Feedback request: Mercurialis perennis (41751)

[Peter Holladay]

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Specimen #368219

Taxon:	Euphorbiaceae: Mercurialis perennis L. ("Dog's Mercury")
Filed in taxon folder:	Euphorbiaceae: Mercurialis perennis L. ("Dog's Mercury")
Collection date:	4/1827
Locality:	Great Britain, VC11 South Hampshire, Winchester, SU42, Romsey Road, Winchester
ex herb:	Dr John Ralfs
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits

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Documented by windercot on 23^rd January 2014.

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windercot wrote

No collector shown - label refers ro "Ray"

[Tom Humphrey]

'Ray' probably refers to John Ray (1627 - 1705) who published a definitive early herbal.

(...this specimen isn't directly linked to him though, sadly).