
          Notes for an answer to Mr. Arnott's letter
of March & May 1837

Ansd [Answered] by Dr. Gray
Nov. [November] 1838

wants Maclura,
Hieracium kalmii ("n. gen [new genus]") 
Troximon
Fruit of Dionaea
Leaves of Sprengel's Torreya.

Types of gen. subgen [genus subgenus] of § of genera
we have Endl. gen. pl. [Endlicher's Genera plantarum] 2 nos. [numbers] (good!

Have already replied to the previous letter [crossed out : the]
[crossed out : recpt. of wh. had not been ackd] concerning wh. [which] [illegible]
A. [Arnott] had been anxious. Agreed to plan rerespecting
Torreya Arn. [Arnott]. Hope it will be pubd [published] with plates
Gray sent loose set of Cyp.  & Gram. [Gray's North American Gramineae and Cyperaceae] as a friend
I will take care of plants for him. Have
presented your thanks to him

"Centaurea Amer. Hook. [Centaurea Americana Hooker] in Drum. [Drummond] fl. is Stokesia cyan [Stokesia cyanea]"
Desid. [Desiderata] from D. C prod [De Candolle's Prodromus] [&?] will attend to some time

Have seen no desc. [description] of Torreya yet, altho [although]
I have Comp. [complete] Bot. Mag. [Botanical Magazine] to no. 23.

Ceanothus ovalis, same as C. ovatus  D.C. [Ceanothus ovatus De Candolle]
Croton argyranth. [Croton argyranthemum] [added: [Drum. Tex. II. 333 [Drummond? Texas? II. 333?] wh. [which] I sent Arn. [Arnott] is " [neither?]
more [?] than Crotonopsis linearis as descd. [described]
& figd. [figured] in [illegible] Euph.
        