Feedback request: Viola hirta (2067)

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Specimen #322159

Taxon:	Violaceae: Viola hirta L. ("Hairy Violet")
Filed in taxon folder:	Violaceae: Viola hirta L. ("Hairy Violet")
Collected by:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Collection date:	17/3/1872
Locality:	Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Sanderstead, TQ35, bank near
ex herb:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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Documented by oldnick on 14^th July 2011.

Specimen #322160

Taxon:	Violaceae: Viola hirta L. ("Hairy Violet")
Filed in taxon folder:	Violaceae: Viola hirta L. ("Hairy Violet")
Collected by:	Mr Alfred Fryer
Collection date:	1885
Locality:	Great Britain, VC29 Cambridgeshire, Dry Fen, hillocks
communicated:	Mr Arthur Bennett
ex herb:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)

Documented by oldnick on 14^th July 2011.

Specimen #322161

Taxon:	Violaceae: Viola hirta L. ("Hairy Violet")
Filed in taxon folder:	Violaceae: Viola hirta L. ("Hairy Violet")
Collection date:	22/4/1878
Locality:	Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Farthing Downs, TQ35, bank
ex herb:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
notes:	subglabrous form

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Documented by oldnick on 14^th July 2011.

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oldnick wrote

I couldn't locate 'Dry Fen, Cambs'

[David Price]

In 1885 A Fryer collected several specimens of Viola at 'Chatteris', probably Chatteris Fen, an area with a number of fens named on the 1:50000 OS map. It's a good bet that this specimen came from that area.