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St. Louis June 8, 1866 
Dear Braun 
a package with plants, the latter throush an oportunity to Bremen, 
from where Buchanan will forward them to you,..In it also the 
first sheets of my work about Juncus. In the meantime I received 
from the infatigable Bolander enclosed in a letter specimens of 
Juncus from California, which show, that Juncellus is a depaupe- 
rized form from the mountains of a new species, which is very sl - 
milar to J. capitatus ! 
I write to you today already szrain, because I received from 
Hall’ an entire shipment of fresh Isoetes, of these some very small 
ones,which however are fully growım and almost ready to bear fruit. 
‚An idea came to me, to send to you a number of live tubers. I do 
not know if they will rot during the trip, but I hope that you will 
have received them by the end of the month. If successful, you shall 
have more when the vegetation becomes dormant (in July). 
I myself have gone to work and have examined some of the 
small ones. 
Doing so, I found that Hall was right at least in part, that 
the old tuber (at least sometimes) detaches itself in two halves. 
I found some where the second half tuber was still visible, still 
adhereing to the new one, and others, where both hollow halves were 
still loosely hanging on. Tiny examples of both as well as drawines 
are enclosed herewith. If only the rotting brew will not ruin the 
cuts and drawinges. Büt, so it be |! 
Tomorrow I shall examdne the large specimens, to see, if 
here too the rims of the detachment of the old tubers can be seen, 
Actually orchid-like or Crocus-like, but here two half-spheres. 
The drawines show you in a more instructive way what I saw. I for- 
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