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it is the s;inio as tlio s]ioci)nons from these diffbrciit localities ; though 

 his own briel' account of it, and the s])ccimeiis sent to London by Mr. 

 Tathani, as hcfove mentioned, k\ive small room for doubt on this head. 

 Mr. Gibson bi>ldly assumes that his llieracium is the very plant for- 

 merly mistaken for Hypochoiris maculata ; and there appears great 

 probability of the truth of this assumption, although no direct proof is 

 adduced. 



Thus far I write in the conntr}', with only my own herbarium to i*e- 

 fer to. In passing through London tomorrow on a journey ni>rth\vard, 

 1 hope to look into Smith's herbarium for any additional inibrmation. 

 The Nos. of ' The Phytologist ' for October and November reached 

 niv hands togetlier, on the 3rd; so that I have only just seen the note 

 bv Mr. S. Gibson. It now nuist excite suspicion against the correct- 

 ness of other northern localities for Ilypochceris maculata, in Lanca- 

 shire, Westmoreland and Forfarshire. 



Thames Ditton, November (>, 1813. 



r.S. — Nov. 7. On reference to'Smith's herbarium, I find two spe- 

 cimens labelled " llieracium macnlatum." One of these is a garden 

 specimen, the roots of which were brought from Westmoreland, by 

 Mr. Crowe ; and it corresponds well with the various specimens men- 

 tioned above, as probably identical with INIr. S. Gibson's plant. The 

 exceptions to this correspondence are seen in its more leal'y stem, 

 bearing numerous tlowers — the Tisual etl'eet of cultivation in gardens. 

 The second specimen in the herbarium I should rather have joined 

 with a Sicilian plant labelled "■llieracium pulmonarium :" it is locat- 

 ed tioni Breiddin hill, and was collected, by Mr. J. E. Bowman. Ap- 

 parentlv, the " llieracium glaucnm," from the Clova mountains, is 

 still the same plant as the " II. macnlatunr' troni Westmoreland. 



Of llieracium nigi'escens, there are garden specimens in Smith's 

 herbarium, labelled " II. pulmonarium .? " The roots were found on 

 Ben V Gloe, by Mr. Mackay, and on the Clova mountains, by Mr. G. 

 Don. A specimen labelled " H. pulmonarium '' (without question), 

 and mentioned to have been collected Iw Mr. Borrer, at the " River 

 Nivis, near the bridge. Scotland," docs not greatly ditler from the 

 other two ; but has narrower leaves. 



Smith's specimens of Hypochceris maculata are all from Suft'olk. 

 This circumstance tends to corroborate Mr. Gibson's conjecture, that 

 a species oi' llieracium was mistaken for the lIypocha?ris in Wn-kshire. 

 My own conjecture is, that the llieracium in question is merely the 

 wild form of the garden II. nuiculatum, figured in 'English Botimy ' 



