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Sri Lanka 1851

Edited by Kristina Patmore on 30 October 2010 - 4:57pm
Rapkin J, Winkles H, Martin RM, Tallis J, Tallis F.  1851.  Sri Lanka 1851. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. :Ceylon.TheMapDrawn&EngravedbyJ.Rapkin.1851.

Island in outline color by region and encircled by drawings of local lakes, mountains, ruins, and temples. Interlocking border.

Rustam Herbarium

Edited by Kristina Patmore on 13 October 2010 - 1:20pm

Specimens from Iraq in the early 20th century may have the number prefixed by 'Rustam'. This refers to collections for the 'Herbarium of the Rustam Experimental Farm, Department of Agriculture, Iraq'.  The collections were made by E.R.Guest or other collectors whose names appear in italics on the labels.

The Rustam Herbarium, 'Iraq.: Part 1. Systematic List, R. A. Blakelock

Hochreutiner's numbers

Edited by Kristina Patmore on 3 October 2010 - 7:09pm

Hochreutiner label

Cunningham's Funny Numbers

Edited by Kristina Patmore on 16 November 2010 - 9:09pm
All information below was generously provided to us by Tony Orchard:
Two more snippets for your scratch pad, discovered by me in the Kew
archives last year:
  
Letter from Robert Heward to George Bentham, 9 Dec 1840, regarding Allan
Cunninghams New Zealand collections of 1838:

Species Blancoanae

Edited by Kristina Patmore on 16 November 2010 - 9:09pm

Specimens labelled "Species Blancoanae" are most likely collected by Merrill, E.D. to replace specimens originally described by Blanco, F.M. but which Blanco did not preserve.

Merrill wrote:

Wallich Catalogue numbers

Edited by Kristina Patmore on 16 November 2010 - 9:09pm

Numerical list of dried specimens of plants in the Museum of the Honl. East India Company, which have been supplied by Dr.Wallich, superintendent of the botanic garden at Calcutta.

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