Leonhard! 3 Sep. 9» 1864 



That your Julius brought us happiness in the spring, thouglr 

 it was still winter, for a few days,*he will have written. to you,, 

 and we thought of you in friend ship. , The Gerat ophylluin . which I 

 designated as Engelmannil i is after all! demersum . 



Conl d you not prepare a lecture or write-up about Ceratophyllae__ ? 

 I have gotten some interest in the Choraceae • . May-be he can Visit 

 a place near St, Louis, where there are some# He will raost likely 

 ship out on the 17 th,but, perhaps not until Oct. 1. Of american 

 Choraceae I have nothing at alliwith exception of a form of poly - 

 phylla ; because your at the museum, has been terribly 



destroyed, prior to my getting to see it ( I cannot declpher 



the next line. E.D.). There are only broken pieces without any cha- 

 racteristics. 



(translated from German script by E. Denison, January 1990) 



