List of plants collected from Brazil by John Forbes
Information
Title
List of plants collected from Brazil by John Forbes
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/3/4/6
Date
May-Jun 1822
Scope & content
List of plants, with the beginning of the list missing, numbered (specimens 26-241), some unnamed, with a brief description. Includes Bixa orellana ('Botanic Garden, flower pinkish red'), a species of Malvaceae ('flower dirty red, 20 feet, loamy soil'), a species of Tillandsia ('flower pink & white, rocks, entrance into Boto Fogo Bay [Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil], these rocks are almost continually moist'), a species of Ficus ('20 feet, loamy soil') and Vittaria lineata ('decaying trees, pendulous') [here the list includes 210 more plants]. Paginated
Undated [May-Jun 1822; Forbes visited Brazil between May and June 1822]
Extent
9 pages (9 sheets)
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)