Pages removed from a notebook and written across both pages
List of specimens from Algoa Bay [South Africa], numbered (specimens 1-18), and Delagoa Bay [Maputo Bay, Mozambique], numbered (specimens 26-70), with date, number, class number, order, genus, species and additional remarks. Includes Roella squarrosa ('sandy, strong soil, flower pale blue', a species of Allium ('sandy, strong soil, pale purple, allium-scented'), a species of Achrostichum ('the young tops of this magnificent fern are gathered and eaten by the natives like greens'), Abrus precatorius ('climber, sandy soil, flower dirty red') and a species of Erythrina ('six feet, sandy soil, scarlet, very showy') [here the list includes 58 more plants]
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3 pages (3 sheets)
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RHS archive: plant collector papers
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Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library
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RHS Lindley Collections
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