. Early British botanists and their gardens. Botany; Botanists; Botany; Plants, Cultivated. GOODYERA 99 the name of ' Palma Christi radice repente' or ' Creeping Satyrion', and which we should now call the Marsh Helle- borine or Epipactis palustris. Robert Brown, who gave the name Goodyera to the northern genus in honour of our Hampshire botanist, was misled by Johnson, who in error had attached a figure of Goodyera repens to the text relating to the Marsh Helleborine. It is somewhat un- fortunate that by a triple error his name should have been attached to a plant which in all probability he
. Early British botanists and their gardens. Botany; Botanists; Botany; Plants, Cultivated. GOODYERA 99 the name of ' Palma Christi radice repente' or ' Creeping Satyrion', and which we should now call the Marsh Helle- borine or Epipactis palustris. Robert Brown, who gave the name Goodyera to the northern genus in honour of our Hampshire botanist, was misled by Johnson, who in error had attached a figure of Goodyera repens to the text relating to the Marsh Helleborine. It is somewhat un- fortunate that by a triple error his name should have been attached to a plant which in all probability he could never have seen, but that is only one of the many chance circum- stances which have led to the passing from memory of the services of ' an incomparable botanist, of sound judgement, and of immense industry C5 Uwy iW-. V 1»titA^ 0/. I ' Ocymoides sempervirens A Fe?'n Drawings by Goodyer H 2. 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 Gunther, R. T. (Robert Theodore), 1869-1940; Goodyer, John, 1592-1664. Oxford, Printed by F. Hall for the author at the University Press
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