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Author:
Ellis, John, 1710-1776.
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A copy of a letter from John Ellis, Esq; F.R.S. to Dr. Linnæus, F.R.S. &c. with the figure and characters of that elegant American Evergreentree, called by the Gardiners the Loblolly-Bay, taken from blossoms blown near London, and shewing that it is not an Hibiscus, as Mr. Miller calls it; nor an Hypericum, as Dr. Linnæus supposes it; but an intire [sic] new genus, to which Mr. Ellis gives the name of Gordonia.
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Soulsby no. 656a

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Publisher:
Printed for Lockyer Davis
Place of publication:
London
Publishing year:
1771
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Physical description:
p. 518-523, [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
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English

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Read Dec. 20, 1770.
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Subject:
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
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OPAC identifier:
9932733102081
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By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London).
NHM GENERAL SERIALS - The rear board is detached from the text block and the front flyleaf has become detached.
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