Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Greville, Robert Kaye
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sending moss specimens he has lately described. Awaiting specimens of 'Hypnum alpestre' and 'H. trifariense' for his "Scottish work"; 'H. halleri' is engraved. Found 'Splachnum rugosum' of "English botany" on Ben Lawers; believes it distinct from 'S. vasculosum', which he is drawing at the moment. He and [George] Arnott have been applying Smith's "favourite maxim" in classifying the splachnoid mosses, in doing so have overturned much of the previous work by other authors; observations on the genus. Regrets calling the work a new arrangement.
Since last writing 'Senecio tenuifolius' has been added to flora of Scotland. [William Jackson] Hooker on his journey to London and Paris. Received letter from Revd Lewis de Schweinitz [(1780-1834), botanist] of Pennsylvannia, who has raised number of American fungi to 2000. Requests specimen of 'Daltonia splachnoides'.
Letter date:
23 Feb 1825
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
22.114
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | Greville, R K, (1823-1828). "Scottish cryptogamic flora or Coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order fungi; and intended to serve as a continuation of English Botany." Edinburgh: Maclachlan.
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
