A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH BOTANIST 103 
[Stoane MS. 4062, f. 204.) 
Hon'd S$ Cowick May y* 23? 1681. 
The last time yt I had the pel streae of enjoying y™ good 
mpany, was att Chelsey w Mr. Watts, w"" Mr. Watts was 
fied to desire yt I would send him the alibi sive militaris, 
Atzoides, Millefolium, Galericulatum palustre minus, & the Juncus 
parvus fontalis gions rae J.B, These, S', are to request you, 
to acquaint Mr. Watt ‘ he may have them sent as soon as he 
things up, for wanti ing y‘ experience w™ he ad, I am un- 
willing to pack them up without his advice. we these (if ee rea 
them not already) I can send him, Plant tu 
Plantaginella palustris, ibe Ba aceifera, Juncus parvus cum nae 
carpus rotundis J.B. Juncus parvus montanus cum parvis capi- 
tus luteis J.B. Juncus Saieue Pb atieti minor, an Pha ate 
C. Bauhini. J. B. [Eleocharis acicularis|, Sium minimum Ray, 
Poligonum marinum, Vaccinia palus ne, & jee 4C aria "pusilla 
& both the Palme Xsti & many others . But I shall giue him 
a more exact account w"" I shall have the happienesse to see him, 
S* If you continue y* resolution for ffrance this summer I wish 
you all the ee imaginable in y* ala: &as safe, & good 
return, My service to Madam Plucknett, & to y* neighbour Mr. 
Raper. In hast 1 I subscribe my self, 
y' most assured spdbank eae & servant 
Marttx. Dopswortu. 
What plants, S', I meet with y' are in y" Gatalo ogue, & such as 
comes to perfection of those seeds w™ you mark’d I shall carefully 
preserve for you. 
to his Penienaas 1620) mentions him — “ Arnoldus Gillenius, 
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uorum opera in prodromo adiuti fuimus.” Gillen sent plants 
i seeds iy = Feahin ts ee Prodr. 13, 70, 84, 113, 147) oa brought 
from England Scirpus fluwtans L.—* in aquosis Anglie fluitat, 
unde D. Gillenius attulit’’ (Prodr. het it is to this that 
