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GB-110/JES/COR/20/4
Title
Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
7 Apr 1801
Author(s)
Charles Abbot 1761-1817
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/20/4 from Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith (7 April 1801)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Abbot, Charles
Sent from:
Bedford, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends specimens of 'Salix rubra' and 'S. fissa'; inclined to think they are sexual varities; his reasons. Encloses specimen of 'Erodium moschatum' gathered Ampthill Warren; will send specimens of 'Salix russelliana' catkins when in flower; sent [James] Sowerby 'Mnium annotinum', transcribes comments by Dawson Turner on this, who thinks it 'Trentepohlia' Hoffmann and now calls 'Surculum bulbiferum'. Encloses specimens of 'Lichen psora' [extant] and 'Bryum flavescens', found near Clapham Park Wood, new to England.
Specimen labelled 'Lichen psora'.
Letter date:
7 Apr 1801
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.8
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. |
