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[oldnick]

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Specimen #355692

Taxon:	Ericaceae: Vaccinium myrtillus L. ("Bilberry")
Filed in taxon folder:	Ericaceae: Vaccinium myrtillus L. ("Bilberry")
Collected by:	Ernest Straker
Collection date:	16/4/1882
Locality:	Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Leith Hill, TQ14
ex herb:	Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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collector's number:	913
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

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Documented by oldnick on 25^th January 2013.

Specimen #355693

Taxon:	Ericaceae: Vaccinium myrtillus L. ("Bilberry")
Filed in taxon folder:	Ericaceae: Vaccinium myrtillus L. ("Bilberry")
Collected by:	Ernest Straker
Collection date:	28/5/1882
Locality:	Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Peslick Bottom
ex herb:	Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)

Documented by oldnick on 25^th January 2013.

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oldnick wrote

I couldn't locate Peslick Bottom or similar - near Leith Hill?

[Tom Humphrey]

Possibly 'Peaslake' (which at a stretch is phonetically similar). There's a description of a different botanical expedition returning from Holmbury to Gomshall via Peslick

I can't see anything possible except Peaslake (W of Holmbury)

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