Rec”d March 6 1860 
Ans, April "60 
Geneva , Jan, 28 1860 
M Door 
TI habe just finished examining Richard” s Henâanrnium and here 
are the nesults relative &o the panrteties of Michaux which habe 
been attriluted to him. 
CE, Graminifolia Mich,=E£,Heternophylla bar graminae 
E,itpecacuanhaz €, irpecacuanha 
E,.Cornollata = This &is the southern variety with the leapes 
a Little nanrower and the ënvolucre smaller and anranged ën 
a more condensed fonm( rprolally Ë,raniculata ELL,) 
E. dentata fich, = E.dentata! 
EC, mercurialana Mich. Plant with already open capsule, Identica£ 
with the plants seen &y hRugel( Dandridge, 1N) &y Shuttlewonrth 
called E, pulentissima, Leabes opval, &ranches lifid or even more 
often trifid, long, pedunculated Gall shanped appendices with 
white glandudan structures, quite a lit nanrrower than €, 
cornallata" s and a kit crenetated, Like €. ipecacauanha lui quite 
distinct kecause of the glandulanr aprpendices, 
E,.Pulkentissima Mich This ÀSs just exactly Ruegels plant 
(ÿoskorough Carolina Sept, ) lalelled y Shuttleworth E, corollata 
bar, Longipes with ilhe on£y: exception That ‘he Var One 2374 
smooth variety with lranches with gloûulanr shaped glands whenreas 
Michaux plant has patulae hispidulae, Roots small and narrow 
and convofuted as ën C, priscidente and Ë, <hecatuüonha, LE Mas 
tLaaits of both, Branches very small and &ifid on trifid, naked 
in the initial segment and the involucre confluent and 
preduncufated, Further , leabpes and grains ane Like E, mercurialina 
Lui 
2 
he glandular appendix. Lis. bery"narrow: QS in The VOL Pr OMAN 
quite obtuse.at the lase as in EC cornolVaro, 
Now do we consider €, mercurialina and pukentissima as 
Separate and distinct from polymorfa specimen 67 Cscornotlatar 
Does he latter have cylindrical" {6ng and norrobnocts Nr are 
not seen {wo roots in any specimen TI have examined. 
É. Rotygonifotia fMichs according Lo he RON LR NACHOMEE 
herlanium one cannot put LhLS WAR CS GAOCLAS (WALES OR ADLR PE 
of É.tipecacuanha in your cpinion) EU rater Ar ChARACLOR, PO TL 
and appendices with E, Cunrtisii, The leaves under the capsules 
are quite crowded and 4ome almost lance-like, The seeds ane 
heabvily punctated as &is the case with €, cornolata and more 
than what you have descriled fon €, Curntisii seeds, 
TI must tell you that the one below &s a fonm of the Last, 
C,thymifolia Mich = €, maculata L, 
nl — il —- Lol —Lonnt-— hi 40 00 
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