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colour. I have descriptions in full of them, but I can make 
no hand of the genera of Lichens, there seems to me a sad 
want of tangible characters except amongst the larger. 
I have also done a little towards the Flora of the Falk- 
lands, and a good deal of an introductory paper on the 
Geographical distribution of the Antarctic plants, their 
relations to the Arctic, and the analogies between the 
Antarctic, Polynesian, and American floras. 
From the Cape I intend to carry on drawing up to England 
and studying what Cape and Rio plants I can pick up, that 
I may know something of the more common Tropical Nat. 
Ords., of which at present I am totally ignorant. You 
will indeed be surprised when you will find at what a loss 
I shall be to give you the names of the most common garden 
plant, but I have not seen a rose since leaving New Zealand 
or any other flowers but Antarctic. 
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