COLLECTIONS OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS FROM HIS 1766 EXPEDITION TO NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES, OTTAWA, CANADA

Forty‐three vascular plant specimens were found recently at the National Herbarium of Canada that were collected by Sir Joseph Banks on his voyage to Newfoundland and Labrador in 1766. A list of these specimens is presented together with a discussion of the relationship that they bear to collections at the British Museum (Natural History) in London as well as information contained in Banks's personal diary and plant catalogue.