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    Open daily 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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    Date created
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  • Gelidium purpurascens N.L. Gardner

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    11 Nov 1969
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  • Carex alopecoidea Tuck.

    Collection Date
    7 Apr 1918
  • Calophyllum tomentosum Wight

  • Eurya albiflora C.T. White & W.D. Francis

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    7 Aug 1964
  • Alopecurus gerardii (All.) Vill.

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    17 Jul 1862
  • Psychotria poeppigiana Müll. Arg. subsp. poeppigiana

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    14 Nov 1947 to 15 Nov 1947
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    1925

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