William Bingley, St Peter's College, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

At Smith's request sends specimens of 'Cardamine petraea', 'Subularia aquatica', 'Arenaria verna', 'A. laricifolia', and 'A. juniperina', and also 'Cochlearia groenlandica', 'Saxifraga palmata', 'Serratula alpina',...

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Main Author:	Bingley, William
Format:	Text
Language:	unknown
Subjects:	Cornish Cochlearia groenlandica Silene acaulis
Online Access:	http://linnean-online.org/63742/ http://linnean-online.org/63742/1/JES-COR-20-87_001.tif http://linnean-online.org/63742/2/JES-COR-20-87_002.tif http://linnean-online.org/63742/4/JES-COR-20-87_003.tif http://linnean-online.org/63742/7/JES-COR-20-87_004.tif http://linnean-online.org/63742/9/JES-COR-20-87_005.tif http://linnean-online.org/63742/10/JES-COR-20-87_006.tif

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Summary:	At Smith's request sends specimens of 'Cardamine petraea', 'Subularia aquatica', 'Arenaria verna', 'A. laricifolia', and 'A. juniperina', and also 'Cochlearia groenlandica', 'Saxifraga palmata', 'Serratula alpina', 'Solidago cambrica', and 'Cardamine hastulata' he now determines as 'Arabis hispida' Linnaeus; requests they be returned except the two Smith likes best. Considers 'Arenaria juniperina' and 'A. laricifolia' varieties of the other; observations on this and other plants sent. 'Cistus marifolius' of "English botany" has every flower with only 4 petals. Glad to accept Cornish specimens; requests 'Pisum maritimum' of Norfolk coast. In addition to plants already mentioned, sending: 'Gallium boreale', 'Scutellaria minor', 'Silene acaulis', 'Gnaphalium rectum', and 'Veronica spicata' or 'V. hybrida'. Found 'Lobelia dortmanna' in the alpine lakes; offers to send catalogue of the plants he found [on his Welsh botanical excursion].