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which he localizes ‘‘in Gale bays [t.e. — ee grows] and 
wet spongy branches’’ in South Caroli As indicated in Herb. 
a and yet may perhaps be some well-known shru a 
capes our recollection, as well as that of the most able botanists 
vrs have seen the drawing.” It will be remembered (see Journ. 
Bot. 1898, 297) that Smith was m ainly responsible for the botany 
of Abbot’s book, but in 1797 Cliftonia ee not been described, and 
the flowering branch (without fruit) represented on the plate is 
insufficient to indicate the distinctive etiamhers of the plant. 
THE COLLECTIONS OF BANKS AND SOLANDER. 
{Tux volume of plates and ar aaa of the Australian plants 
collected by Banks and Solander during Cook's First Voyage has 
been completed by the vablita tion of the third part. To this Mr. 
Britten has prefixed an introduction, which is here sg siren giving 
an account of the plates and MSS. connected with the voyage.] 
The publication of the results of Cook's First Voyage was antici- 
pated by the scientific world with the greatest interest, and i as 
expected shortly fhe the return of Banks =< crareaea Linn 
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e 
his proposed second expedition, = Sie ng his re ait at the projected 
voyage as being certain to hinder the publication of the results of the 
preceding one. He says: ‘‘ This opt as affected me so much, ~ 
almost to deprive me of sleep. How vain are the hopes of man! 
Boke the whole botanical world, like eyed, has fiat Rokiite for 
the most transc meets eer to our science, from the unrivalled 
pcterate s of your ll their matchless and truly astonish- 
ing ecltootiens; such as has never been seen before, nor may ever be 
seen — is to be put iis erssitee) to be thrust into some 
r, to become, perhaps, the is of insects and of Se OF ty 
t Seve sere day been alg tee sty the maa bee i 
and definitions such as formed new genera, with their species. 
Thus, thought I, the world will be delighted ‘aid benefited by all 
these discoveries ; ; and the foundations of true science will be 
olden tial, 4 o as to endure through all generations! I am under 
great apprchension, that if this collection should remain untouched 
till Solander’s return, it Tiitnight share the same lot as Forskall’s 
