CORRESPONDENCE OF RAY. 5 



ulla turn maturuerunt. Croci semen in hortulo, D. Brown 

 non antea a me conspectum copiosum vidi, sed nescio 

 qua incogitantia illud omisi et neglexi. Die Lunas Caw- 

 shamum vicum uno circiter milliari Readinga remotum 

 perrexi, illinc non longe in colle cretaceo qui Thames! 

 imminet Orckin anthropophoron [Aceras anthropophora, 

 11. Br.] ex instinctu D. Brown inveni, non tamen copiose. 

 Eandemmet pridem circa Genevam invenerain ; /. Eau- 

 hino Orchis gated et alis fere cinereis dicitur. Et hie, 

 quod ad plantas spontaneas attinet, solus hujus itineris 

 fructus erat. Die Martis hue veni ubi brevi unius die! 

 quiete interposita ut Morgani hortum lustrarem. Die 

 Jovis pedes in Cantium progressus sum usque ad collem 

 Rougfttfill dictum, a Darfordia non longe, ut ibi inve- 

 nirem Helleborinen albam \Cephalantliera grandiflora^ et 

 Florem Adonidis [Adonis autumnalis, Linn.J, quas se illic 

 loci invenisse T. Willisellus asseruit. Sed quamvis non 

 indiligens scrutinium adhibuerim, neutra mihi conspecta 

 est. At neque quicquam de More Adonidis in arvis illis 

 crescente, a rustica turba quam sciscitabar, inaudire potui. 

 Inveni quidem Chamapityn \Ajuga Chamapitys, Srn.] et 

 Perfoliatam \J3upleurum rotundifolium , Linn.] copiose, et 

 prasterea novam Geranij Columbini foliis magis dissectis 

 speciem [Geranium columbinum, Linn.], quam a se in 

 agris collcctam cum Oxonii essem mihi raonstravit Jacobus 

 Bobertus films. 



Mr. Fn. WILLTJGHBY to Mr. WRAY, about the year 1662. 



SIR, I met with several adventures in the remaining 

 part of my journey after I left you ; and amongst the 

 rest, with one very lucky one, of a new discovery of me- 

 dals. You may remember the day we parted I had in- 

 tended to have gone to Cirencester, but hearing by the 

 way of a great deal of treasure that was found in a field, 

 I presently conjectured it might be Roman coin, and 

 diverted my course thither. The field was near Dursly 

 (a town we left about a mile of the left hand as we rode 



