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  • Agoseris glauca var. glauca (Pursh) Raf.

    Collection Date
    6 Jun 1895
  • Rorippa curvisiliqua (Hook.) Bessey ex Britton var. curvisiliqua

    Collection Date
    30 Jun 1897
  • 2c postage stamp specimen pane of 100

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    1894
  • Knife

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    18th-19th century
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    Ottoman period
  • Zi sha qing yun / zhu bian Sha Zhiming

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    1997
    Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912
  • Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.

    Collection Date
    29 Jun 1891
  • Collinsia tinctoria Hartw. ex Benth.

    Collection Date
    15 Aug 1895
  • Carex disperma Dewey

    Collection Date
    29 Jun 1893
  • Alopecurus howellii var. merrimani W.J. Beal

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    10 Aug 1891
  • Letharia columbiana (Nutt.) J.W. Thomson

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    May 1894

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