Dr. Plukenett to Mr. Ray. 149 



Lob- and I believe the Polygonum minus candicans fu- 

 pinum of Dr. Magnol^ tho' he upon Miftake applies 

 it to the Paronychia Hifpanica Cluf which is a more 

 furreft Plant. And that the Polygonum Ferticillatum 

 J. B. is very diverfe from this Poly gala of Lobel^ may 

 be obferv'd from the Particular of its Leaves towards 

 the Tops of the Branches ; for arriving within an 

 Inch and a half thereof, they leave the Stalk well- 

 nigh naked for fome Space, and then, as it were to 

 recover that Lofs, they grow to the very Lip in a 

 rnoft clofe and imbricated Order, which is never to 

 be found in the Polygonum Ferticillatum Kind. Some- 

 thing of this Peculiar may be obferv'd in LobeVs Fi- 

 gure of it, tho' the Interlace be not exprefs'd. The 

 Polygon, minimum Montanum niveum & fericeum Aldr, 

 is no other than the Paronych. Hijp. Cluf. a falfe Sy- 

 nonyme, and ill apply'd by Dr. Magnol to his fupinc 

 Sort, which I believe to be the fame with mine. 



20. I muft confefs it was not without fome Sur- 

 prize upon me, that you fliould condemn the Collo- 

 cation of my Brajfica fpuria caule magis foliofo y with 

 the Pilofella Jiliquata Fbalii^ in that the Stalk of mine 

 is fpliofe, when the very Pilofella filiquata it felf is 

 not altogether deftitute of Leaves upon its Stalk and 

 Branches, as the thing it felf affures, and is fo repre- 

 fented in the Figure annex'd to the Harcynia by the 

 learned Camerarius : But were its Stalks really vidu- 

 ate of Leaves, and naked, I do not fee why mine* 

 arrayed with this Ornament of Leaves, fhould be fhut 

 out from a Society with the other upon that Account* 

 any more than the Bur fa pafioris Alpina minor hirfuta 

 loculo oblongo C. B. P. with its Leafy Stalk from the 

 Burfa paftoria minima verna loculis oblongis J. B« 

 Chabr. or the Paronychia vulgaris Dod* both whereof 

 (poor Scabs) are Nudicaules > and yet I believe it 

 were a hard Matter to obtain your Confent for a Bill 

 to divorce them upon the Account of thefe inoffen* 

 five Nudities, 



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