Buchenau, Dr. Franz 
1866, June 30th 
Bremen, Germany 
TRANSLATION 
Dr. George Engelmann 
St. Louis 
Dear Doctor, 
Your shipment of American juncus species made me extremely happy. Especially 
since all are rare species and all new to me and therefore more than welcome since 
I have only very few North American juncus species. Please accept my sincerest 
thanks. Up to now, the North American species were too tangled up for me since 
I just did not have enough material and the books are not of much help in this 
respect. ÜObviously, Torrey created a lot of confusion in his Flora of North America. 
Asa Gray separated the various species much better, but did not go far or deep 
enough. Your paper about juncus will therefore be very welcome and I ask you very 
much to send it to me as soon as possible. In sincerely hope that you will be 
successful with the Herbar. Junc. Am. and ask you to reserve one copy for me. 
I have sent (via the Smiths. Instit.) a copy of my little paper about juncus 
to your Academy as soon as it was published which, of course, was meant to be for 
your use. Since you now received a copy from Prof. Braun you have your own copy. 
It is impossible for me to make any remarks today about the plants you sent 
me. The last fourteen days were too immensely exciting to think of any scientific 
work. The history of our common fatherland was developing so quickly that it was 
hardly possible to find enough peace for the daily work. May God grant victory 
to the Prussian army; this is our daily prayer to Him who leads the destiny of all 
nations and who will not condemn our great people to its sorrowful political role 
which it had to play up to now& I myself was born in Kassel, but I shall celebrate 
the day when Hessen becomes part of the Prussian monarchy as one of the happiest 
days in my life, E 
I have sent the package to Prof. Braun, but war events are causing postal 
delays and I hope that it will reach him safely. 
With regardsto juncus pelocarpus, I believe that my specimen from Grisebach 
does not belong to it. With this thick veil covering this species and which I was 
unable to lift with my literature and my limited material, I was not able to reach 
this decision earlier. Therefore, I am very curious to hear your diagnosis and 
description of this species. The specimens sent to me are exactly like those of 
Meier's. Therefore, this species justifies this interest which I devoted to it. 
I was very much surprised to hear your diagnosis of the inflorescenses and I shall 
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