Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Borrer, William
Sent from:
Hurstpierpoint, Sussex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
'Lichen stellaris' and its affinities "very imperfectly understood" by English botanists: encloses specimens [not extant] and remarks [extant] on those occurring within this neighbourhood, except 'L. caesius' and 'L. aleurites', which are sufficiently known. Uncertain about his quotation of Acharius; necessity for a work on the subject according to [Dawson] Turner's recommendations in "Linnean Transactions" vol 7.
Notes written West Town, [near Lewes, Sussex], November 1804, on 8 lichens: 'Lichen cycloselis', 'L. ulothrex', 'L. virellus', 'L. pulverulentus', 'L. aipolius', 'L. anthelinus', 'L. stellaris', and a new 'Lichen'.
5 coloured drawings on 2 folios of several lichens, with pencil notes [by Smith] naming 'Lichen nigro-virens' found by Charles Lyell 1809 and 'Lichen pezizoides' found by Borrer. 8 partly coloured drawings on 2 folios of leaf, twig, and flower of 'Salix', with pencil notes [by Smith] detailing specimens found by Borrer in 1813 [unclear if drawings belong to this letter].
Letter date:
30 Nov 1806
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.9
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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. |
| Related Material | Turner, D, 'Remarks upon the Dillenian Herbarium', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1804 7(1), pp.101-115.
Turner, D, 'Descriptions of four new British Lichens', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1804 7(1), pp.86-95.
Turner, D, and Borrer, W, (1839). "Specimen of a Lichenographia Britannica; or, attempt at a history of the British Lichens." Yarmouth: printer: Sloman. |
