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his drawings will often want correction - I am now about the grasses.

     The great difficulty lies in decyphering Sibthorp's journals & lists, & in knowing what plants he means - for he often calls the same plant by 2 or 3 diff.t names in diff.t lists, without any reference to each - & the Linnaean names are wonderfully erroneous. 

     I can easily prepare my part of the great Flora, but how I am to get forward with the Prodromus in the time wished I know not.  We must at least published half of it, or less, at first. 

     I have the honour to be

D.r Sir
Yr. much obliged
& ob.t Serv.t

J E Smith

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