Dr. Plukenett to Mr. Ray 24? 



by way of Queftion to annex the Auricula muris pul- 

 chro flore folio tenuijjime divifa J. B. as a proper Sy- 

 nojnyme thereto, which does as little anfwer it in the 

 Petala of its Flowers as mine, and perhaps much lefs 

 in its Leaves. 



z. Your fecond Objection as to the Afparag. acu- 

 leaf, with its Reference to your Sicilian Sort, was 

 but a bare Sufpicion, and may come under the fame 

 Excufe. 



3. The Afarum e Terra Mariana^ which I have 

 fince better referr'd as I conceive to another Genus 

 in Pifoj together with the Tulipifera Carolinienfis^ 

 which I refer to Hernandez^ are indeed inferted in the 

 Appendix of your Hiftory, which, however they came 

 to flip me, I know not, I own the Failure, and ac- 

 knowledge the Obligation to have taken Notice of 

 them there : And yet to a Perfon of your Goodnefs 

 and Candour, the Straitnefs of my Letter Plates will 

 make an Excufe, for the Omiffion, with lefs Difficulty 

 obtainable. 



4. The Euphrafia lutealatifol. and your Cratteogon* 

 Weflmorlatidic. which you feem fo much to diflike, 

 were defign'd from the beft dry'd Patterns I had by 

 me, which perhaps were not fo perfe6l as I could 

 wifh , and yet I fhould be glad to fee them better fi- 

 gur'd any where elfe 5 the Shanks indeed of the Flower 

 of the latter might have been made a little longer. 



f . The Hippuris lacuflris manfu arenofa was defigt)'d 

 from a dry Specimen I had from Chijfelhurft^ where 

 it grows abundantly ; but the Leaves, or Dentals, are 

 p. little too long and fliarp-pointed, which was a thing 

 I complain'd of to my Graver y but it feems it pafs'd 

 without Amendment. As it is, it bears fome Like- 

 nefs to your MUlefol. aquat. Equifetifolium^ but in a 

 much nearer Degree of Refemblance (in my mind) to 

 the E^quifetum foetid, fub aqua repens^ to which it M 

 jiexta-kin.' 



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