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and it was now collected by the two botanists ‘‘on the shore of 
7 Lough Neagh, by Shanes Castle,” Co. Antrim, on Sept. 9th, 1852. 
His specimens, with this locality and date, are in the Herbarium of 
the British Museum, where a large number of plants collected by 
| Mr. Newbould are to be found. When Messrs. Trimen and Dyer 
| were engaged on the ‘Flora of Middlesex,’ Mr. Newbould was 
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| crossing from Milford Haven to Waterford. 
: _ In 1860 Mr. Newbould, who was then living at Turnham Green, 
: visited the Department of Botany at the British Museum, where he 
soon made himself at home. His chief attraction here was the 
Herbarium of Adam Buddle, preserved in the Sloane Collection, 
| which was long his ideal of what a herbarium ought to be, and 
| synonyms.” In the first number was published the plant now 
united by many botanists with Ranunculus penicillatus under the 
edition of Babington’s ‘ Manual’ (1867) ; and Mr. Carruthers —o 
i : . rm. ; 
1867, 184. Mr. Newbould stoutly disclaimed any responsibility for 
hee by Mr. Newbould as 7 doubt ~ his wegen 
he withdrew from the Department of Botany tor many \ 
The breach, however, was at length happily healed, and Mr. oa 
bould felt himself able to resume his studies in the —— 
_ Sotany, where he always seemed more at home than anywhere else, 
_ €xcept in the Reading-room of the Museum, 
