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France to settle the matter decidedly. Of M. De Candolle's 

 P. peregrina /3. " ovariis glaberrimis," we have hinted our belief 

 that it might be referred to P. humilis : M. De Candolle, in his 

 Flore Fraiifaise, suspected it to be P. peregrina in an unhealthy 

 state, and not a variety, which I am inclined to think very likely. 

 If it be a distinct variety, I certainly never have had it under 

 examination. 



I have now compared all the species described in our paper 

 with those of M. De Candolle, except P. mollis, which being quite 

 a new plant, unknown in France, and not described before by 

 any author, was not likely to have been noticed by him. His 

 P.Montan, P.corallina, P. officinalis, P.Datirica, P.albiflora, P. hu- 

 milis, P. anomala, and P. tenuifoUa, are the same as our species 

 so called : his P. peregrina I think is referable in its varieties to 

 our P. paradoxa and P. peregrina ; his P. lobata I believe to be 

 our P. decora ; and I am ready to admit P. hybrida as distinct 

 from P. tenuifoUa, when the evidence of its existence is confirmed; 

 our P.arietina and P. mollis are decidedly new. It therefore only 

 remains to notice two additional species enumerated by M. De 

 Candolle as doubtful ones ; viz. P. Tatarica and P. laciniata, both 

 of which I conceive must be withdrawn from the list of genuine 

 species. 



He appears to have been induced to notice P. Tatarica solely 

 on the authority of Miller, the plant not being otherwise known 

 to him, for he only refers to Miller's Diet. 710. 5, and Miller's 

 Ic. t. 199- Miller sa3's this plant was raised from seed obtained 

 from the Levant, and that there is a double and single variety 

 of it, the figure in his Icones being intended for the double one. 

 M. De Candolle, on the authority of Miller, calls it a native of 

 Tartary, but I cannot find any statement in Miller's Dictiofiary 

 to justify this supposition. Miller's P. Tatarica is however our 



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