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colour. I have descriptions in full of them, but I can make 

 no hand of the genera of Lichens, there seems to me a sad 

 want of tangible characters except amongst the larger. 



I have also done a little towards the Flora of the Falk- 

 lands, and a good deal of an introductory paper on the 

 Geographical distribution of the Antarctic plants, their 

 relations to the Arctic, and the analogies between the 

 Antarctic, Polynesian, and American floras. 



From the Cape I intend to carry on drawing up to England 

 and studying what Cape and Eio plants I can pick up, that 

 I may know something of the more common Tropical Nat. 

 Ords., of which at present I am totally ignorant. You 

 will indeed be surprised when you will find at what a loss 

 I shall be to give you the names of the most common garden 

 plant, but I have not seen a rose since leaving New Zealand 

 or any other flowers but Antarctic. 



YOL. I 



