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Concerning a new family of plants called 'Musa', and a description of the 'Hirudinella marina' or 'Sea Leach' from Monsieur Garcin to M Saint Hyacinthe

Reference number: RBO/15/26

Date: 1730

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Original letter dated 5 January 1729
Consists of:
- description of a new genus of plant Garcin calls 'oxyoides' - John Martyn's comment says that it was similar to Hans Sloane's 'hortus Siccus'
- remarks on the genus of the plant called 'musa'
- concerning 'hirudinella marina'

Original figures of 'oxyoides' attached

Read to the Royal Society on 14 May 1730

Reference number
RBO/15/26
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
17 pages
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Manuscript

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Concerning a new family of plants called 'Musa', and a description of the 'Hirudinella marina' or 'Sea Leach' from Monsieur Garcin to M Saint Hyacinthe, 1730, RBO/15/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_26/concerning-a-new-family-of-plants-called-musa-and-a-description-of-the-hirudinella-marina-or-sea-leach-from-monsieur-garcin-to-m-saint-hyacinthe, accessed on 16 November 2025

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