The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 722. Papilio Carolinianus caudatus nigredine & ochroleuco variegatus. This elegant Fly amongst many other Insects, my very kind friends Mr. Robert Ellis and Mr. Edmund Bohun caught in March and Aprill last, up Ashly River in South Carolina.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 744. Alcea Caroliniana fl. parvo saturatè purpureo. This was first sent me from Charles Town in South Carolina, by my kind Friend Mr. George Franklyn Apothecary there; It Flowers and Seeds in March and April.