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LINNEAN2083

From:
Thomas Dix Hincks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
17 May 1803
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/113, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Gratified to see 'Hypericum calycinum', which Smith thought belonged to British flora. Encloses a new 'Gymnostmum' found near Cork, by Mr Drummond; observations; and possible 'Gymnostmum microstonum'.

[Spec 17 in pencil at top of verso of first folio]

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The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN2084

From:
Thomas Dix Hincks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
19 Aug 1810
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/114, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Mr Drummond just returned from tour of western County Cork where he found a new 'Ophrys'; sends specimen and transcript of Drummond's account of it [extant]. Drummond "much obliged" by Smith's notice of his 'Pinguicula'; Miss Hutchins thought it 'P. vulgaris' of Withering and "English botany"; Drummond's acquisition of this and 'P. grandifolia'.

Drummond's account and description of new 'Ophrys' [3 pp, Smith has annotated on recto of third folio 'Neothia gemmipara']

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