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lae, by situation alone. I do not know where to find Opitz' names. 

 They are not, I think, in the only book of his accessible to me, which 

 is part of an economic "Flora of Bohemia," the same, I presume, 

 that you have seen. Neither can I consult Ruthe " Flora of Mark 

 Brandenburg." I shall be glad to see the account of this Vaccinium. 

 I find it in Garcke "Flora von Deutschland," 13 ed., p. 261, given as 

 a hybrid, myrtillo + Vitis-idaea = V. intermedium (Ruthe). I hoped 

 that the Craig Breidden station was sufiiciently difficult of access to 

 save the Potentilla rupesiris, and hope that the Radnor station is a 

 ^ood one. It is interesting to see the old names coming up again 

 in the " Flora of Leicester." I should be very glad to see Swedish 

 specimens of Carex aquatilis-epigejos and cuspidata, as I know nothing 

 •of them, — Yours very truly, Charles C. Babington. 



To W. H. Beeby, Esq. 



Cambridge, Feb., 1887. 



Dear Mr. Beeby, — I intend to ask to see a, few of your own retained 

 specimens of Shetland plants, as you so kindly offered. Armeria 

 .Sihirica is an interesting little plant, it differs from my A. duriuscula 

 by its very much smaller size and flat leaves. I do not think the 

 pubescent scape is worth much, indeed the other true Armeriae seem 

 to have it. But I have a single specimen of a small glabrous-scaped 

 plant from Trewarvas (Cornvv.) which seems to have the leaves flat 

 and very narrow, but singularly broadening towards the end. It is 

 noticed in my paper on these plants in "Annals Nat. Hist.," June, 

 1849, and (the same) "Edin. Bot. Transactions," iii. 217. I then 

 thought it doubtfully allied to pubescens. I have only one specimen. 

 (I have found a copy of this now-forgotten paper, and send it, as it 

 may interest you). Have you access to Turczaninow's "Fl. Bai- 

 ■calensis " anywhere 1 I do not know it. Judging from the descrip- 

 tion ("D. C. Prod.," XII. 678), I think your plant is the A. Sihirica. 

 There are only three which I want specially to see : Cerastium longi- 

 rostre, Thymus prostrata, Matricaria phaeocephala. I will return them 

 immediately. — Yours truly, Charles C. Babington. 



The specimens given to me are most interesting. 



To the same. 



Cambridge, March 1, 1887. 



Your packet has safely arrived. I shall examine its 



contents shortly with much interest. I am not very well qualified 

 to name Hieracia. You will get a far better report from Almquist ; 

 or from J. Backhouse. I shall be glad to learn the result of the 

 examination of the Armeria Sihirica question. I have long since 

 given up confidence in the species (even segregate) noticed in my 

 old paper. — Yours, Charles C. Babington. 



