Whatever you may say, I feel that my theory does give me some advantages in discussing these points.

But to business: I keep my notes in such a way, viz., in bulk, that I cannot possibly lay my hand on any reference; nor as far as the vegetable kingdom is concerned do I distinctly remember having read any discussion on general highness or lowness, excepting Schleiden (I fancy) on Compositae being highest.Ad.de Jussieu (36/1.

"Monographie de la Famille des Malpighiacees," by Adrien de Jussieu, "Arch.

du Museum." Volume III., page 1, 1843.), in "Arch.

du Museum," Tome 3, discusses the value of characters of degraded flowers in the Malpighiaceae, but I doubt whether this at all concerns you.