| RefNo | CLP/10ii/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Description d'un nouveau genre de plante que je nomme oxyoïdes' by Monsieur [Laurent] Garcin |
| Date | 5 January 1729 |
| Description | 'Description of a new type of plant, which I name oxyoïdes'. Paper sent by Garcin to [Paul de] Saint Hyacinthe describing a new family of plants with flowers and fruit resembling those of the oxys. Garcin describes what distinguishes this new family of plants from the oxys, and then describes two species that he has identified. English translation found at CLP/10ii/14. Description of the family of plants called musa, published with this paper, found at CLP/10ii/13.
Subject: Botany
English translation published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Memoirs communicated by Mons. Garcin to Mons. St. Hyacinthe, F. R. S. containing a description of a new family of plants called oxyoïdes; some remarks on the family of plants called musa; and a description of the Hirudinella marina, or sea leach. Translated from the French, by Mr. John Martyn, F. R. S.'.
Read to the Royal Society on 5 March 1729. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0053
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36 (1729), p 377 |
| RelatedRecord | CLP/10ii/14 |
| CLP/10ii/13 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4513 | Garcin; Laurent (1683 - 1751) | 1683 - 1751 |
| NA7004 | Hyacinthe; Paul de Saint (1684 - 1746) | 1684 - 1746 |