St.Louis f Mo. f May 5 1882. 



Dear Dootor 



You have supplied me in suah a rioh way with 

 the lntereatlng Leavenworthia,and you have yourself addad two naw 

 speoies to tha genus f that I laust send you tha only one whlch you 

 do not pössass. It ooours often In Missouri and in Arkansas, on hab- 

 ltats slmllar to yours f on bare ledges of rookßjfrult in tha spring. 



I have Just gone through all of them and I find good oharacterist- 

 las In all of them, bat I have not oome to a olear understanding about 

 the ldentifloation. 



What you have ßant undar tha naaa of Miohauxii,with larga pink 

 flowera, should ba aooording to the form of the seeds f aurea f and thls 

 Mlohauxll. 



Wa await what Gray will have to say with hls rieh xaaterial. 

 Bast greetings 



ö. Engelmann 



Geo. Engelmann 



3003 Loouat ßtreet. 



Translatad by R.V.La öarda. 



