Now, my der 5ir, some comments on the oksenvations in your 
Letters. 
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l have Lo take your side in classifying the variety €, 
serpyltlifotlia from the CanrnilBcean ISl£lands, It is true that it 
is closely nelated fut on Rotanical grounds distinguishalle 
with some difficulty,The ivolucrum ios haëîiry and not 4mooth 
as in Ë,inequilatera etc.Furthenmore the seeds ane more 
distinctly Gent in the american asopposed to the island form. 
I think we shou£d estaltish 1° E.Sernpyllifolia ( notata, 
sulksernrata, consanguinea Engelm,) in Nonth Amrica and 2° 
É. sanguinea Hoechst ( ineguilatenra Sond, intermedia Hoechst 
C.eNilagherica Miguel) at Afyssinia, India etc, 
We have found in the vicinity another type which I have 
interpreted Lo ke €, aminophylla Roth= €, Heyneana(Engelmann 
writes No jÿE,senpyllifolia astatica), This one is also smooth 
and 44 difficult to distinguish from €, sanguinea except that 
the capsules ane much smaller ,; the &ranches hair Line: OhE de 
seeds morre wrinkled than anything I have seen except for à 
Species in Madagascar which T call €, oxycoccioides lut which 
tsothenwise like €. Heyneana. Difficult as it is Lo separate 
these without the summer Leares, TI have never seen €. microphylla 
Lan,(Engelmann comments:Good , Trans£,) 
T am ending you a plant specimen from India which I 
provtstonally call €. Wallichiana. Is is common in Calcutta 
and 4een all over India, It looks a Little Like €, senpens ut 
the Leaves ane dentated ,; often with three dents at the tip 
and the seeds ane whole,[ Engelm, =s5enpens India], Finally 
another “Indian” species,€,galioides which diffens from the 
former by the elongated leaves and sharp ducts, Give me your 
opinion of the £fonms of the akove, IT have never seen €, senpens 
india &ut plenty of the european variety. [Engelm.”"Good”] 
Î receined one €.centunculoides HBK $speciment from Poepping 
in Cula, IE Lspenrfectly smoothüut in my opinion it is a fonm 
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of Ë,senpens with the older leaves crenulated, the involucrum 
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Î call your €, Hontensii €. Engelmanni. TI have Leen alle to review 
the ontginal material from Chile and convinced myself that it 
is not identical with €, notundifolia Hook or €, olliquefolia 
Huntz, IT Lis close to E.senpens ut has distinet shooter 
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