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Account of the plant 'Attmella' from Ceylon from a letter from Peter Hotton

Reference number: RBO/9/34

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Called 'Acmella', 'Achmella' or 'Admella'
Read to the Royal Society on 11 March 1700

Reference number
RBO/9/34
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Account of the plant 'Attmella' from Ceylon from a letter from Peter Hotton, RBO/9/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_34/account-of-the-plant-attmella-from-ceylon-from-a-letter-from-peter-hotton, accessed on 18 May 2025

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