| RefNo | CLP/10i/35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'A description and figure of the true amomum or tugus' Reverend George Camelli [Georg Joseph Kamel] to John Ray and James Petiver |
| Date | [1698] |
| Description | Letter sent from Georg Joseph Kamel in the Philippine Isles [Philippines] regarding amomum, a genus of plants including various species of cardamom, and tugus [tugas, known as vitex parviflora]. No figure is included with the manuscript.
Subject: Botany
Published with figure in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description and figure of the true amomum, or tugus'.
Read to the Royal Society on 8 February 1698. |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1699.0002
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 21 (1699), p 2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8403 | Ray; John (1627 - 1705) | 1627 - 1705 |
| NA6857 | Petiver; James (c1663 - 1718); botanist and entomologist | c 1663 - 1718 |