52 Mr. Woopwanrp's Effay towards an 
been removed from its natural fituation on (probably) a moift bank, 
and directly brought into a dry room and placed upon a table. 
18. This effay has been drawn out to a much greater length 
than was at firft thought of, and for this fome ,apology may-be 
neceffary: but it muft be confidered, that a principal obje& of it is 
to eftablifh the Lycoperdon fornicatum of Hudfon as a fpecies ; and 
that it was impoffible to do this effectually, without anfwering the 
objections made by the author of * the Hiftorical Account of two 
Lycoperdons It muft be farther underftood, that thefe objections 
are fcattered through 52 octavo. pages, and that the correfponding 
obfervations and arguments are frequently to be fought for at many 
pages diftance; and it may then ceafe to be furprifing that it could 
not be comprifed in a fhorter compaís, and that fome flight repeti- 
tions may have unavoidably crept in. But though already much 
too long, indulgence muft be requefted for a word or two more 
upon Mr. Bryant's plate, which is abfolutely neceffary before it is 
concluded. The figures in this plate from r to 10 inclufive, are 
all referred to L. ftellatum,. and from 11 to 20 to fornicatum ; but 
it is to be obferved, that the fornicatum of Bryant* is the ftellatum 
of Ray's fyn. 27. t. 1. f. 1. and that all thefe figures, except 15 and 
20, are profeffedly different appearances of Ray's plant. How 
much all thefe differ from the figures in Phil. Tranf. and Blackf. 
Sp. bot. and alfo from Sch. 185. will be eafily feen by comparing 
them together. All Mr. Bryant's figures, except 15 and 20, fplit 
into an uncertain number of rays; and thefe vary in their fepara- 
tions, as to the diftance from the head, and form extremely acute 
angles with each other. The figures 15 and 20 are declared to be 
intended as reprefentations of the fornicatum quadrifidum, or for- 
nicatum of Hudfon; and though I would not willingly acufe Mr. 
Bryant of having mifreprefented the fpecimens to fupport his own 
* Vide antea. Notes to f. 7 and 12. 
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