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etGr. (c'est-à-dire: Edward Turner Bennett et J. E. Gray), 

 en suivant Mr. le D'" Carrington dans ses « British Hepaticse ». 

 D'après Mr. Pearson de Manchester, je puis assurer que les 

 changements de noms génériques des Hépatiques ont été pro- 

 posés par J. E. Gray et E. T. Bennett dans l'ouvrage : « Nat. 

 Arrangement of British plants « dont l'introduction est seule- 

 ment de S. F. Gray. » 



Note J, 



Extrait d'une lettre de Mr. W.-H. Pearson, 24 Dec. 1892 : « In 

 a letter dated Dec. 16*^ 1890, Dr. J. E. Gray wrote to Dr. 

 Carrington : « My object in writing you is to do justice toa dead 

 friend. The Jungermsinnia. were studied and worked out by 

 Mr. Edward Turner Bennett and myself — the brother of the 

 Keeper of Botany hère, and the Secretary of the Zoological 

 Society. » 



Note K. 



« British Muséum (Natural History), London, 28 Nov. 1892. 



Dear Sir, In answer to your inquiry as to Gray's « Natural 



Arrangement of British plants « , I hâve to say that I was very 

 intimate with Dr. J. E. Gray and Mr. J. J. Bennett. Mr. Bennett 

 never claimed,or even hinted at, having given such assistance 

 to Gray's work as to make him in any way responsible for it 

 or for the names in it. He was most free and open in his com- 

 munications with me, and I would hâve certainly heard of this 

 if there had been any foundation for it. He read in proof my 

 paper in the Journal of Botany (Cet. 1865) and took no exception 

 to the position I took there . — I hâve not the least doubt that 

 Dr. J . E . Gray assisted his father, but the father was a botanist 

 andJ. E. Gray was a zoologist, and w^hatever help the son 

 gave must hâve been utilized by the father so as to make it his 



own. In my judgment the Gênera and Species belong to 8. 



F. Gray. There is no authority for introducing the name of ei- 

 ther of the Bennetts, and I do not think the statement made by 

 J.-E* Gray, nearly half a century after the publication of the 

 work, justifies the displacing the author whose name appears 

 Qn the title-page. — • I am faithfully yours William Carrtjthers », 



