Watt s.n., Suni (s.d.)
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| Watt herbarium specimen, Suni on the Sutlej (undated) | |
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| Watt s.n., Suni (s.d.) | |
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| An undated sheet from Suni in George Watt's herbarium, held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as catalogue E00248804 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Himachal Pradesh |
| District | Shimla District |
| Locality | Suni |
| Coordinates | 31.24, 77.12 |
| Elevation | 914 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E00248804 |
| Collector Number | s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Watt s.n., Suni is an accession record for an undated herbarium specimen of Cannabis sativa from Suni on the Sutlej, in what is now Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh, India. The sheet bears the stamp of George Watt's herbarium. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds it as catalogue E00248804.[1] GBIF publishes it as preserved specimen occurrence 574944974.[2] Both records give George Watt as the collector. Neither gives a locality, a date or a collector number.[1][2]
Collection and locality
An oval stamp at the top left of the sheet has lines for the date, habitat and altitude between the headings Flora North Western Himalayas and Herb. George Watt. The habitat line is filled in red ink as Suni, Sutlej and the altitude line as 3000 feet. The date line is blank. The sheet carries no field number and names no collector.[3] The altitude converts to 914 m, which is stored in the infobox.
A 1911 gazetteer of the Simla hill states places Suni on the Sutlej, about 24 miles from Simla.[4] The Shimla district administration lists Sunni among the district's tehsils.[5]
Cultivation observation
A note in red ink beneath the stamp reads:
[3]“Growing in a field very poor crop. Plants not more than 2 feet in height.”
Specimen and identification
The sheet mounts four pressed stems held by paper strips. It has no written determination and no field tag.[3] The catalogue records the specimen as Cannabis sativa L.[1]
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh also holds Watt 13958 (1890), a sheet from Suni on the Sutlej at the same altitude. Its label credits the gathering to Dr Cooke and dates it to November 1890.[6]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cannabis sativa L., specimen E00248804". Herbarium catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Occurrence 574944974: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Digitised sheet E00248804: Cannabis sativa L." RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ Punjab States Gazetteer, Volume VIII: Simla Hill States, 1910. Lahore: Punjab Government. 1911. Bhajji State, Part A, p. 3 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Tehsils". Shimla District. Government of Himachal Pradesh. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Digitised sheet E00248818: Cannabis sativa L." RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 September 2026.