Sunday 25 October 2009

Biblioteca Digital de Botânica

Universidade de Coimbra
http://bibdigital.bot.uc.pt/

Icones plantarum rariorum / Editae a Nicolao Josepho Jacquin botanices professore [...]. - Vindobonae : prostant apud Christianum Fridericum Wappler ; Londini : apud B. White et filium ; Lugduni Batavorum : apud S. et J. Luchtmans ; Argentorati : apud A. König, 1781-1793. - 3 t. em 15 fasc., gr. ; 48 cm.

Text from 3 vols bound together, 3 further vols. with 648 coloured prints. The prints from vol. 1 were cut out and mounted separately. For more details and publishing dates of the fascicules, see: F. A. Stafleau & R. S. Cowan, Taxonomic literature, ed. 2, nº 3.251.

O texto dos 3 t. está encadernado junto, sendo acompanhado por 3 vols. com 648 estampas coloridas. - As estampas do vol. 1, foram recortadas e montadas em suporte secundário. - Para mais detalhes e datas de ed. dos fasc, veja-se: F. A. Stafleau & R. S. Cowan, Taxonomic literature, ed. 2, nº 3.251.

A further edition is available online at
http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/title.asp?relation=QK98J321781V1

Published: Publisher Vindobonae : C.F. Wappler ; Londini : B. White et filium ; Lugduni Batavorum : S. et J. Luchtmans : Argentorati : A. König, 1781-1793.
Icones plantarum rariorum, a three volume work, was published in 1781-1793. In its final form, it consisted of three volumes in sixteen fascicles. The 648 colored copper engravings were the work of Joseph Hofbauer, Ferdinand and Franz Bauer, and Joseph Scharf.


1.
Agrostis tenacissima L. f.
Muhlenbergia mexicana
Mexican muhly
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Plant info

2.
Albuca abyssinica Jacq.
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3.
Albuca altissima
Albuca altissima
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Plant info

4.
Allium ramosum
Allium obliquum
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Plant info

5.
Althaea narbonensis Jacq.
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6.
Andromeda lucida Lam.
Lyonia lucida
fetterbush lyonia
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Plant info

7.
Anemone fragifera
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8.
Antirrhinum hirtum
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9.
Antirrhinum versicolor
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10.
Aquilegia viridiflora
Aquilegia viridiflora
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Plant info

11.
Arabis ovirensis
Cardaminopsis ovirensis
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Plant info

12.
Arenaria biflora L.
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13.
Aristolochia bilobata L.
Aristolochia bilobata
twolobe dutchman's pipe
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Plant info

14.
Artemisia hispanica Lam.
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15.
Asplenium angustifolium Michx.
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16.
Astragalus asper Jacq.
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17.
Astragalus hians Jacq.
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18.
Astragalus uralensis L.
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19.
Astragalus uralensis L.
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20.
Athamanta Matthioli
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21.
Avena sterilis L.
Celtica gigantea
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Plant info

22.
Axyris ceratoides L.
Ceratoides latens
Pamirian winterfat
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Plant info

23.
Bromelia humilis Jacq.
Bromelia humilis
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Plant info

24.
Bupleurum petraeum L.
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25.
Cacalia laciniata
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26.
Carduus arabicus Jacq.
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27.
Cassia chinensis Jacq.
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28.
Cassia crista Jacq.
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29.
Cassia multiglandulosa Jacq.
Senna multiglandulosa
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Plant info

30.
Cassia ruscifolia Jacq.
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31.
Cassia sennoides Jacq.
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32.
Celosia procumbens Jacq.
Froelichia interrupta
Texas snakecotton, Texas snake-cotton
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Plant info

33.
Centaurea Verutum
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34.
Chrysocoma dichotoma
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35.
Cistus canariensis
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36.
Cistus cretensis
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37.
Cistus fœtidus
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38.
Cistus mutabilis
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39.
Cistus syriacus
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40.
Citharexylum villosum
Citharexylum fruticosum
Florida fiddlewood
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Plant info

41.
Clematis angustifolia
Clematis hexapetala
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Plant info

42.
Convolvulus floridus
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43.
Cortusa Matthiol
Cortusa matthioli
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Plant info

44.
Costus arabicus L.
Costus arabicus
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Plant info

45.
Crambe orientalis
Crambe amabilis
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Plant info

46.
Crambe tataria Sebeok
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47.
Crepis albida Vill.
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48.
Crotalaria coerulea Jacq.
Crotalaria verrucosa
blue rattlesnake
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Plant info

49.
Croton glandulosum
Croton glandulosus
vente conmigo
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Plant info

50.
Cynanchum extensum Jacq.
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51.
Cynosurus caerulus L.
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52.
Cynosurus domingensis Jacq.
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53.
Cynosurus sphærocephalus
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54.
Cyrilla racemiflora L.
Cyrilla racemiflora
swamp titi, swamp cyrilla
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Plant info

55.
Cytisus tener
Genista tenera
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Plant info

56.
Dais laurifolia
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57.
Delphinium urceolatum
Delphinium exaltatum
tall larkspur
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Plant info

58.
Dianthus sylvestris
Dianthus sylvestris
woodland pink
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Plant info

59.
Diodia virginica
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60.
Dolichos Soja
Glycine max
Soybean
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Plant info

61.
Dracocephalum austriacum L.
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62.
Echites domingensis Jacq.
Pentalinon luteum
Hammock viper's-tail
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Plant info

63.
Echium candicans L. f.
Echium candicans
pride of Madeira
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Plant info

64.
Elæodendron orientale
Cassine orientale
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Plant info

65.
Eryngium alpinum L.
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66.
Eupatorium scandens L.
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67.
Eupatorium syriacum Jacq.
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68.
Euphorbia characias L.
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69.
Euphorbia Clava
Euphorbia clava
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Plant info

70.
Euphorbia diffusa Jacq.
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71.
Euphorbia divaricata Jacq.
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72.
Euphorbia linifolia Nathh.
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73.
Fothergilla gardenii L.
Fothergilla gardenii
dwarf witchalder
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Plant info

74.
Galega ochroleuca Jacq.
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75.
Geranium glutinosum Jacq.
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76.
Geranium macrorrhizum
Geranium macrorrhizum
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Plant info

77.
Geranium revolutum
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78.
Geranium tetragonum
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79.
Geum aleppicum Jacq.
Geum aleppicum
yellow avens
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Plant info

80.
Geum hybridum
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81.
Glycine caribæa
Rhynchosia caribaea
Caribbean snoutbean
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Plant info

82.
Haloragis alata
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83.
Hibiscus pentacarpos
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84.
Hibiscus præmorsus
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85.
Hibiscus virginicus Walter
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86.
Hieracium saxatile
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87.
Hippocrepis balearica Jacq.
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88.
Hyacinthus viridis L.
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89.
Hypochæris helvetica
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90.
Hyptis capitata Jacq.
Hyptis capitata
false ironwort
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Plant info

91.
Hyptis verticillata Jacq.
Hyptis verticillata
John Charles
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Plant info

92.
Ipomoea hederacea Jacq.
Ipomoea nil
whiteedge morning-glory, whiteedge morningglory
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Plant info

93.
Ipomoea luteola
Ipomoea hederifolia
scarletcreeper, scarlet creeper
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Plant info

94.
Juglans cinerea
Juglans cinerea
butternut
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Plant info

95.
Juglans nigra
Juglans nigra
black walnut
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Plant info

96.
Lachenalia tricolor
Lachenalia aloides
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Plant info

97.
Lactuca intybacea Jacq.
Launaea intybacea
achicoria azul
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Plant info

98.
Laserpitium archangelica Wulf.
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99.
Lavandula pinnata
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100.
Lisianthus glaucifolius
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101.
Lonicera tartarica
Lonicera tatarica
Tatarian honeysuckle, bush honeysuckle, Tartarian honeysuckle
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Plant info

102.
Lychnis grandiflora
Lychnis coronata
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Plant info

103.
Malva balsamica Jacq.
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104.
Malva scoparia L'He4r.
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105.
Marrubium astracanicum
Marrubium kotschyi
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Plant info

106.
Medicago carstiensis Wulf., in Jacq.
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107.
Mimosa speciosa Jacq.
Albizia lebbeck
woman's tongue, lebbek , raom tree, siris tree, soros-tree, woman's-tongue tree
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Plant info

108.
Myagrum arborescens
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109.
Nerium coronarium Jacq.
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110.
Onopordon acaule
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111.
Ophrys crucigera Jacq.
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112.
Ophrys myodes Jacq.
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113.
Orchis mascula L.
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114.
Orchis moravica Jacq.
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115.
Orchis palustris Jacq.
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116.
Orchis rubra Jacq.
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117.
Osteospermum cæruleum
Garuleum pinnatifidum
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Plant info

118.
Panicum coloratum L.
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119.
Panicum maximum Jacq.
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120.
Paspalum virgatum L.
Paspalum virgatum
talquezal
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Plant info

121.
Passiflora incarnata
Passiflora incarnata
purple passionflower
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Plant info

122.
Passiflora rubra L.
Passiflora rubra
dutchman's laudanum
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Plant info

123.
Pedicularis rosea
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124.
Phaca alpina L.
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125.
Phleum asperum
Phleum paniculatum
British timothy
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Plant info

126.
Phleum schoenoides L.
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127.
Phlomis caribæa
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128.
Phlomis zeylanica
Leucas zeylanica
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Plant info

129.
Physalis barbadensis Jacq.
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130.
Physalis prostrata L'He4r.
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131.
Pinus mughus Scop.
Pinus mugo
mugo pine
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Plant info

132.
Piper medium Jacq.
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133.
Piper obtusifolium L.
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134.
Plantago ægyptiaca
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135.
Plantago cornuti Gouan
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136.
Plantago maxima Juss. ex Jacq.
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137.
Poa abyssinica Jacq.
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138.
Poa disticha Wulfen
Oreochloa disticha
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Plant info

139.
Poa peruviana Jacq.
Eragrostis peruviana
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Plant info

140.
Potentilla astracanica Jacq.
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141.
Potentilla opaca
Potentilla heptaphylla
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Plant info

142.
Prunus Chamæcerasus
Cerasus fruticosa
European dwarf cherry
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Plant info

143.
Ranunculus canadensis
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144.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
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145.
Ribes petraeum Wulf.
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146.
Ricinus inermis Mill.
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147.
Ricinus lividus Jacq.
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148.
Robinia vesicaria
Glottidium vesicarium
Harper bagpod, bagpod
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Plant info

149.
Rubia fruticosa Aiton
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150.
Ruellia patula Jacq.
Petalidium damarense
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Plant info

151.
Rumex glaucus
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152.
Ruta legitima
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153.
Salvia abyssinica
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154.
Salvia serotina L.
Salvia serotina
littlewoman
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Plant info

155.
Salvia spinosa L.
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156.
Salvia viridis L.
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157.
Salvia viscosa Jacq.
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158.
Sambucus racemosa L.
Sambucus racemosa
red elderberry
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Plant info

159.
Saxifraga petræa
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160.
Saxifraga stolonifera Curtis
Saxifraga stolonifera
creeping saxifrage
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Plant info

161.
Scabiosa monspeliensis Jacq.
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162.
Schoenus umbellatus Walter
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163.
Schotia speciosa Jacq.
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164.
Scilla hyacinthoides
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165.
Sclerocarpus africanus
Sclerocarpus africanus
African bonebract
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Plant info

166.
Scorzonera taraxifolia Jacq.
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167.
Senecio graminifolius
Senecio chrysocoma
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Plant info

168.
Sida atrosanguinea
Sidastrum paniculatum
Panicled sandmallow
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Plant info

169.
Sida carpinifolia L. f.
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170.
Sida mauritiana Jacq.
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171.
Sinapis millefolia
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172.
Sisymbrium hispanicum
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173.
Sisymbrium molle
Alyssopsis mollis
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Plant info

174.
Sisymbrium pannonicum
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175.
Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq.
Solanum aculeastissimum
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Plant info

176.
Solanum coccineum Jacq.
Solanum coccineum
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Plant info

177.
Solanum corymbosum Jacq.
Solanum corymbosum
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Plant info

178.
Solanum fuscatum Jacq.
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179.
Solanum lycioides L.
Lycianthes lycioides
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Plant info

180.
Solanum marginatum L. f.
Solanum marginatum
purple African nightshade, white-margined nightshade
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Plant info

181.
Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq.
Solanum stramoniifolium
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Plant info

182.
Sonchus fruticosus L. f.
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183.
Stachys canariensis
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184.
Stachys lanata Crantz
Stachys germanica
German hedgenettle
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Plant info

185.
Stellara Passerina
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186.
Terminalia catappa L.
Terminalia catappa
troipical almond, false kamani, india almond, Indian almond, tropical almond
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Plant info

187.
Thlaspi alliaceum
Thlaspi alliaceum
Roadside pennycress
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Plant info

188.
Tournefortia cymosa L.
Tournefortia glabra
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Plant info

189.
Tragia involucrata L.
Tragia hispida
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Plant info

190.
Tragopogon mutabilis
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191.
Tragopogon porrifolius
Tragopogon porrifolius
Salsify, common salsify, goatsbeard, purple salsify
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Plant info

192.
Tragopogon undulatus
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193.
Trichomanes canariense
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194.
Turritis hirsuta
Arabis hirsuta
Hairy rockcress
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Plant info

195.
Verbesina gigantea
Verbesina myriocephala
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Plant info

196.
Vitis vinifera L.
Vitis vinifera
Wine grape
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Plant info

197.
Waltheria indica L.
Waltheria americana
uhaloa
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Plant info

198.
Wulfenia carinthiaca Jacq.
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199.
Xeranthemum fulgidum
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200.
Zoegea aleppica
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Friday 23 October 2009

Beckford of Fonthill


Arms.—Per pale gules and azure, on a chevron argent, between three martlets or, an eagle displayed sable ; within a bordure of the fourth, charged with a double tressure, flory and counter flory of the first. The grant of the double tressure, under the authority of the Earl Marshal of England, registered in the college of arms, and bearing date the 20th March 1810, was intended to commemorate, not only the extraordinary accumulation of descents of the grantee, through various noble families, from the blood royal of Scotland which are verified in the line of Hamilton, but also the remarkable facts, that his grandmother, on the paternal side, Bathshua, daughter and coheir of Julines Hering esq., was through the lines above stated, of Oxenbridge, Throckmorton, Nevil, Beauchamp, Le Despencer and Plantagenet, descended from the said blood royal ; and that his grandmother, on the maternal side, Bridget Hamilton, was by her grandfather, William Coward, esq. serjeant-at-law, and recorder and member of Parliament for the city of Wells, descended through the ancient families of Dodington, of Dodington, and Wyndham, and the illustrious houses of Howard, Mowbray, Fitzalan, Bohun, and Plantagenet, and also through those of Scrope, Nevil, Stafford, Audley, and Clare, from the said blood royal ; and, by her mother, Mary, daughter of William Hastings, esq.; by her grandmother, Bridget, daughter and at length sole heir of Sir Thomas Hall; by her great-grandmother, Catherine, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour; and by her great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Brune, esq. of Athelhampton, Dorset, through several distinct lines not participated by any of the other branches of the house 01 Hamilton, also descended from the said blood royal: and further, that the grantee having intermarried with the Lady Margaret Gordon, only daughter of Charles, late earl of Aboyne, his daughters by such marriage are likewise maternally descended, by numerous and direct lines, from the kings of Scotland, through many of the greatest families of that kingdom, as well as through the principal sovereign houses of Europe.

Quartering— 1st and 4th, Hamilton, gules, three cinquefoils ermine, pierced of the field ; 2nd and 3rd, Arran, argent, a lymphad sable.

Crests— First, a heron's head erased or, gorged with a collar flory counterflory gules, in the beak a fish argent. Second, issuant out of a ducal coronet or, an oak tree fructed ppr. the stem penetrated transversely by a frame-saw, also ppr. inscribed with the word "through," differenced with a shield, pendant from a branch of the tree, charged with the arms of Latimer, being gules, a cross flory or.

*** The second was a crest of Augmentation, assigned under the Earl Marshal's authority, to Mr. Beckford, in memory of his representation of a co-heir of the Abercorn branch of the house of Hamilton ; with a distinction in allusion to his descent, through the ancient family of Mervyn, lords of the manor of Fonthill-Gifford, from William, the first Lord Latimer.

Motto— De Dieu tout.

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours,
John Burke
Colburn, 1836
pp. 678-681

Sunday 18 October 2009

DEVISME, LOUIS (1720-1776)

DEVISME, LOUIS (1720-1776), diplomatist, third son of Phillippe de Visme, a Huguenot, of distinguished family, who fled from Normandy to England after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, was born on 25 Sept. 1720. He was educated at Westminster School, and proceeded thence to Christ Church, Oxford, where he took the B.A. degree in 1743 and his M.A. in 1746. Being destined for the church he was ordained a deacon, but abandoned that career for the diplomatic service. In 1763, a few months after the second Catherine's accession to the throne of Russia, Devisme was appointed secretary to the British embassy at St. Petersburg. His next appointment was as minister plenipotentiary to the electorate of Bavaria. He was afterwards the representative of England at the diet of Ratisbon, and finally he succeeded Sir John Goodrich as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Stockholm, where he died, un-married, on 4 Sept. 1770. Frederick the Great of Prussia allowed him, as a proof of esteem, to bear the Prussian eagle as a crest. Devisme's character for penuriousness peeps out in Lady Minto's ‘Memoir of Hugh Elliot,’ whose predecessor he was at the court of Munich (1775). ‘He had no secretary, contenting himself with a boy who understood no language but his own, merely to [p.449] copy for him.’ He was also apparently shocked at Elliot’s extravagance in giving a hundred louis to the widow of a kind friend, Baron garny (Mem. of Elliott, pp.45,46).

[[Welch’s Alumni Westmonasterienses (1852), p.320; Oxford Graduates; Burkes Commoners iv. 321; Memoir of Hugh Elliott, by the Countess of Minto (1868).]

R. H.

Dictionary of National Biography volume 14