TALBOT3765

Glasgow.
Dec^r 29 1835

I think my dear Sir you are right ¹ about your Umbelliferous Plant & that I am not far away. In my specimens the flowers are not in a good state & the fruit is not ripe & I was too hastily induced to consider it a dwarf state of Orlaya grandiflora. Let me observe however that your O. grandifl. is 3 times as large in the flower as my French specimens, & therefore more distinct in that respect from your Corfu plant, which I will beg you to compare with the next species described by De Candolle, in the Prodromus ² viz: Orlaya platycarpa. I think you will find it to agree with that.

I mentioned to you that I would consult Lindley ³ about your Orchis which was new to me. I have now his answer. He says it is gymnadenia humilis of his Gen. et Species of Orchid. ⁴ On referring to that work p. 276. I find that he brings Orchis Nicademi. Tenori. Fl. Neap. ⁵ 2. p. 290 [illegible] 90 as a synonym. It certainly is a very interesting plant.

Are the seeds of the Veronica decussata you enclose, ⁶ produced in your own garden? If so they are the first I ever saw of British growth.

I replied to you through M^r Strangways ⁷ respecting Martius ⁸ plants & returned the slip of paper & wished to know how I had best become a Subscriber.

Most faithfully Yours,
W. J. Hooker