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among bis rare Plants of Carniola, ig Profeffor Jacquin s Colleétanea, 
III. Remarks on the Abbé Wulfens dogs of Lichens; publifhed 
. Fol. Il. 112. By James Edward Smith 
; M. D. F. R. S. and P. L. S. 
Read Of, 6, 1789. 
H E moreeminently a naturalift has diftinguifhed himfelf by 
his accuracy and judgment, the more dangerous to pofterity 
are any errors he may commit in the fequel of his enquiries. I 
hope therefore it will not appear altogether unimportant to the Lin- 
nean Society, if I lay before them a few remarks on fome unaccount- 
able botanical miftakes in a paper of the juftly celebrated Wulfen, 
entitled Plante Rariores Carinthiacz, publifhed by Profeffor Jacquin 
in the fecond volume of his Collectanea, in 1788. Still lefs furely 
fhall I be in danger of cenfure for prefuming to point out defects 
in the works of fuch able men, for it is only authors of authority 
whofe errors are worth pointing out. 
"The miftakes alluded to chiefly regard the Lichens defcribed and 
figured in the volume above mentioned ; and thefeI beg leave briefly 
to notice, taking the plants in the order in which they prefent 
themielves. 
No. 175. Lichen tauricus, p.177 
is L. vermicularis, Linn. fi. meth. mufe. 37. I have found it on 
the alps of Switzerland. 
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