the Briil/h Fuci, with particular Defer ipiions of each Species. 133 



fortunately for fcience, in the pofleflion of our worthy Prefident Dr. 

 Smith ; and partly by having recourfe toSir Jofcph Banks's kind in- 

 dulgence; without whofc favour, and free leave to confult his exten- 

 five colledtion of books and fpecimens, how could this, or indeed 

 how can any trail of labour and difficulty hope to boaft of tole- 

 rable perfeQion ? 



We want words alfo to exprefs our high fcnfe of HerMajefty's 

 moft gracious condefcenfion, in not only permitting Dr. Good- 

 enough to confult Mr. Lightfoot's colle6lion of plants, which {he 

 purchafed upon his death ; but, with the moft attentive kindnefs, in 

 diredling every paper which could furnifli him with any informa- 

 tion to be fubmitted to his perufal ; and even perfonally affifting 

 and encouraging him. When fuch elevated rank deigns to add en- 

 couragement to fcience, gratitude is not wanting, nor a due fenfibi- 

 lityofthe gopdnefs of the ad; neither is it poffible that labour, 

 however fevere, fliould fink into wearinefs — all is ardour, and hap- 

 pinefs, and promptitude, and I'efpedl, and duty. 



Much was gained by this confultation. It was found that Mr. 

 Lightfoot's fpiralis was the true plant of Linnaeus ; his diftichus the 

 ceranoides- oi Linnaeus; his ceranoides the crifpui of Linnsus ; his 

 ceranoides var. <r lacerus (which is a variety of Mr. Hudfon's cana- 

 Uculatus. — How do the learned differ !) our mammillofus ; his concatc- 

 natus, the fame as Mr. Hudfon's plant of that name, thefaniculaceus 

 of Linnseus ; his efculentm comprehends both our fpecies telmgonus 

 znd teres; his riibens owv Jiumftis; his endiviafoUus \k\z crifpatus oi 

 Hudfon, our laceratus var. crifpatus', h.\s tiereideus our corneus var. 

 flicinus, the flicinus of Mr. Hudfon ; and his vermicularls perfedtly 

 diftind from Mr. Hudfon's oValis. Mr. Lightfoot's F. verticillatns 

 unfortunately had been miflaid, fo that no opportunity offered of 

 proving that fpecies from his original fpecimen. . This defeift has 



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