JOHN MACKAY’s LETTERS. 39 
Schoenus rufus +Stellaria glauca 
. compressus | subularia aquatica 
mariscus Thalictrum alpinum 
” 
Thymus acinos 
formentilla reptans 
s 
: 
C . 
Scilla bifolia, Light. : 
Trichomanes me eee 
ft 
py 
Scirpus pauciflorus 
It 
multicaulis rientalis europee 
Scutellaria minor + Trifolium fagiferum 
galericulata 
Serratula alpina Turritis glabra 
Sibbaldia procumbens Cita vulgaris 
Silene acaulis minor 
» nutans Veronica alpina 
Smyrnium olusatrum umifusa 
Sparganium natans ‘is saxatilis 
+Spergula ns ener 
saginoides Viola hirta 
Stellaria cerastioides 
and 5 the other Plants in Flora Scotica, a dozen or two 
excep 
Those marked thus + grow near Edinburgh. 
John Mackay to N. J. Winch. 
[May 27th, 18o1.]} 
Dear Sir,—Your favours of the 1st April and 16th inst. I duely 
received and is sorry I have not had time to answer them sooner 
nor even now in the manner I could wish you may however 
rest assured it is not for want of good will— 
I did not receive the Box of plants till the 24th of the month 
Gentiana verna is in life, but Cistus marifolius Sisymbrium 
tenuifolium Potentilla aurea and Anchusa officinalis are dead 
and should be thankfull for them again when you send me any- 
thing I should wish sent by the Mail Coach it was only on 
account of the Gentiana being in a pot I wish’d it by sea—I have 
not yet received the Lichens you are so good as allow me to 
hope for— 
I shall be very happy to correspond with Mr. Harriman or to 
do any os in favour of our favourite Science I now senda scroll 
of some of the Habitats of the rarer Scotch plants which I fear 
will scarcely read but as I hope to have the pleasure of seein: 
you here before you go to the Highlands add know the route 
you mean to take I shall be better able to point out what you 
may expect to meet with yr diffr. stages I hope I shall have 
time to show you what worth your nottice in this neighbour 
but cannot be above a day from home untill the Botanical 
*In Mr. Winch’s handwriting. 
