
          And now I come to the most interesting part of your letter: your wish to
visit Europe next season. Pray do come and be certain of a warm reception
from me and Mrs Arnott.

Graminea Americano from Drummond & Douglas
L. Paspalen micronatus muhl. (St. Louis), P. Walterianus Sch. (St. Louis), P. conjugatus (N. orl.), P.  setaeus H. new
j. stach. et destachyen (St. Louis), P. floridaum Mich. (St. Louis) a Parfalo macrospermio H. cui conjirngi verlt
Kunthins longuis distant simillimus quod ad oficialas, P. notato H. sed dissech raemis pastialibus
ternis basi valbe bart aty ex foliis vaginisque multo longiaribus lation buague? P. leutiferus Lam.
N av E distachyus apicis bi nis glumis fulvis 5. nerviis caryopsi fusca (N. Orl.); an sp. distincta? an
P. diffirme LeConte. P. foliformil Fl. (St. Louis) P. phaeocarpus NE. sue Panicum (Digitari -) phecoarpum
N,E, (St. Louis);  of this I have no discription and the only plant of Drummond's I can make out to be it, is what I call Digitaric glabre of the Americ. Botanists, a true Passales.—
Stenctaphrum sarmentosum N. v. E. in Mart. Fl. Bras. II. p. 93 (New Orl.); by the bye you
ought to get that volumn of Martius flora it has a double title page, the other being
Nees v. Essenbeck's Agrostographia Brasiliensis and it can be had seperately for about
15 shillings; it contains much information about species from all parts of the world
As it will take up too much space, I will not notice all of Drummond's here but
but only such as may be interesting. Panic. prosthatum Lam. (N. Orl.) -- P. caespitosum SW
B. pumilum foliis favis pubescenti scabris, 1-4-foll, longum, basi valde ramosum. (N. Orl.) 
Panicum Drummondi N ab Essenb. racemo decomposito denso elongato ramulis partialibus
brevissimis 4-8 stachyis fasciculeformibus secundis a basi confertifloris pedicullis brevissimis
germinis spiculis oblongo lanceolatis compressis acuminatis glumis parum in aqualibus
carinatis neutrobivalir hermaphrodito dimiato ovato obtusa laviglumis plus duplo
breviore quemo erecto simplici valido vaginis foliisque oblongo lanceolatis subcordatis
glabris, his margine eartilagineo serratis -- New Orleans -- Gramen speciosum. Culmus
crapus cum nodis glaber. Folia 8 - 9 follices longa, folli cum lata a centata. Racemus
3/4 pedes altres Rhachis communis angulatas scaberrima. Rami 3 1/2 follicer longi triquestri
rigidi a hasi florentes inferiores oppositi reel verticillati Ramuli rix 2 lin. longi attema
approximati secundi apprepi. Spiculae 2 1/2 lin. long ce fero langeolata glabrae glumae
accuminatae carina scabrae a viridi purpurascentes inferior 3 nervis 2 lin longa superior 2 1/2 lin.
longa 5 nervis Flosculus inferior neuter valvule inferiori cultri formis obtusiscula 5 nervi 2
in. longa superiori duplo minori angusta. Flosculus hermaphroditus ne lineam quidem longus
Caerrpumus obtusus. This belongs as may be inferred to N. v. E's section Passloridei
including P. flavidum, colonum procumbens prostiatum caspitorum, [?]
Pan. Philadelphicum Bernh var major panicule amplo densissima ramis approximatis aut verticillatis (St. Louis) P. precinox cum Bernh. cum Pr virgato seesse confusum.
dissert coloro glauco et glumis majoribus subutato cuspidatis (St. Louis) These two
last I do not know. P. multiflorum Pois. var spiculis parrpurascenti viridique
variis (St. Louis); dissert a P. proliferum spiculis minoribus magisque confertis nervis glumo
superiorus flosculique sterilis (5) majis prominulis. Pan. obligosanthes Sch. (New Orl. and St. Louis)
Pan. viride car B spice longa densiprimaque floreulo [symbol for mercury] lavi nitido et spice forma
cerumuni cum flosculo hermaphrodito lavi (New Orl.) P. imbube N. ab E. in Mart. Fl. Br.
II p. 239 (St. Louis) P. lavigatum Muhl. (St. Louis) dissert a P. glauco foliis glabris noumisi ad oras
barbatis vaginisque scabris (neque igitur laevigatis) culmo graciliori spica breviori (1-1 1/2 foll.) in volucris
pallidionibus spiculis minoribus glumis acutinseulis. P. oryzinum N. ab E. in Mart. F;. Br. II p 256
(st. Louis) Pan. (Echinochloe) scindeus N.E. spica decomposita erecta denseo partialibus atternis oppositisue 
erectis secundis rhachi triquetreo superno quadriquestra scabra spiculis ovatis turgidis e tubercilis 
hispidissimis gluma inferiori orbiculata lato encullata numeronulata spicula triplo vreviore superiori
floriculique neutrius bivalvis valula inferiori paillo longius neuronatis omnibus 5 nervibus valoule florculi
spice 7 nervi flosculo hermaphrodito ovato convexo leevi nuerone trionerei culmo erecto ramuoso prolifero vagirus 
compuessis acute carinatis foliisque lato linearibus longiscaberrimis ligula nulla. St. Louis. Peoxinuem
P. eryzino sed dissert vaginis et foliis scaberrimis conferatus P. oflismenes polystachyes Kunth
En. 1. - 146. upon this I may remark that I only find two or at most three species of the group Echinochloa.
noticed by N. American authors the crusgalli, hispidum and mucricatuon whereas Nees mentions
as found by Drummond alone crusgalli scindens, calliform and mucricatum P. (Echin.) calliferum N, ab E;
spice decomposita erecta partialibus alongatis hispidis inferioribus subverticillatis rhachis angulata scaberrima
spiculis subglomeratis ovato ellipticis calloro tuburculatis hispidisque coloratis glustis 5 nerviis inferiori
orbiculato trigona acuta spicula triplo breviore superiori longius mueronata flosculi erecterius valorula
inferiori longe setigera apice ectremo 7 nervi floresculo hermaphrodito ovato elliptico mucronato gibbo culmo
erecto foliis longissimis linearibus laticesculis margine cilato serratis vagiinisque scaberrismis basi
nudis ligula nulla. (St. Louis). Dissert a P. cruze pavonis spiculis secundum nervos callis flavis  crapsis
setigeris obsitis folisque multo longioribus et gllaucis. Spiculae purpurece. Species pulchre inter reliquas
facile distincta. P. (Echin.) mucrinatum N.E. in Mart. Fl. Bras. II p.257 (N. Orleans) definitioni addas:
vaginis laevibus. From this remark, I do not see how Pursh's plant can be the same. Sorghum
auenacrum N.E. (St. Louis) this is obviously what you call andropogon nutans. Sorghum Drummondis
N.E. panicula laxe ramis basi  intogris alongatis subanticillatis chachique scabsis spiculis ellipticis glabricisculis
pedicellis neutrorum pilosis glumis apice deprepais nervoso. stristis valvula floreali fertilis setigera
seta spicula longiori neutris animis foliis angustis acuminatis collo denso hirsutis (New Orleans). Persimili
species [?] videtur Sorgho halefendi sed dissert imprimis spiculis majoribus latioribus 2 1/1 lin. longis
unam lineam latis apice minus angustatis sed in mediolationibus (Halepensi etenim Sorgho spiailae 
2 lin. longa sunt et vix 3/4 lin. latae infra medium laticres tum vers penicula minore spiculis
neutris minioribus linearibus vix spiculam fertilem superantibus quae S. halepensi Canceolata spiculaque
fertili longiores seta fortiori spicula longiori (4 lineas ab origine sua longa spicule matura basifusca.
Pratena glauca non nisi pubescentia maxime sparsa restite apice magis nervosa... Rhachis et rami
scabri secut nec filosi... a S. rulenti Willd. cui quoad. spiculas ex amassi congruit dissert foliis
augustis quae illi lata et spiculis accefronii neutris minimis quae in srulunte lanceolata et saefe masceda.
An S. rubentis car.? You will see that I omit much of the detailed description. Erianthus saccharoi.
        