recently discovered in Scotland by Mr. George Don. 337 



then I am enabled to have recourse to Nature herself; and I 

 find the rachis is actually hairy, exactly in the peculiar manner 

 of that of ^. pratensis, the greater number of florets, being about 

 double, constituting the only distinctive character of the caryo' 

 phyllea ; for its leaves are rough-edged, and scarcely less involute 

 than those of pratensia. 



Such an occasional inaccuracy, in a science where such mul- 

 tiplied observations are necessary, can by no means detract from 

 the reputation of Mr. Bauer, or any other artist. His original 

 discoveries, and frequent improvements upon other observers, 

 place him far out of the reach of any depreciation. The same 

 may justly be said of the indefatigable Dr. Sibthorp, under 

 whose inspection the drawing was made. Truth however renders 

 my notice of the mistake indispensable. 



3. Arundo neglecta*, 



calycibus unifloris corollam tequantibus, panicula erecta difFusd, 

 floribus sparsis erectis aristatis, stipuld brevissimd. 

 A. neglecta. Ehrhart Calamarice n. 118. 



Discovered in June 1807, in a marsh called the White Mire, 

 one mile from Forfar. Mr. Don never noticed it any where else, 

 nor have I ever before seen any other specimens than the Upsal 

 one in Ehrhart's Calamarice ; another sent by Dr. Swartz from 

 Sweden, named "^. striata of Timm," but not to be found in the 

 Flora MegalopoUtana ; and a third in the Linnaean herbarium, laid 

 into Agrostis, without a name, but with a Swedish inscription, 

 signifying that " it was found by Solander on the Lapland alps, 

 in Wcstbothland and at Ljumkil, and is very different from 



* Arundo stricta. Engl. Bot, t. 2160. Schrad, Germ. v. 1, 215. /. 4./. 5. 



Agrostis 



