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parts, horizontaliter, et pyxidis in modiun, in whose 

 cavity are contained many ronnd and small seeds. Calyx 

 tetrapetalous. It riseth about an inch high ; the leaves 

 resemble those of Serj)yUum vulg., and the capsules those 

 of Anagallisfl. pJtoeniceo, but differs in this from Ana- 

 gallis, quod capsulae in alis foliorum positge sunt et pedi- 

 culis carent. 



AsphocMus palustris Scoficus minimus \Tojieldia palus- 

 tris, Huds.], plantse genus flore hexapetalo rosaceo, calice 

 carente, cujus pistUlum mutatur in capsulam oblongam 

 acuminatam et in 3 loculamenta divisam, in quibus sin- 

 gulis semina plurima continentm- aristata. You have 

 placed it inter bulbosis affines, without any particular 

 note of flower or seed-vessel. Where Tournefort has 

 classed it I cannot find, for his book is deficient in a 

 good index. 



This letter being sufficiently charged, 1 shall reserve 

 what other observations I have made till another occasion. 

 I doubt not but yom- Supplement to your History will be 

 near completed by this time ; and as for your INIethodus 

 Emendata, it is w4iat I shall expect with impatience. 



Edinbui-gh, Jan. 13, 1701. 



Mr. Ray to Mr. Jaues Petitee. 



Black Notley, February 3, 1701, 



Sir, — I have, though long first, retmiied you the box 

 of plants you were pleased to send me, for Avhich I give 

 you many thanks, and especially for the names and notes 

 added to them, without which I should have made but 

 bad work with them. I find among them many very 

 rare, and indeed wonderful, species, especially of ferns. 

 I now entreat you to send me some more tribes, for Mr. 

 Smith calls upon me for the copy, and is, I believe, 

 resolved in good earnest to begin to print the work this 



