268 MR. BALL ON PLANTS COLLECTED IN MOROCCO. 
living plants, and some of these — already been published and 
figured in in a ‘* Botanical Magazin 
t be anticipated a acquainted with what has 
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explorations in Algeria and Asia Minor, — ciate departure 
from $8. Morocco after a few days’ stay at the northern base of the 
Atlas prevented him from making any coaidceatsht collections. 
M. Balansa’s plants were examined by M. Cosson, the botanist 
most thoroughly acquainted with the flora of Northern Africa, and 
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. Cosson. Although no descriptions are affixed, there can be no 
doubt as to most of the plants thus designated. A few of them were 
received at the Kew Herbarium, and also by myself, in the distribu- 
tion of the small set of duiplientes brought back to Europe by M. 
Balansa ; others are sufficiently identified by the localities where they 
were found, and some. have been seen by me in the herbarium of 
Cosson. Nearly all the plants in question were eubsequently found 
by Dr. Hooker and myself; but under the sage here 
mentioned, it will be ieseted that I have bee ing to 
ished y him. 
only remark that I desire to add regards the use of the term 
cubapeie in the following pages. By some writers of authority, and 
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— of reverting to the original type. 
nee the majority of modern naturalists have accepted a different 
fundamental view as to the relations of the varied forms of the 
organised world, it is obvious that the language of the systematist 
el recently the term rm species was used to designate a er of 
organism lieved to be descended from the same o 
sabeptibls of variation within certain limits, but restrained within 
