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[oldnick]

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Specimen #266750

Taxon:	Cyperaceae: Carex magellanica Lam. ("Tall Bog-sedge") named by R M Walls 14/11/2008
Filed in taxon folder:	Cyperaceae: Carex L.
Collection date:	7/5/1842
Locality:	Great Britain, Muella Prop. [near Muella / Minella?]
ex herb:	Prof Charles Cardale Babington Prof George Stephen West
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits
notes:	presented by G S West

Documented by rmwalls on 14^th November 2008.

Edit history

date	user	change
14/12/2010	oldnick	Deleted locality: [illegible]
14/12/2010	oldnick	Added locality: GB, Muella Prop. [near Muella / Minella?] [illegible]
14/12/2010	oldnick	Deleted collector: Prof Charles Cardale Babington
14/12/2010	oldnick	Added provenance: exherb Prof Charles Cardale Babington
14/12/2010	oldnick	Added provenance: exherb Prof George Stephen West

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oldnick wrote

Site - Muella Prop. ?? (Prop. = near?) Babington's collections from this time are 4th & 11th November, N W Yorkshire. Although Muel is a place in Spain I find no place in Britain beginning Minel or Muel, and discount Minera Denbighshire.

[David Price]

This taxon was not found in Wales or Ireland until much later than 1842 so, assuming the specimen is British, it must have collected in Scotland.

"Muella Prop." might be an attempt at 'Meall a' [Prop]' where 'meall' is the Gaelic for a hill but 'Prop' might be anything.