Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/2/95
Title Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 16 Apr 1813
Author(s) Robert Brown 1773-1858
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/2/95 from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to James Edward Smith (16 April 1813)

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Item Type: Document
From: Brown, Robert
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Requests the following 'Orchidaceae' specimens from the Linnean Herbarium when Smith comes to London: 'Orchis tripetaloides', 'Orchis sancta', 'Orchis flava', 'Orchis tipuloides', 'Satyrium aculatum', 'Satyrium pedicellatum', 'Satyrium hians', 'Ophrys cernua', 'Ophrys camtschatea', 'Serapias capensis', 'Limodorum altum', 'Epidendrum amabile', and 'Epidendrum pusillum'. Additionally requests unsettled 'Epidendrum' and 'Arethusa biplumata', [Francis] Buchanan's "two fine 'Epidendra' figured in "Exotic Botany"", and syngenesious plants 'Barnadeisa spinosa', 'Atractylis purpurea', 'Atractylis mexicana', 'Stachelina ilicifolia', 'Perdicium magellanicum', 'Sphaeranthus chinensis', and 'Jungia ferruginea'. Sir Joseph Banks slowly recovering from his attack of gout.
Letter date: 16 Apr 1813
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 2.156
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.
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