Cash : Wilson's Touks in Scotland and Ireland. 



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Jungermannia curvifolia : I can give thee a few bits, with ripe 

 capsules. 



" Tortula tortuom : The wall is re-sodded, and the plant destroyed. 

 Oh, Goths and Vandals ! I found it, however, in other places, but 

 with young setee, which are, of course, of no s^alue. 



Bryum [Mnlum] cuspidatum with numerous setae I could not find. 

 On the border of the Lake, however, I found Bryum [Mnium] rostratum 

 in that predicament. 



" These are, I believe, most of thy Killarney plants which were to 

 be seen. Pinguicula grandiflora was only just spreading its leaves. 

 I shall bear thy Glengariff habitats in mind, should I visit that place 

 this summer. I found thy experience of the greatest use at Killarney. 

 Since I wrote thee, I have compared thy Chara aspera with Aghardian 

 specimens, and am convinced they are totally different. It is either 

 Chara galioides of that author, or a new species; but the specimens of 

 G. galioides I examined were very imperfect, and I could form no 

 certain opinion. If thou can afford me a specimen of thy Chara, I 

 shall be much obliged. 



" Pray write me to say how I can send thee a parcel, and how it is 

 to be directed. 



" I remain very truly and respectfully thine, 



" W. H. Haevey. 



*'P.S. — Could thou possibly contrive to join Dr. Hooker's party to 

 the Highlands in June 1 " 



With reference to the enquiry in the postscript, I may say that 

 Wilson did not visit the Highlands that year. Harvey, however, 

 formed one of Dr. Hooker's party, and a very happy time he seems, 

 from his Memoir, to have had. 



Before closing, allow me to refer briefly to two of the mosses which 

 Harvey had been asked specifically to look for — Hypnmn demissimi and 

 E. wJcans. One of these {H. demissum) was discovered by Mr. Wilson 

 during his Irish trip in 1829-30. Hypnmn micans — or, as it is now 

 called, Leskea micans — was so named by Mr. Wilson, and a description 

 of the species first appeared in Hooker's British Flora. The localities 

 given in Bryologia Britannica are : " On shady rocks in the south of 

 Ireland, not yet found in fruit. Near Glengariff, Miss Hutchins. 

 Cromagloun mountain and at Fila Doun, near Killarney, W. Wilson." 

 The other species was figured by Mr. Wilson, and was first described 

 by him in the Eyiglisk Botany Supplement. The localities given in 

 Bryologia Britannica are as follow : " On shady rocks in mountainous 

 districts , Cromagloun mountain, near the upper lake of Killarney, and 



