I included in my package a small bouquet of hydrophytes from our seas and our waters 

 to try to give you a taste. But if you persist in excluding the cryptogams from your 

 studies and if you should have a few naturalists that you think would be interested, offer 

 thèse to them. I could send numerous collections to those that may be interested, in 

 exchange of phanerogams and cryptogams of America. Among the enumerated algae 

 that are in my envoy, I can only give you the name of the first one which is a Sargasum 

 sacciferum aq. The others seemed to me to be new; I have mentioned this to Kuting, 

 who is busy writing a "Synopsis Algarum sue usqui cognitarumM should also tell you 

 that he gave me the information that I requested. 



Among the plants that you where so kind to send me, please recall that, I have asked 

 you to send as many Cuscuta as possible. I would like to have a collection that cornes 

 from you. The Euphorbia are also a species that I like very well. I will be careful to 

 include some of them in my next dispatch to you. 



Please accept, dear Sir, the most distinguished regards in which I have the honor of 

 holding you. 



Your totally devout and obediant servant, 



R. Lenormand 



The crate is adressed to Mr. Guddecke Woods and Co. in New Orléans and placed on 

 the vessel Eimoleon, Captain Dryer. 



Addressed as follows: Monsieur le Docteur Engelmann, Naturalist, 

 St. Louis, Missouri 



Translation: Manfred Thurmann 



