G-eo • Engelmann* M # D # ' * ^<a-£^jc<^ 



3003 Locust Street (/ 



St.Louie t Mo # . Pebr 8 1881 



Dear Dootor 



I have spent flve aonths in the Paolf lo States and 

 have studled there Oaks f Conlf eres f and Cacti.and have brought back 

 a valuable collect Ion, among whloh la aomethlng for you.too. Bat 

 thls trlp has entlrely deranged my local work and my oorrespondence. 

 1 did not come back untll lata wintert among the raany things I found 

 on my arrlval was a nloe parcel of plattta from you.but Z could not 

 find a letter wlth lt. Has 1t never been wrltten or has 1t been mls- 

 plaoed here? For the present best thanks. 



Some notes # More I want to reserve for a later tlme t when I will 

 have studled the materlal more thoroughly. 



Eragrostls tenuls really should be oalled peotlnarea. Isn't 1t amaz- 

 Ing that Gray oalls 1t a doubtful perennial? 



Hy^ssa aquatlca ls N.multlf lora f the older name» 



Arundlnarla macrosperma ls undoubtedly eorrect. Do you really know 

 A^tecta and ls 1t qulte dlstlnct? 



Qerardla tenulfolla ls G.setareas In Orayla Manual la some eonfuslom 

 Qray aeknowledges now (KSklnnerlana as a dlstlnct Speeles -both grow 



Im« 



Sllene? must be Antlrrhlnum Canadensei All Caryonhyllaoeae have od- 

 po slte leaves eto « 



Your Vltls from Island and Cumberland la a reood find» It la V.rup- 

 es tri s Scheele» Why I am changing to Engllah 1 dont Unowt I knew lt 

 untll now only from Missouri to Texas, Does lt occur frequently there t 

 ls lt posslble to get seeds? 



The other Vltls Speeles are oorreot. 



