Geo. Engelmann, M.D# 



3003 Locu3t Street« 



St.Louls # Mo, 



1882. 



My dear Dootor 



Euphorbia merourlallna oannot be rare In Tennessee 



and down to Florida« I have lt from Lookout Mountains but why In 

 Engllsh? Leavea ovate, petlolate. slngle»large but wlth allghtly whit- 

 lah-green marglna;nobody aeema to have seen f ruits;the speolmen I 

 have measures about one span In helght. 



You have sent me In the paat year a Quercus under the name of bl - 

 oolor whloh I have identlf led aa stellata.by the halry anthors and 

 the aoornsjbut the leavea are very ourloua and If you know the tree, 

 you ahould oontlnue lnvestlgating lt*- Oould lt be a hybrid. Bark? 

 Slze and shape? Pully developed leaves? 



Euphorbia aerpena Gatt Inger. In Curtlsa plant No.2500. 



A very patched letter. Also today a new quo at Ion regardlng Conlferea 

 lnduoea me to add severe 1 llnea# 



In the fall I waa In the Saat and apent aeveral weeks wlth Gray and 

 Sargent. In Gray 's oolloctlon I aocldentaly found aome Plnus wlth the 

 labeil Plnus inopa, Kingston Springs . Ten« Jan* 1882. Aa everybody knowa, 

 lnops haa two-leaved bundles but thls speolmen has 5 leaves. llke Strob- 

 us. It aeeras to me that you could not havo made the mlstake.but lt ~ 

 mußt have happened In Gray 's Herbarium. Or ean you explaln lt to me? 



How have you spent the summer? Could you go out for a more extens- 

 ive trlp? 



Ootober 30 1882. 



Dear Dootor 



I find thls aheet.wrltten probably last spring .- 



