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Barren says he was encouraged to write on hearing from Mr G. Kirk of Coventry that he had recently sent Hooker some plants of Potamogeton sparganiifolius from Galway. He goes on to discuss the plant and says Kirk is the only person to have gathered it in Britain, noting that he had originally taken it for P. longifolius which he collected during a trip to Lough Corrib in 1855. He says that Kirk has since failed in attempts to find the latter plant on further trips to the same locality, and he refers to a plant found by Mr Ball published by Mr Babington about which there is some doubt. He comments that a specimen sent to him by Ball as the same plant was P. licherephyllus[?]. He moves on to discuss Ralfs[?] who he says is in a poor state, and he defends himself against the suggestion that he would look to gain favours for an undeserving individual. In a postscript he discusses a plant of Arum italicum, and says he is currently confined to the house due to suffering from erysipelas in his legs. Page 1 and 4 of 4.

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Barren says he was encouraged to write on hearing from Mr G. Kirk of Coventry that he had recently sent Hooker some plants of Potamogeton sparganiifolius from Galway. He goes on to discuss the plant and says Kirk is the only person to have gathered it in Britain, noting that he had originally taken it for P. longifolius which he collected during a trip to Lough Corrib in 1855. He says that Kirk has since failed in attempts to find the latter plant on further trips to the same locality, and he refers to a plant found by Mr Ball published by Mr Babington about which there is some doubt. He comments that a specimen sent to him by Ball as the same plant was P. licherephyllus[?]. He moves on to discuss Ralfs[?] who he says is in a poor state, and he defends himself against the suggestion that he would look to gain favours for an undeserving individual. In a postscript he discusses a plant of Arum italicum, and says he is currently confined to the house due to suffering from erysipelas in his legs. Page 1 and 4 of 4.