From:
Etienne [the younger] Delessert
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
[10 Apr 1788]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/45, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Hoping to send some dubious plants for identification. Dedicating himself to botany and the 'Cryptogamia' class, will send a list of desiderata to Smith. Requests any species of 'Hypnum'. Offers to send following plants found around Paris: 'Lobelia urens', 'Sison verticillatum', 'Phalaris oryzoides', 'Spergula sagimoides', 'Sium repens-jacquini', 'Buxbaumia foliosa', 'Jungermania multifida', and several lichens, 'Bryums', and 'Jungermanias'.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London