Volume 1
Flora Scotica: or, A systematic arrangement, in the Linnæan method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides / by John Lightfoot, A.M.
- Date:
- MDCCXCII [1792]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Flora Scotica: or, A systematic arrangement, in the Linnæan method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides / by John Lightfoot, A.M. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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