| Reference number | CLP/10i/28 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'A description of the pimiento or Jamaica pepper tree and of the tree that bears the cortex winteranus' by Hans Sloane |
| Date | [1690] |
| Description | The author describes the appearance, composition, fruit, and growth of the allspice tree and the cortex winteranus, or wild cinnamon tree. Includes original engraved figure.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A description of the pimienta or Jamaica pepper-tree, and of the tree that bears the cortex winteranus'.
Read to the Royal Society on 4 February 1690. |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0083
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 17, no 192, p 462 |
| Related records in the catalogue | JBO/8/292 |
| RBO/7/28 |
| CLP/10i/28/1 |
| CLP/10i/28/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |