Botanical Article Bibliographic Records

HI Number 112820

Author: Ellis, John
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Title: A copy of a letter from John Ellis, Esq: F.R.S. to Dr. Linnaeus, F.R.S. & C. with the figure and characters of the elegant American Evergreen tree. Called by the Gardeners the Loblolly-Bay, taken from blossoms blown near London, and showing that it is not an Hibiscus as Mr. Miller calls it; nor an Hypericum as Dr. Linnaeus supposes it; but an intire new genus, to which Mr. Ellis gives the name of Gordonia
MLP no: 1177
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Citation: 60: 518-523. pl. XI. 1770
Year(s): 1770
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