. gippor." coming to fructification and a correspondent in Penzance, [Cornwall], to send him specimens. Has other cryptogamia specimens for Smith if he calls at Ipswich on return to London, including 'Corrigiola littoralis' for [James] Sowerby. 'Capparis frondosa' flowered with him.
Letter date:
14 Aug 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.139
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
