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XXVII. An Account of Jome Plant cul difcovered in Scotland. 
By Mr. Fames Dick on, F. L. S. : 
Read Feb. 5, 1793. 
LTHOUGH a very great number of Britifh plants are 
defcribed in the Flora Anglica and Flora Scotica, yet no per- 
fon can expect in thefe a complete catalogue of the plants of this 
kingdom; for, though their ingenicus authors have done every 
thing in their power, yet, in a field fo extenfive, much muft ftill 
remain to be done. Large traéts in Scotland are ftill unexplored 
by any naturalift, and many plants being merely local, we muft 
wait for a more thorough and accurate examination of this king- 
dom, before we can fix the extent of the Britifh Flora. 
Indeed the operations of Nature are fo dark and intricate, and 
her works fo amazingly profufe, that it is much to be doubted 
whether we fhall ever be able, with the moft fcrupulous invefti- 
gation, to afcertain the number even of Britifh plants, when we 
defcend to the minuter tribes. The {pan of human life will be 
found too fhort to meafure the vaft field of creation. 
But thofe who intend to fearch for plants ought not to be dif- 
couraged at their number, nor defpair of fuccefs though they tread 
in the footíteps of fome former naturalift; for every practical 
botanift muft remember fome inftances of his difcovering plants 
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