Ref NoGB-110/JES/COR/21/80
TitleWilliam Beeston Coyte, Ipswich, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
DescriptionAccount of plants collected from his excursion in Glamorganshire and Cornwall, including: 'Asplenium marinum', 'Pinguicula villosa', 'Erica vagans', 'Anthericum ossifragum', 'Triglochin palustre', 'Littorella lacustris', 'Sison inundatum', 'Bartsia viscosa', 'Cuscuta europea', and an 'Anselea'/'Osmunda' never discovered in England before.

Has several young plants in his "H. gippor." coming to fructification and a correspondent in Penzance, [Cornwall], to send him specimens. Has other cryptogamia specimens for Smith if he calls at Ipswich on return to London, including 'Corrigiola littoralis' for [James] Sowerby. 'Capparis frondosa' flowered with him.
Date14 Aug 1794
LevelItem
Extent4 pp
LanguageEnglish
PrevRefNo21.139
Finding_AidsDawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society.
Creator NameCoyte, William Beeston (1740-1810)
Access_StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
GB/110/1/196Coyte; William Beeston (1740-1810); physician and botanist1740-1810
GB/110/1/48Sowerby; James (1757-1822); natural history artist, publisher and collector1757-1822
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