
          autumnalis (Sc. autum.) quam ita descrilendo reur luculentius esponcem
Fr. autumctis culmo compresso ancipita umbelle subcomposita spiculis
oblongis solicharis aquamis ovatis ex apice obtuso aristatis mucronatis
appecpris caryopsi obvata trigona larrissima angulis cartolagines nuenginates
in voluero sub 3 phyllo umbellano rex aquanta.

I believe I have sent you the cream of N. v. [Nees von] Esenbeck's
observations on this North American species, and beg now 
to conclude with begging you to believe me your
sincere friend
G. Walker Arnott

Arlary 14 Sep. 1835

To Dr. John Torrey
New York 
        