'Rio Herbarium', list of plants collected from Rio de Janeiro by John Forbes
Information
Title
'Rio Herbarium', list of plants collected from Rio de Janeiro by John Forbes
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/3/4/4
Date
May-Jun 1822
Scope & content
List of plants, numbered (specimens 1-25), some unnamed, with a brief description. Includes a species of Spondias, a species of Leguminosae ('six feet, flower yellow'), a species of Bauhinia ('20 feet high, flower pink & white, rich soil'), a genus of Syngenesia ('flower orange yellow, shrub 15 feet high, I have not found this beautiful plant discussed in any book I have, I believe it is a new genus') and Averhoa carambola [Averrhoa carambola] ('Botanic Garden') [here the list includes 20 more plants]
Undated [May-Jun 1822; Forbes visited Brazil between May and June 1822]
Extent
1 page (1 sheet)
Is part of
RHS archive: plant collector papers
Repository
Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library
Copyright
Royal Horticultural Society
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)