the Britiflj Fuel, with particular Defer ipt'wns of each Species. 233 



fortunately for fcience, in the poffefTion of our worthy Prefident Dr. 

 Smith ; and partly by having rccourfe to Sir Jofeph Banks's kind in- 

 dulgence; without whofc favour, and free leave to confult his exten- 

 five collection of books and fpecimens, how could this, or indeed 

 how can any tract of labour and difficulty hope to boaft of tole- 

 rable perfection r 



We want words alfo to exprefs our high fenfe of Her Majefty's 

 mod gracious condefcenfion, in not only permitting Dr. Good- 

 enough to confult Mr. Lightfoot's collection of plants, which flic 

 purchafed upon his death ; but, with the mod attentive kindnefs, in 

 directing every paper which could furniih him with any informa- 

 tion to be fubmitted to his perufal ; and even perfonally aflifting 

 and encouraging him. When fnch elevated rank deigns to add en- 

 couragement to fcience, gratitude is not wanting, nor a due fenfibi- 

 lityofthe goodnefs of the act; neither is it pofliblc that labour, 

 however fevere, fhould fink into wearinefs — all is ardour, and hap- 

 pinefs, and promptitude, and refpect, and duty. 



Much was gained by this confutation. It was found that Mr. 

 Lightfoot's fpiralis was the true plant of Linnams ; his dijlichus the 

 ceranaides of Linnaeus ; his ceranoides the crifpus of Linna?us ; his 

 ceranoldes var. & lacerus (which is a variety of Mr. Hudfon's cana- 

 liculatus. — How do the learned differ !) our mammiUofus ; his concatc- 

 natus, the fame as Mr. Hudfon's plant of that name, the f&niculaceus 

 of Linnaeus ; his efculentus comprehends both our fpecies fetragonus 

 and teres ; his rubens our finuofus; his endiviafolius the crifpatus of 

 Hudfon, our lacerattts var. crifpatus ; his tiereideus our corneus var. 

 fJicinus, the filicinus of Mr. Hudfon j and his vermicularis perfectly 

 diftinct from Mr, Hudfon's ovalis. Mr. Lightfoot's F. vertlcillatus 

 unfortunately had been miflaid, fo that no opportunity offered of 

 proving that fpecies from his original fpecimen. This defect has 



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