Botanical specimen scrapbook
Collection Overview
This is a scrapbook containing 48 plant specimens on blank pages collected from 1883 to 1885. There are nine mounted plant specimens collected from August 1883 to April 1885 from Summerville, S.C.: Zigadenus glaberrimus, Commelina communis, Xyris ambigua, Commelina erecta, Trillium sesile, Cirsium acaulon, Tradescantia roseolens and Amianthium muscitoxicum. Also included are twenty plant specimens which are not dated or identified; six plant specimens collected between May and June 1884; and thirteen plant specimens collected from July 1883 to June 1884 in Flat Rock, N.C., and Summerville, S.C.
Dates
- Creation: 1883-1885
Language of Material
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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Extent
1.25 linear feet (1 oversize flat box)
- Title
- Inventory of the Botanical Specimen Scrapbook, 1883-1885
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Special Collections staff; finding aid created by: Special Collections staff
- Description rules
- Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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