TIIH lioTAMSTS (! I'l I I I. A I > I .I.TJ 1 1 A. 



to a hitherto undescribed plant that belongs to the Syn- 

 -'iir-ia, which lie Qames the Marshallia. (live my be<t 

 respects to your uncle, .Mr. Humphry Marshall, and believe 

 inc. with great esteem, sir, 



" Your humble servant, 



"IIl-iNKY MUHLENBERG." 



In the collection of the Marshall papers in the pos- 

 session of < lilbert Cope, I have found the following copy of 

 the reply to this note in the handwriting of Dr. Marshall : 



"WEST BRADFORD, April 13, 1702. 



" Reverend Sir : 1 have just received yours of the Jth 

 instant, and am much pleased to hear of the arrival of the 

 Genera Plantarum. I am very sensible of the honor done 

 me, through your request, by Dr. Schreber, and think 

 myself but too undeserving. I shall be pleased in your 

 calling on your intended journey, and hope you will 

 consider my uncle's house as a welcome stage. I am. with 

 all due respect, 



" Your much obliged friend, 



" MOSKS MARSHALL." 



I have given this correspondence complete, as, in the 

 list of plants named for Chester County botanists, prepared 

 by Dr. Darlington in bs~>7, we find the following statement : 



"The genus Marshallia was so named in ITl'l by Dr. 

 Sclnvber, in honor of Humphry Marshall, of West Brad- 

 ford Township." 



In another place Dr. Darlington says that the plant 

 was named for Humphry Marshall and his nephew, yet the 

 nbove correspondence indicates that Moses Marshall alone 

 was recogni/ed by Schreber and Muhlenberg in the 

 transaction. 



