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GB-110/JES/COR/21/57
Title
William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
1 May 1801
Author(s)
William Brunton 1775-1806
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/21/57 from William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (1 May 1801)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/21/57 from William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (1 May 1801) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Brunton, William
Sent from:
Ripon, Yorkshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Sending small parcel of plants, numbered descriptions and observations of the specimens, including: 'Lichen hymenis', 'L. gelasinatus', 'L. calvus', 'Sphaeria gregaria', 'L. polyrhiza', 'L. vernalis', 'L. scriptus', 'L. ripicola', 'Peziza bicolor' [Smith has annotated many in pencil and ink].
Has found 'Scandix adorata' in Yorkshire; probable that 'Turritis hirsuata' is taken for 'Cardamine bellidifolia'; glad his 'Saxifraga palmata' proves to be variety of 'S. hypnoides'; 'Lycoperdon stellatum', 'Lycoperdon fornicatum', and 'Lycoperdon recolligens' grow abundantly in his neighbourhood; has found 'Agaricus alneus'. Intends to send [James] Sowerby duplicates of the lichens.
Letter date:
1 May 1801
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
21.99
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 18 May [1801] & 7 Oct [1801] |
| 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. |
