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481 



In the herbarium you will find my new plants, some, I think, 

 new even to the Kew collections, and highly interesting. 



There is one which I should place not far from Cardiospermum, 

 a moderate-sized tree ; this I can refer to no genua ; it may, how- 

 ever, be ex- African, and I have no time to dip into the genera 



Ma 



Mai id 



Since collecting, I have had no time to examine my plants ; ^ but 

 the little I did on the spot showed that this small collection is of 

 considerable interest, and I have collected in each case a num- 

 ber of specimens. 



J. KlEK. 



/ 



Britain 



Eev. James M. Cbosoie, M.^ 



[Bead June 2, 1870.] 



Amokgst many rare and previously undetected Britisli lichens, 



during 



and 



witli 



w 



coun 



As a 



wn 



such as Ben Lawers and the New Forest, which have been re- 

 peatedly searched by some of our most zealous lichenologists, it 

 is evident that Ghreat Britain is still far from being exhausted, 

 and that many hitherto undescribed species wiU be detected on 



investigation. And, indeed, this is confirmed by my 



farther 



Middle 



ty 



though even here another new species was some years ago dis- 



Mr, Currey. 



Enu- 



meration The 



Ireland is still 



eiaUy the western portions of the counties of Inverness, Boss, 

 and Sutherland, in Scotland, are stiU almost a terra incognita 

 with respect both to our ph^nogamics and cryptogamics. There 

 is every reason to believe that an examination of these tracts 



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