William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/21/78
Title William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 11 Mar 1791
Author(s) William Beeston Coyte 1740-1810
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/21/78 from William Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith (11 March 1791)

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Item Type: Document
From: Coyte, William Beeston
Sent from: Ipswich, Suffolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Sending plants for determination, to be returned, except the specimen of 'Zanonia', called at Kew 'Comelina zanonia'; observations. 'Tropaeolum peregrinum' not yet in flower, will send when perfect. Also sending cryptogamia and a 'Fucus' collected in Pembrokeshire last year. Requests that any new species in the specimens be sent to [Sir Joseph] Banks. Asks if Smith has vol 2 of Schreber's "Genera plantarum".

Letter date: 11 Mar 1791
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 21.136
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AdditionalSmith replied 30 [Mar 1791]
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.
Related MaterialLinnaeus, C, and Schreber, J C D V (ed.), (1789-1791). "Genera plantarum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium. Editio octava post Reichardianam secunda ... curante D. Jo. Christiano Dan. Schreber ..." Francofurti ad Moenum: Sumtu Varrentrappii et Wenneri, 8th ed.