
          name. It is legitimately my discovery & therefore I 
 can claim it as my bantling. I am more indebted 
 to Mr. N.'s friendship than memory: for when he  was 
 last in this country I showed him a specimen & he 
 at once pronouned it new & at the moment did 
 me the honor to dedicate it to me. It has since 
 been notoriously recognised as Boykinia trispora 
 (the specific name given by me). My friend 
 Dr. [May?] of Augusta has distributed [added: it] by seeds & roots 
 to his correspondents in this country & in Europe [added: for] several 
 years past [crossed out: by] [added: under] my name. Now what will those 
 say when another Boykinia is announced? The first 
 Boykinia is I think entitled to precedence. The absence 
 of Mr. N. has prevented me from reminding him of 
 his friendly misapplication of my name. 


 I have a new genus which is not dedicated [added: &] which 
 I will send you with a succinct description. I 
 ought to have remarked that the B. trispora has 
 never been described. Mr. N.'s specimens given 
 by me were shipwrecked. 


 The Neottia odorata described by Mr. N. in the 
 J. of A. of Natural Sciences Pha. is perhaps the same I 
 had discovered & proposed to name N. tristicha 
 from its three rows of flowers. I perceived no fragrance 
 in mine. Flowers October_ 


 I have a new Lobelia legitimately aquatic 
 grows in water with Pontedria Lanceolata & 
 Villaria Cordata, all of which you shall
 have. 
        