274 CORRESPONDENCE Ol 1 RAY. 



The metals, minerals, and other fossils, are many of 

 them taken notice of by Camden in the places where they 

 are found ; and as for the plants, had he known what had 

 been rare and peculiar in every county, I perceive, by what 

 he hath done in some, he would have mentioned them in 

 the places whereof they are native. And now that I am 

 speaking of local or provincial plants, give me leave to 

 tell you that I think you labour under a mistake, in think- 

 ing and asserting that few or no plants are peculiar to 

 this or that shire. Be pleased to resolve me where 

 Calceolus Maria \Cypripedium Calceolus, Linn.], Chris- 

 tophoriana \Actcea spicata, Linn.], Lysimaclda lutea flore 

 globoso [Trottius europ&us, Linn.J, Pentapliylloides fruti- 

 cosa \_Potentilla fruticosa, Linn.], Polygonatum floribus 

 ex singularilus pediculis \Convallaria Polygonatum, Linn.], 

 Pyrola folio mucronato serrato \Pyrola secunda, Linn.], 

 Pyrola Alsines flore brasiliana [Trientalis europcea, 

 Linn.], Eibes alpinus dnlcis [R. alpinum, Linn.], Salix 

 pumila montana folio rolundo [probably JS. herbacea, 

 Linn.], Sedum alpinum Ericoides cceruleum \Saxifraga 

 oppositifolia, Linn.], Sideritis arvensis latifolia hirsuta 

 flo. luteo \_Galeopsis ochroleuca, Larn.], Thlaspi foliis 

 Globularits [T. alpestre, Linn.], Lunaria vasculo sublongo 

 intorto [Draba incana, Linn.], and Valeriana grteca 

 \_Polemonium caruleum, Linn.], grow wild but in your 

 own native county of Yorkshire. I could give you as 

 large a catalogue of peculiars in the little county of West- 

 moreland. But to instance no more particular shires, I 

 shall only add, that I know very few counties in England 

 wherein I could not instance some peculiars. But I am 

 come to the end of my paper. 



