
          and they were generally barren.
Of these I send specimens. The phenogamous
plants were about 200 in number. In the 
course of some months I expect another
parcel and it will go hard if I have
not some duplicates for you.

I do not believe that [Augustin Pyramus] de Candolle has published 
the 2nd vol of his synopsis. His 1st contains
about 10,000 plants, and is his best work.

I have sent the Lyceum a copy of 
my Flora and would take it kind if
they would let me have another copy
of their 1st No. of Annals as mine
was quite destroyed by the sea water.

So many mosses have been added to our
Flora by the activity of our botanists, within
the last few months, that Hooker has deferred
the 2nd edition for a short time. Ever
since the Flora Scotica as published no
fewer than 4 species additional of Orthotrichum
have been found. Have I sent you Grimmia
unicolor Hook.? [?] sp. Scotia. I admire
Smith and his Hyp. [Hypericum] recognitum! The year before
he printed that article, he allowed in his own house
and to Hooker himself that it was nothing more
than a variety! Which transaction he forgot! There
certainly is an extensive error in the figures of
the synonymy of H. proliferum of the muscologia
but they are only tansposition. The synonymy
        