. Supplement to the appendix of Captain Parry's voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage in the years 1819-20 [microform] : containing an account of the subjects of natural history. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. %â II: 'f. m N^- XL ^Ir A LIST OF PLANTS, tOLLE(Ti,r> IN JMELA' ISLAND, BY THE OFFICERS OF THE EXPEDITION; WITH CHAUACTEllS AM) DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NEW SPECIES. BY JIOBKUT iniOW'X, and THE followiiipr list of till- Plants observed in Melville Islaiul, chiefly in the viciiiitv of Winter Harbour, is drawn np from tlie Herbaria of Captain Sabine, Mr. E
. Supplement to the appendix of Captain Parry's voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage in the years 1819-20 [microform] : containing an account of the subjects of natural history. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. %â II: 'f. m N^- XL ^Ir A LIST OF PLANTS, tOLLE(Ti,r> IN JMELA' ISLAND, BY THE OFFICERS OF THE EXPEDITION; WITH CHAUACTEllS AM) DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NEW SPECIES. BY JIOBKUT iniOW'X, and THE followiiipr list of till- Plants observed in Melville Islaiul, chiefly in the viciiiitv of Winter Harbour, is drawn np from tlie Herbaria of Captain Sabine, Mr. Edwards, Mr. .Tames Ross, Ca])tain Parry, Mr. Fislier, and Mr. Beverley, whose names are here given in the order of the extent of tlieir eollections. To Captain Parry, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Eislier, and Mr. Ross, I am indehtwl for complete series of specimens of their respective collections; and I havi' to offer my acknowled'nnents to Captain Sabine for having allowed me freely to examine his more herbarium, and to retain it until he was alwiit to leave Enolund, in Octobci-, liS21, when the whole, in compliance with his re(iuest, was returned to hiin. The delay that has taken place in the publication of the present account has been, in part, owing to the state of my health ihiring a considerable jH)rti()n of the time that has elapsed since the collections were placed in my hands. I have also experienced much greater difficulty than I had anticipated in determining many of the species; arising cither from their extremely variable nature, from the incomplete state of the .specimens 2 k '.> life Its-' V ' P\ f * I ' k i i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855. London : J. Murray
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