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R. alata, Wallich, a new species, and an excel- 

 lent name. 



Galium elegans, Wall.; seems new, though I have 

 one very near it, if not the same, from Madeira, 

 which appears not to be described. 



G. Sparine I have carefully compared with En- 

 glish specimens, and find no difference. 



G. asperifolium is new to me. The name surely 

 cannot be found fault with. 



I cannot undertake your unsettled parcel of Sper- 

 macoces at present. It would be better for you to 

 determine their distinctions in a fresh state. At 

 least I will now proceed to more certain and urgent 

 matters; nor is it necessary to follow the order of 

 your letter, or any other. 



Your " Stellaria? triandra" is a very interesting 

 plant. It is a Uolosteum, very like the cordatum in 

 general appearance, but the calyx affords a clear di- 

 stinction. H. cordatum, native of the West Indies, 

 (where it is used in bleaching linen and taking 

 out iron-moulds, being called Moron by the 

 French in Cayenne,) has folia calycina ujiinervia, 

 glabra, planiuscula. Yours, which I would call 

 striatum, hasfol. cat. trinervia, sulcata, scabra, vel 

 pubescentia. Seed would be welcome. 



Aegiceras majus — good. — " Ajuga Hyoscyami" 

 — why so called? I see no resemblance, and I cannot 

 commend such names in the genitive case. See 

 Introd. to Botany, ed. 3. 290. If I am wrong in 

 my principles or opinions, I beg with all my heart 

 to be corrected ; but if I help to improve science, I 

 wish to be supported by classical botanists like you. 



