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Dear Mia, the second picture remind me of Moehringia trinervia http://seeds.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/Caryophyllaceae/Moehringia/trinervia/?pShowPic=ON&File=1692.jpg Best regards Frédérique Frédérique Durand Membre associé UMR 5608 Traces maison de la recherche 5 allées A. Machado 31058 TOULOUSE Cedex 9 05 61 50 45 65 Le 02/10/2012 09:51, Mia Lempiäinen-Avci a écrit : > Dear all, > Could you help me to identify these seeds and other remains on attached pictures. > They are from a shipwreck called Vrouw Maria (Lady Mary), she was a Dutch merchant ship carrying a valuable cargo of art objects and sank on 1771, in the outer archipelago of Finland. > All remains are from wooden barrels. Vrouw Maria was loaded with precious artifacts including works of art belonging to Catherine the Great of Russia. > The ship set sail from Amsterdam on September 5, 1771, for Saint Petersburg. > > Pictures A and B are same seeds, B is after removing the fruit. > > Thank you in advance! > - Mia > > ******************************************** > Mia Lempiäinen-Avci, MA > PhD student > Herbarium > University of Turku > Finland