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mentioned often by Haller, ex. gr. under Stachys 

 alpina, Festuca decumbens, &c. 



I have Sonchus canadensis on the same mountain, 

 which I call my mountain : a Ribes which I think 

 peti'CEum, Jacq. ; — but you shall become acquainted 

 personally with my good friend Suchet, where I 

 have also found Hypericum d?ibium, Leers, in pro- 

 fusion. I could send you a thousand specimens, and 

 will send. 



I fear that among Banksias, Fuchsias, Proteas, 

 and such heavenly plants, the poor Potentillas will 

 hardly find a place ; yet you will not neglect even 

 an Adooca, if you could attend to the Chenopodium 

 which I wrote to you about. This is certainly an 

 handsome Potenlilla. I shall say nothing of the 

 Arenarias, otherwise than that such a plant of Hal- 

 ler is such a plant of Linn. Herb. All my discri- 

 minating notes are for my private information : 

 the rest is yours by every reason, and by our agree- 

 ment: — moreover, my dear friend, no one is equal 

 to the task but you. Have you received the Are- 

 narias of Piedmont ? &c. I long to know how you 

 go on in that charming genus. 



God bless you for your charming and precious 

 specimen of Diapensia lapponica, gathered by Lin- 

 naeus. A piece of the Cross is less precious to a bigot 

 Catholic: it shall soon be framed and glazed. Aristo- 

 lochia Pistolochia gave me great pleasure. Lichens 

 will be treasures ; and Grasses, — Oh ! how I long 

 to understand them well; — the Agrostis tribe, &c. 



My paper is full, and I have not done ; but I 

 cannot say on paper all I would say ; I must not 



