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Index of Botanical Publications


TitleNarrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry ... / compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers
AbbreviationNarr. Exped. China Japan [Perry]
Variant title:Expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan
Variant title:Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the government of the United States / Pub. by order of
Variant title:Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the government of the United States
AuthorsM. C. Perry
Publication Dates3 vols., 1856
Place of publicationNew York; Washington DC; London
PublisherD.Appleton (NY); B. Tucker (Washington DC); Trubner (UK)
URLhttp://books.google.com/books?vid=HARVARDHXHTRC&printsec=titlepage#v=onepage&q&f=false
HOLLIS002413702
HOLLIS008007742
HOLLIS011886235
RemarksDescription: vii, 624 p., [87] leaves of plates (some folded). Vol. 1 compiled from the original notes and journals of Com. Perry ... by Francis L. Hawks ...; Vol. 2. Natural history reports by D.S. Green [et al.] ... Account of the botanical specimens collected in Japan by S. Wells Williams and James Morrow by Asa Gray [et al.]; v. 3 has title: United States Japan expedition. Observations on the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States steam-frigate Mississippi, during her late cruise in eastern seas, and her voyage homeward: with conclusions from the data thus obtained; by Rev. George Jones.

The Harvard University Herbaria hold 39 type specimens of taxa described in this publication

Lithospermum japonicum A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 316
Arabis alpina var. japonica A. Gray [Syntype] 1857, 2: 307
Arabis alpina var. japonica A. Gray [Syntype] 1857, 2: 307
Lonicera morrowii A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 313
Tricercandra quadrifolia A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 318
Carex incisa Boott [Isotype] 1857, 2: 327
Carex villosa Boott [Isotype] 1857, 2: 327
Carex dispalata Boott [Type] 1857, 2: 325
Carex morrowii Boott [Isotype] 1857, 2: 326
Carex anomala Boott [Type] 1857, 2: 327
Carex transversa Boott [Type] 1857, 2: 324
Carex puberula Boott [Type] 1857, 2: 324
Carex conica Boott [Isotype] 1857, 2: 325
Carex lanceolata Boott [Isotype] 1857, 2: 326
Carex monadelpha Boott [Isotype] 1857, 2: 323
Carex pisiformis Boott [Type] 1857, 2: 324
Azalea serpyllifolia A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 315
Aspidium erythrosorum D. C. Eaton [Type] 1856, 2: 232, 330
Aspidium erythrosorum D. C. Eaton [Type] 1856, 2: 232, 330
Aspidium tripteris D. C. Eaton [Holotype] 1857, 2: 330
Cephalanthera japonica A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 319
Epipactis thunbergii A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 319
Alopecurus malacostachys A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 328
Anemone baicalensis var. laevigata A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 306
Clematis williamsii A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 306
Rubus hydrastifolius A. Gray [Type] 1857, 2: 311
Rubus coptophyllus A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 311
Galium trachyspermum A. Gray [Type] 1857, 2: 313
Smilax japonica A. Gray [Type] 1856, 320
Viola grypoceras A. Gray [Isotype] 1857, 2: 308
Viola grypoceras A. Gray [Holotype] 1857, 2: 308
Viola laciniosa A. Gray [Holotype] 1856, 2: 308
Smilacina japonica A. Gray [Type] 1857, 2: 321
Disporum smilacinum A. Gray [Syntype] 1857, 2: 321
Disporum smilacinum A. Gray [Syntype] 1857, 2: 321
Disporum smilacinum A. Gray [Syntype] 1857, 2: 321
Delesseria serrulata Harvey [Isoneotype] 1857, 2: 331
Halosaccion japonicum Harvey [Type] 1857, 331
Halosaccion japonicum Harvey [Type] 1857, 331

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