AD 342 ADANSON, Michel & JUSSIEU, [Bernard] de [Rapport des commissaires nommés par l’Académie pour lire] une lettre de M. Linneus [sic] du 3 Aout de cette année dans laquelle il annonce avoir observé un mouvement trés étonnant dans la plante qu’il apelle Marchantia polymorpha, …, 1767
Content Description
The Michel Adanson Library at Hunt Institute includes the botanical portion of Adanson's personal library, along with correspondence, manuscripts, and a large number of plant illustrations clipped from published sources. The collection contains 127 book titles, 117 letters, 146 manuscripts and thousands of plant images clipped from published works, many of them annotated by him. (copied from https://www.huntbotanical.org/library/show.php?1)
Dates
- Creation: 1767
Extent
From the Collection: 391 Volumes
Language of Materials
French
Physical Description
7 pp. 18 x 22 cm
General
Adanson’s draft of a report on a Linnaean letter concerning movement in Marchantia, allegedly discovered by Linnaeus. In this report Adanson cited M. Marchant fils’ earlier description of the same phenomenon (in Mém. Acad. Sci. 1713, p. 230). Moreover B. de Jussieu reported to the Académie that he observed this movement not only in Marchantia, but in Jungermannia and Anthoceros. A transcription of Linnaeus’ letter is added, as are quotations from the cited periodicals. The report was read to the Académie on 25 November 1767.
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository