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Herbarium specimen: Dryas octopetala

Taxon:Rosaceae: Dryas octopetala L. ("Mountain Avens")
Collection date:1837
Locality:France, Brison, Rhone-Alpes, 'The Brezon Switzerland'
donated by:Prof John Hutton Balfour (Donation to Perth Literary and Antiquarian Society, apparently arranged by William Carmichael MacIntosh ) 1880
Institution:Perth Museum and Art Gallery (PTH)
Accession number:PTH.2005.27.2459
notes:'The Brezon' appears to apply to Pointe d'Andey by Brison
south-east of Geneva, an area once in Switzerland; partly
printed label, pale blue sheet, watermark 'J and J Town Turkey
Mill 1839', 2005.27.2453-2460 together

Inferred details are marked.

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