Geo. Engelmann ,M.D. 



3003 Looust Street 



Dear Doctorl 



Thanka for your f riendly letter and the big parcel 

 of plante« However today Itls Imposslble for me to deolde about 

 the many dubioua onea. I only want to send some notea. Later when 

 Z oan save tliae for it I want to go over them oarefully. Besldea, 

 Gray who 1s worklng on a revlslon of the Coiapo altes, ahould have 

 your nolldagos and Aaters, and llkewlae the Grindella (wh loh suppos- 

 edly was lmported? ) t for Investigatlom Z was pleaaed wlth your 

 larger Solidago "speolosa", Zt looks to me llke the real s f petlol- 

 arls f lf lt s&ould not be anguatata T.and Gr« 



Aster 4 see ms to be almplex, aomewhat more halry than usual« 



Aster 2 ls A . carneua . 



Aster 1 alght be dumosus. 



Lobella "leptostachys* ls L. app e nd 1 cula ta A.DC# 

 Such thlngs as Melissa are old now and then(?) f eaoaped from gardens; 

 Bupleurum the aame. 



Z was muoh pleaaed wlth the beautlful speolmen of the both Petalo- 

 stemon, llkewlae wlth Vesloarla Leacurll,and Dlaxaorpha. 



Echinacea angustlfolla grows here too but three or four tlmes as 

 toll« 



Cu acuta 3 and 10 are both C.arvenais. 



Solidago *nemoralla* ls f alae; neiaoralls ls not there at all; Z 

 should send lt to you« 



Leapedeza repens ls falae;look at the dlagnosls(?) (long pedloeles 

 etc.). 



Zt see ms to be the Chinese Leapedeza striata whlch alnce the last 



I0 & ^(Cicc^^^ 

 3t. Louis, Mo., Dec 16 1879. 



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