412 CHAELES CARDALE BABINGTON. [18S7 



To Alfred Fryer, Esq. 



Cambridge, April 18, 1887. 



Dear Sir, — The plant is Sisj/mbrium thalianimi, and interesting 

 as in a new district. Coleman gave me MS. lists of localities when 

 he left Cambridge, so that I probably have all or very nearly all 

 the information he had to give. It so happens that I have three 

 copies of the "Cat. PI. c. Cantab." one of which is of no special 

 interest to me, and it contains the Appendix of 1663. I shall have 

 much pleasure in giving it to you if you will tell me how best to 

 convey it to you. It is in very good condition, except that one 

 side of the binding is loose. My other copies are valuable, (1) as 

 containing both the Appendices, and the modern names added by 

 myself. (2) As having belonged in succession to Matt. Prior, 

 Israel Lyons, Mich. Tyson, E. D. Clarke, Henslow, Prof. Newton, 

 with all their autographs. -Yours very truly, Charles C. Babington. 



To T. E. Archer Briggs, Esq. 



Cambkidge, Aug. 5, 1887. 



Dear Sir, — I have just received your letter of yesterda)--, and 

 shall also probably receive the specimen to-day. You will have 

 seen that I have described E. thyrsiger as a species in my " Notes on 

 Eubi," in the "Journal of Botany," July, 1886. Will you see to 

 the colour of the floral organs, and length and direction of the 

 stamens ? I have been too much occupied to look through the 

 parcel so kindly sent recently, but will do so if I can before 

 leaving home for six weeks next week. Your returned specimen 

 has come. I certainly do not think that Bloxam was correct in 

 calling your plant Eadula. I do not consider the armature of the 

 stem as suited for the Eadulae. It is more in accordance with my 

 idea of the Koehleriani. It is not my nidis. I must confess myself 

 unable to say what it is ; but I rather look to the Koehleriani for it, 

 than to any ally of macrophyllus. I send this now as I may not 

 have time to do more before leaving home for the far north. — Yours 

 very truly, Charles C. Babington. 



To James Backhouse, Esq. 



Bkaemar, Sept. 9, 1887. 



My dear friend, — I did not remember that you had gathered 

 Saxifraga caespitosa on Twll-du, where it was found many years 

 before by J. Griffith, of Bangor, or W. Wilson, of Warrington, 

 from whom I have a very small specimen. It is an exceedingly 

 rare plant, but has been recently found in this part of Scotland, if 

 my memory is correct. I have seen it, and have no doubt of its 

 correct name. I am glad that you have found a new station of 



