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GB-110/JES/GD/60
Title
George Don to [James Edward Smith]
Letter date
7 Jun 1803
Author(s)
George Don 1764-1814
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/GD/60 from George Don to [James Edward Smith] (7 June 1803)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Don, George
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Numbered observations on enclosed specimens: 1. 'Sisymbrium tibliori' [Smith annotation: "'Sisymbrium monense' laid in"]; 2. 'Crataegus' [Smith annotation: "'Crataegus oxycantha' laid in]; 3. a 'Lichen' [Smith annotation: "new, laid into deal cabinet"]; 4. 'Crataegus' found with no.2 [Smith annotation: "var[iet]y"]; 5. 'Lolium hybridum', believes nondescript, sent to [James] Dickson 1795 [Smith annotation: "'L. arvense'"]; 6. 'Carex' [Smith annotation: "may be new 'C. salina' Sw[artz]"]; 7. 'Aira' differs from 'aquatica', like 'Poa retroflexo' [Smith annotation: "var[iet]y'].
Recently saw 'Assium petrafilium'. Observations on 'Valeriana pyrenaica', found 1782 and 1804. Will send a new 'Galium' and other things soon.
Letter date:
7 Jun 1803
Languages:
English
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Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Don's letter to Smith of 22 August 1803, on which Smith has annotated a reference to this letter, see JES/GD/61. |
| Finding Aids | Furley, D, "George Don (1764-1814): Collection of Correspondence 1802-1813", Linnean Society |
