Feedback request: Viola odorata (1869)

[mossysal]

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Specimen #311960

Taxon:	Violaceae: Viola odorata L. ("Sweet Violet")
Filed in taxon folder:	Violaceae: Viola odorata L. ("Sweet Violet")
Collected by:	Mr Frederick Townsend
Collection date:	3/1873
Locality:	Great Britain, VC11 South Hampshire, Shedfield, SU51
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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Documented by mossysal on 20^th December 2010.

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date	user	change
20/12/2010	mossysal	Deleted determination (det): Viola odorata
20/12/2010	mossysal	Added determination (orig): Viola odorata
20/12/2010	mossysal	Deleted collection date: 1873
20/12/2010	mossysal	Added collection date: 3/1873
02/04/2011	mossysal	Deleted locality: IE VCH11 Sheafield
02/04/2011	mossysal	Added locality: GB VC11 Shedfield
02/04/2011	mossysal	Added collector: Mr Frederick Townsend

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mossysal wrote

I am convinced neither by the place nor the date

[Mike d'Apice]

A possibility ... Have you looked at A Carr's http://herbariaunited.org/collector/2240/ specimens from Sheffield in the early 1870s - his writing is a bit variable but some looks a pretty close match e.g. http://herbariaunited.org/sheets/BIRM/3213.jpg

[mossysal]

Thanks for the idea but I am not convinced by that either! The 'S' s are different and the word Sheffield really doesn't match my Sheafield, does it? Both labels are written with a thick nib and ink, I agree.

[Chris Liffen]

Shedfield in Hampshire ?

[mossysal]

Yes, much more likely, thank you.
What about http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/281519/ as the same collector? the Viola label probably a field note?

[Chris Liffen]

Mmmm, think I might be inclined to wait for a few more sheets until I get a feeling for the handwriting in the SLBI collection.
Chris

[qgroom]

see also http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/317680/

[Chris Liffen]

resolution

[mossysal]

Yes, thanks to all for your input. Am I safe in putting Townsend as collector. His field scribble?