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[Sent attached to letter at folio 43/165a from John Gillies] Miers has taken advantage of Doctor Gillies' return to England to address Hooker and apologise for not having become his correspondent earlier. He has long wanted to introduce himself to Hooker and to send specimens of interest. He has been detained in South America due to political affairs and has not had an opportunity to study botany. He does not know as much as he wishes about botanical descriptions but he spent some time looking at plants in Chile and Buenos Ayres [Buenos Aires]. He will send a sample of what he is preparing, along with some drawings, by the next conveyance. He left a few drawings with Mr Lindley on his visit to England three years ago, but has heard nothing since. In the last month he has dedicated time to the genus Loasa, which he discusses. He encloses a list of descriptions [not attached]. Gillies has duplicates of anything collected by Miers. Page 1 of 2.