Feedback request: Samolus valerandi (31601)

[dawn nelson]

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Specimen #353996

Taxon:	Primulaceae: Samolus valerandi L. ("Brookweed")
Filed in taxon folder:	Primulaceae: Samolus valerandi L. ("Brookweed")
Collected by:	Prof., Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (Dulwich College)
Collection date:	8/1893
Locality:	Great Britain, VC14 East Sussex, Cuckmere River, TV59
ex herb:	Dulwich College
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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Documented by shaw30 on 14^th January 2013.

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dawn nelson wrote

I have come across lots of JHP/Dulwich College sp(and others with illegible col who might be the same) can you tell me how you know who it is please?

[David Price]

I think the signature reads J H Teall.

The T is formed with one unbroken line, a kink indicating the beginning of the flat crossbar.

The P in Primulaceae (at top of the label) is made with two separately formed components. Such a formation of P can also be seen in e.g. Rev A Ley's handwriting.

Could this collector have been Jethro Harris Teall of Dulwich?
see http://herbariaunited.org/core/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9205&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

[dawn nelson]

If one looks a the variations of what volunteers (including me) have made of the many illegible initials on the Dulwich sheets; it really would be great to get to the bottom of it.
This looks promising. Many thanks.