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and a yellow, thin tubed flower, on top star-like. The tube went down in the sheath of 

 the leaves. It was too wilted to ba examined closer ^^^^^^^^rr^' a • Probably very 

 incompletely describedj VI.) I found recently <r^^W^^^^^^^^^ 

 in Krafft's field a Halianthus ... Now, I am very interested in Solidago. To-morro-w or day 

 after to-morrow I shall send you with Siegmann's transport a package of green plants (care 

 of Th. Kimm, Esqus.) which I shall number. These are plants which are not very easy to 

 determine without leaves and stems, specially Solidago species (.N.B. I shall number them 

 in such a way that what I say fits them). No.l is passed flowering for a week, grows with 

 ferns, then S. missouriensis begins to flower. 2 weeks later no. 3 with the large panicles 

 and horizontal spikes and small flower heads. No. k is not yet flowering, has pendulous 

 branches at the ends and is much rougher than the others. Could it be S. canadensis ? VII. ) 

 What other Solidago species are known in our area, except S. rigida , speciosa , nemoralis , 

 ulmifolia , missouriensis , canadensis , 1-3? VIII.) I know here, apart from Pycnanthemum 

 pilosum , another species with very slender leaves. Could this be P. linifolium ? VIII.) I 

 found three species of Lysimachia. ljhybrida, with the smooth leaves. 2) one which grows 

 frequently on branches with four-comered stem, slender ieaves and dentate flowers as in the 

 others. Third, one with stemmed broad leaves (ciliata?). IX.) What is the name of the 

 Passiflora which you intr&duced from Arkansas? Is it P. incarnata? x. ) The beautiful 

 Texan BaxtaKStia Portulaca with the 1 1/2" high very red flowers. XI.) Engelmanns, Hilgards 

 on the prairie and Körners have a Texan tnife tubiflorous plant in their gardens with very 

 fine cut leaves and flowers almost as in Cyprus anemone, but spotty. They call it Ionopsis. 

 Is this the correct name and what is the species name? I did not have an oppportunity to 

 examine them closely and therefore, don't know to which order they belong. 



The oak specimens are now almost dry. The fruit specimens of Fräser are already pi&ed 

 to-ether. 



XII.) In former years, I found some times in the late sammer, approximately around the 

 time when the hazel nuts are ripe, a dark blue Gentiana , if^am not mistaken, with 1-1 1/2 1 

 high thin stem, narrow (linear) opposite leaves, and large, upright, bell-shaped flower, with 

 5 lobes, with little teeth between them. Now, I should like to know where this can be found; 

 once I found them near us in a hazelnut thicket and on a small prairie at Michel f s farm near 

 Athens; perhaps it grows somewhere in our vicinity. - ^ I drew the flower from 



memory. What other Gentiana may be found here, 

 apart from G. amarelloides and Saponaria? 



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Icannot convince myself that the 2 Trades- 

 cantia are identical. Some years ago, I planted some or%&chl>£ them, as ornamentals as well 

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