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I have been in the habit of doing that plentifully here. Bentham 

 is not the first to combine all those Cerastia : Spenner did it in 1829, 

 under the name of C. mutahile ... it is the fact. — Q.E.D. I have 



received a lot more Furnariae from , but not yet had time 



to study them. Of course they are all bad specimens, and will give 

 some little trouble. I hope to get to work at them in a day or two, 

 and will inform you of the result. Do you know anything about 

 Pojndus alba and F. canescens 1 If you do, I ^vish that you would 

 enlighten the world about them. I do not at all understand them, 

 except when I see the stigmas. How are we to know the male trees 

 apart ?— Yours truly, Charles C. Babington. 



To A. G. More, Esq. 



Gambkidoe, Mar. 19, 1860. 



Dear More, — I hasten to answer the points which you have put 

 to me, and desire to learn my opinion upon, immediately. I do 

 not find that I have any Euphrasia Salisburgensis, or any other from 

 Garry Land. I have what I believe to be it from the Great Isle of 

 Aran. I have given up gracilis, and think that if we are to split 

 here, we must take the French view of them, and have officinalis 

 and nemorosa to correspond with Boreau's groups "Calice glandul.," 

 and " C. non-glandul." I have not looked closely into the matter 

 with Boreau's writings in view, and am not at present ready to go 

 beyond the groups mentioned. This is Grenier's view, and I often 

 prefer him and his colleague to later writers. I place Salisburgensis 

 to nemm-osa as he does. " Statice — headland in Clare on a spur of 

 Burren, July, 1854," I place to S. occidentalis. If that is not the 

 place, I know nothing of it. Saxifraga hirta. I so name your 

 specimen from "Black Head, Burren, July 31, 1854." Mr. Carroll 

 has sent it to me from i"be Hay's Glen, MacGillycuddy's Eeeks. I 

 have not seen it from Ben Bulben, neither does your specimen 

 shew the petals. I have not apparently got Carex paludosa-spadicea, 

 from Lough Gall, but have from Sandown. I recollect nothing 

 about the other, nor can I find any note of it. I am sorry that my 

 answers are so unsatisfactory. As you would see by my papers, 

 I am very much inclined to join Fumaria Boraei to F. pallidijlora. 

 I am inclined to think that your plant from Mr. Hamburgh is 

 F. Boraei. I shall read over and pick holes in any manuscript 

 that you may think fit to send me for that purpose. So do not 

 scruple to send. There is no sort of hurry about the review of 

 Watson. Did you tell Francis that you had one in hand for us ? 

 I would advise you to risk no money on your " Pocket Flora." If 

 you can, I should advise your keeping it in your own hands. At 

 any rate only give a definite edition, and have a writing to that 

 effect. — Yours truly, Charles C. Babington. 



