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Maffett's collection by that time, and perhaps this will resolve some of 

 the little matters which still remain doubtful. I am sure that I feel 

 greatly obliged to you for your kindness in assisting us. I hope you 

 will enjoy your walking tour. Believe me, dear sir, yours very truly, 



A. G. MORE. 



GLASNEVIN, 



September i^th, 1865. 



MY DEAR SIR, I have only just returned from spending a month in 

 North Wales, and I found your packet of plants waiting here. I have 

 not yet had time to examine them as carefully as I should like ; and as 

 Dr. Moore is away, I think I had better leave them till he returns. I am 

 extremely obliged to you for the additional localities which you were so 

 obliging as to send in your letter, as well as for the specimens. I should 

 be very glad if you can let me have the precise localities for the different 

 Batrachian Ranunculi, now that you have set the names right. I made 

 several corrections in the Belfast Flora from your letter, but I think it 

 will be safer if you will kindly take the trouble to write them down sepa- 

 rately. (I think you said that R. circinatus was an error: was it 

 drouetii ?) I regret to say that you are almost the only contributor in 

 the Batrachian Ranunculi ! ! I cannot find anyone else willing to 

 examine them. Yours, in haste, ,. ^ MORE 



GLASNEVIN, 



October 2nd, 1865. 



MY DEAR SIR, I think we must allow your plant to be the true 

 R. fluitans after all, and this I suppose is the only sure Irish locality. 

 Dr. Dickie gives two localities by Lough Neagh, but I suppose they 

 must remain doubtful until refound, there is so much danger of some form 

 of R. heterophyllus being mistaken for fluitans. I suppose that you 

 have the Flora of Ulster. It is a very useful little Flora, though the 

 critical species are not always worked out. 



I now return your specimens with many thanks, and I have to thank 

 you extremely for your great kindness in investigating so many of the 

 doubtful plants for us. You have effected quite a revolution about the 

 Batrachian Ranunculi. This only shows how much caution should be 

 used in naming the critical plants. Unless one is perfectly familiar with 

 them, it is very seldom that anything short of comparison with authen- 

 ticated specimens is satisfactory I should be very much obliged 



if you can spare me a bit of the R. trichophyllus with floating leaves, 

 as I have never seen them. 



On looking over your letter, I see there are still a few points upon 

 which I dare say you can give me a little more definite information. 



Papaver dubium. Have you still found only P. lecoquii ? I think 

 you should have both forms, as I have found them together in Dublin 



