Abstract
Abstract Sir, I send you inclosed, a description of a rare plant, with a print of it of the natural size. It was found, September 1768, in a small lake in the island of Skye, by James Robertson, whom I had send there in search of new or rare plants. The whole of it, except the head and top of the stalk, was under the surface of the water. Wherever the water was shallow, the bottom of the lake was covered with this plant, whose roots were so closely interwoven, that in some places large patches were torn up by the agitation of the waters, or other violence, and found floating on the surface, matter together.
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Claim · model-written summary
A rare plant was found in a small Skye lake in September 1768.
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e0“It was found, September 1768, in a small lake in the island of Skye”
t0“a rare plant”
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Most of the plant was submerged except its head and upper stalk.
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e0“The whole of it, except the head and top of the stalk, was under the surface of the water”
t0“a rare plant”
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The plant covered shallow lake bottoms and had tightly interwoven roots.
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e0“Wherever the water was shallow, the bottom of the lake was covered with this plant, whose roots were so closely interwoven”
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Patches of the plant were torn up and floated at the surface.
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e0“large patches were torn up by the agitation of the waters, or other violence, and found floating on the surface”
t0“a rare plant”