remnant ees 
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 193 
P:S. The Carex subulata you formerly sent me is beyond all 
doubt the C. Collinsii Nuttall—this does not prove it not the 
subulata of Mx.—However, as I found one on the Allegany Mts.— 
which answers Mx. descript. equally well & has not that curious 
formation òf the rostr[um] mentioned by Nutt. and not by Mx.— 
I have given the name subulata to this. 
TORREY TO SCHWEINITZ 
New York, October 15th 1823. 
My dear Sir 
I have neglected answering you so long that I should not won- 
der if you were altogether out of patience with me & no longer 
consider me as one of your correspondents; but did you know my 
dear Sir how little time I have to sit down leisurely & attend to 
my favourite pursuits, I am sure you would excuse me. It was 
my intention not to write to you until I sent the little package 
of plants I promised so long since, but I have delayed sending 
this until I could review all my Carices and add to the package 
such specimens in my collection as it appeared to me you had not 
seen & also some doubtful ones: but lest you should think I was not 
in the land of the living I write now a short epistle. The little 
things shall certainly be sent in two or three days at farthest. 
Now to answer your letters of which there are three to which I 
have not replied. zst, Sept. 16. I was indeed sorry that you could 
be of no assistance to me in determining that Rocky Mountain 
grass. Can it possibly be Aegopogon? I have written to Mr. 
Nuttall to examine whether there is a plate of the plant in Humb. 
& Bonp.’s large work [39] of which there is a copy in Boston. 
Roem. & Schult. [48] do not quote any & their account, copied from 
H. & B. is not sufficient to settle the question—I can learn from 
Paris in the course of a few months, & will wait that time rather 
than make a blunder. Your offer to send me Asters & Solidagos 
I most eagerly accept—I expect to have much trouble with these 
abominable genera—Who will undertake monographies of them !— 
2nd, Sept. 25th.—How delighted was I with your synopsis of the 
Carices! [67] It is indeed a very useful performance. I have 
examined it a good deal & find it of much advantage in the de- 
termination of species, but you will not be offended at a remark 
