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[hallucigenia]

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Specimen #275264

Taxon:	Onagraceae: Epilobium tetragonum L. ("Square-stalked Willowherb")
Filed in taxon folder:	Onagraceae: Epilobium tetragonum L. ("Square-stalked Willowherb")
Collected by:	Rev. Augustin Ley
Collection date:	25/1/1889
Locality:	Great Britain, VC36 Herefordshire, Sellack, SO52, [Sellack? see message board!] Garden ground between the Quarry and the old school
ex herb:	Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits
notes:	By user; There is little evidence for the place but what there is and Ley being in Sellack by this date, and, a Quarry and School being shown on the O/S map of the area, Sellack could be assumed as the collection site with caution. Hallucigenia.
Filing note:	E. Lamyii

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by hallucigenia on 8^th May 2009.

Edit history

date	user	change
08/05/2009	hallucigenia	Added attribute flowerField: fruiting
09/05/2009	hallucigenia	Added note: By user; There is little evidence for the place but what there is and Ley being in Sellack by this date, and, a Quarry and School being shown on the O/S map of the area, Sellack could be assumed as the collection site with caution. Hallucigenia.
09/03/2011	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB, Garden ground between the Quarry and the old school
09/03/2011	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC36 Sellack, [Sellack? see message board!] Garden ground between the Quarry and the old school
09/03/2011	oldnick	Added collector: Rev. Augustin Ley

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User comments about this sheet

hallucigenia wrote

Chris, David any comments? would I be correct in placeing this as Great Doward Herefordshire VC 36 even though not in the same hand and a ? following.
Also am I correct in my interpretation of site?

[David Price]

The description doesn't sit happily with the Doward. I would suggest Sellack or King's Caple.

[hallucigenia]

David
As there is no collector on the sheet I guess the site will remain unknown?
Chris.

[Chris Liffen]

The writing would appear to be Ley's. Ley returned to Sellack in 1885 when his father was ill; he then became Vicar of Sellack and Kings Caple - till 1908, so lots of specimens /sheets are from that immediate area. There is an interesting biography of Augustin Ley to be found
here:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Learning/Bryohistory/Bygone%20Bryologists/augustin%20ley.pdf [pdf]
fwiw: A quarry and school (as referred to on the sheet) can be seen on the current OS map of the area.

OS Grid reference SO565285

Chris

[hallucigenia]

Yes would the quarry etc be a sound enough reason to confirm place?
Chris

[Chris Liffen]

I think that I might be tempted to add a note (on the form) saying that the likely location was Sellack, but ......
Chris

[hallucigenia]

done this.
many thanks
chris