Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, Bungay, [Suffolk], to James Edward Smith

• Main Author: Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Bryant; Woodward; Empetrum nigrum; Saxifraga nivalis; Silene acaulis
• Online Access: http://linnean-online.org/63393/; http://linnean-online.org/63393/1/JES-COR-18-6_001.tif; http://linnean-online.org/63393/2/JES-COR-18-6_002.tif; http://linnean-online.org/63393/4/JES-COR-18-6_003.tif; http://linnean-online.org/63393/7/JES-COR-18-6_004.tif; http://linnean-online.org/63393/8/JES-COR-18-6_005.tif; http://linnean-online.org/63393/10/JES-COR-18-6_006.tif

Thanks for box of books, especially the [Leonard] Plukenet [(1642-1706), botanist], marbles and pebbles, and plant specimens. Discusses the specimens, including plants: 'Aralea', 'Sitbaldier', 'Acrostichum septentrionale', 'Gnaphalium alpinum', 'Silene acaulis', 'Empetrum nigrum'; requests 'Saxifraga nivalis', 'Saxifraga caespitosa', and 'Ranunculus reptens'; lichens, including: 'Lichen laratus', 'L. pubescens', 'L. plumbius', 'L. ventosus', and 'L. gildius'; gathered 'L. omphaloides', 'L. scrobiculatus', 'L. geographicus'; and 'Juncus', including 'J. spicatus', 'J. campestris', 'J. biglumis', also the 'Arundo epigeios' he sent Smith. Smith's 'Lycoperdon' is clearly new. Charles Bryant [(d 1799)] published and dedicated his pamphlet to Sir Joseph Banks; thinks Banks cannot have read it as he sent a letter of thanks, and in doing so "prostituted his pen", especially as he is the "present head of English botanists"; Bryant's errors. Lists his Lightfoot desiderata. Has not said anything on the mosses Smith sent; [John] Pitchford thinks Smith's 'Fontinalis pennater' is 'Hypnum crispum'. 'Fontinalis squamosa' or 'F. minor' appears to be 'F. antipgretica'.