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but neither does it strike me in the same light that it does you, as 

 being "blasphemous." I am sorry that you have withdrawn from 

 the Council and Local Secretaryship. It will, however, be a good 

 warning to the London members of the Council to mind what thej^ 

 are about in future. Ask Brand what are his wishes about the Part 

 of " Transactions " now standing in type at Taylor's. If I do not hear 

 in a few days from him, I shall print off and complete the Part as 

 soon as I can. — Yours very truly, Charles C. Babington. 



To the same. 

 St. John's College, Cambridge, Bee. 3, 1847. 



Dear Balfour, — I send the paper on Anacharis, etc., which you 

 will see has grown to a goodly size. Did you see the hash that 

 Newman has made of this matter in the December " Phytologist " 1 

 His three synonyms belong in all probability to three species of two 

 genera. His three new stations are only two, and belong, I believe, 

 to other species. His exultation about its being new to Europe is 

 as great a blunder in the present state of his knowledge, as there 

 are two species, supposed to be Udora, by Reich enbach, and one by 

 Koch, in Europe. The Vallisneria verticillata* is either a Udora or 

 Anacharis. If there are duplicates, I should like one greatly. 

 The first portion of Des Moulins' tract is indeed published in 

 the "Comp. Bot. Mag." Many thanks for pointing it out to me. 

 But the confirmatory part is not, so that the paper may be worth 

 reading at some meeting when a paper is Avanted that is not 

 purely technical, and I can put it into the "Gardeners' Chronicle" 

 afterwards. I hope that you are now well. — Yours very truly, 

 Charles C. Babington. 



I have omitted the plate, and may have to leave it out altogether, 

 owing to expense, in the " Annals." 



To the same. 

 St. John's College, Cambridge, Bee. 20, 1847. 



Dear Balfour, — I am sorry that you have sent your only speci- 

 men of Roxburgh's Vallisneria verticillata, or rather that you did not 

 put a stifi" bit of board in with it, for it has got broken all to bits 

 in the post. Plants that are glued down will hardly ever pass safely 

 through the post. I believe it to be a male plant of Anacharis 

 Nuttallii (Planch.), judging from the remnants of a single flower. 

 I have but little doubt that you will find specimens of the same in 

 the collection of duplicates of the Society, and so will be able to 

 supply yourself with a good one again. I shall not return the 

 scraps until I hear how this has proved to be, as they are not worth 

 it, if any specimen can be obtained to replace them. Glad to 

 find the Society going on so well, and hope that it will soon 



* Otherwise Hydrilla v. 



