Stems - Specimen details

Stems - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 51739

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Plant Name 88.00 COMPOSITAE Thelesperma gracile Entry Book Number 13.1895
Artefact Name Stems Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Stems Geography Description
Uses StemsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Wilson Smithett & Co 41 Mincing Lane London Donor No
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Notes: Label source: Arizona tea, Bidens sp. Imported into London Feb. 1895. Said to give a strong coloured infusion with the odour of tea but a disagreeable taste. Label source: A portion of this sample was forwarded to G. Browne Goode Esq., Smithsonian Insti, tute, Washington asking for information 7.2.95 & who states in a letter to Director dated Washington 14.3.95 'that the specimen belongs to the genus Thelesperma, rather than to Bidens and that it is in all probability T. gracile. I regret that we are unab, le to supply you with any information as to its use '.

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