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mossysal



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:00 am    Post subject: Feedback request: Sibbaldia procumbens (18066) Reply with quote

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Specimen #293389

Taxon:Rosaceae: Sibbaldia procumbens L. ("Sibbaldia")
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Sibbaldia procumbens L. ("Sibbaldia")
Collected by:Dr Alexander Carroll Maingay
Collection date:8/1855 nearly illegible
Locality:Great Britain, VC88 Mid Perthshire, Ben Lawers, NN64, above the lake
ex herb:Prof George Stephen West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Sibbaldia procumbens herbarium specimen from Ben Lawers, VC88 Mid Perthshire in 1855 by Dr Alexander Carroll Maingay.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers

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Documented by nacs12 on 28th March 2010.

Specimen #308263

Taxon:Rosaceae: Sibbaldia procumbens L. ("Sibbaldia")
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Sibbaldia procumbens L. ("Sibbaldia")
Collection date:18/7/1851
Locality:Great Britain, VC92,VC94, Ben Macdhui, NJ00
ex herb:Prof George Stephen West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)

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Documented by mossysal on 20th September 2010.

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mossysal wrote
Collector - J H/John Hardy? Date 18/7/1851 or 7/10/1851 - or neither!


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Roger Horton



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In a lot of cases these cryptic initials on sheets dated in the 1850s from around Braemar can be read as 'A C' - Alexander Croall - although in this case the imagination is a little stretched!
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oldnick



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes I definitely would say Croall. In some cases, his initials are written as a monogram almost looking like a crown
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