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Specimen #280644

Taxon:	Poaceae: Phalaris paradoxa L. ("Awned Canary-grass")
Filed in taxon folder:	Poaceae: Phalaris paradoxa L. ("Awned Canary-grass")
Collected by:	I Austen
Locality:	Great Britain, VC9 Dorset, Isle of Purbeck, SY97, near Swanage
ex herb:	Rev Prof John Stevens Henslow
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
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Documented by oldnick on 19^th October 2009.

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oldnick wrote

no date; I have not managed to trace collector's name. Sheet is printed 'Mus Henslow'. Seeds??? Packet on sheet.

[mossysal]

Hi, Nick,
I googled both names and I think Darwin is the link. See http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwin/search/described?name=correspondents&targetResult=51#result-51793

Henslow, J. S.
Clergyman , botanist and mineralogist . CD's teacher and friend. Professor of mineralogy, Cambridge University, 1822–7; professor of botany, 1825–61. Extended and remodelled the Cambridge botanic garden. Curate of Little St Mary's Church, Cambridge, 1824–32; vicar of Cholsey-cum-Moulsford, Berkshire, 1832–7; rector of Hitcham, Suffolk, 1837–61. Sources: DNB DSB Histor…

57 Austen, J. T.
Clergyman . Vicar of Aldworth, Berkshire, 1832–48; rector of West Wickham, Kent, 1848–76; honorary canon of Canterbury, 1873–6. Sources: Alum. Cantab. (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 11 See all correspondence with Austen, J. T.See letters written by Austen, J. T.See letters written to Austen, J. T.See letters and people which reference Austen, J. T.…