214 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 
honey-moon & some time previous. You are one of the first of 
my correspondents whom I attend to, for to none am I under 
more, if so many, obligations as yourself. I am delighted to hear 
that you did not become a victim to the “Demon” which assailed 
you the last winter. May you continue to enjoy uninterrupted 
good health, & have inclination & leisure to prosecute those 
studies which are so dear to us both! 
I told you that the synoptical table of Carices [67] was partly 
worked off when I received some of your & Dewey’s alterations & 
that they arrived too late. The paper looks very well however. 
In our next no. (the 5th) we propose to commence the detailed 
descriptions of new & rare species from your monography [71]. 
It is uncertain whether we shall give a plate of them in that 
number but we shall do so in the 6 no. if possible. Should you 
have any corrections to make they will be quite in season if sent in 
the course of two or three weeks. We will send you, shortly, a list 
of those of which we wish drawings made. Several species may 
be drawn on one plate after the manner of Schkuhr. 
You ask me if I have seen a species of Neottia, resembling N. 
tortilis but withs radical leaves. The common tortilis, as it occurs 
here, very often has one or more ovate radical leaves, which are 
frequently reticulated, as in N. pubescens, though smooth, and 
much smaller. I have received specimens of it in this state from 
many parts of the northern States, & from the western parts of 
New York. It does not appear to be a new species. The N. 
cernua I know to be a very variable species: sometimes occurring 
only 2-3 inches high, with lanceolate leaves, & at other times ac- 
quiring a height of nearly 3 feet with very numerous flowers. 
I regret to learn that my last package was in such a damaged 
state when it reached you. The copy of my Flora [8g] shall be 
replaced by another one. For your criticisms on the 2nd no. 
I render you my warmest thanks; hoping, however, that you will, 
when more at leisure, extend your remarks & expose all the errors 
you can detect. The Digitaria serotina of your neighbourhood, 
I should be much pleased to see. Do let me have specimens 
of it. Also of your Sanguisorba media! It really pleases me to 
find that you agree to my opinion respecting the Viola clandestina. 
It surely must be blanda. 
