
          I do not hear he has brought anything 
 of consequence.
 Gray has left a bright remembrance
 behind him in us all.
 His simplicity & integrity of mind
 will give great weight to all
 he does, & I pray God he may
 live long to build up a reputation
 immeasurable to our Country.
 He will send me his notes
 on the dift [different] collections of
 Carices. I am puzzled about
 Gays C. commutata [Carex commutata]. I take C.
 stricta Lam. [Carex stricta Lamarck] to be what you
 have all [sent?] as C. acuta [Carex acuta]. I
 think Gay right about C. caespitosa L. [Carex cespitosa Linné]
 for the abs. [abstract?] of Linneus in the 1st
 Edit. [Edition] of Fl. [Flora] Svecica (prior to the 1st
 Edit. [Edition] of Sp. plm [Species plantarum] evidently refer
 to the C. Stricta Good. [Carex stricta Goodenough]. But Goodenoughs
 paper was read 1792 & published
 in 1794, & Lamarck C. stricta [Carex stricta] was
 published 1789. Goodenoughs name
 therefore had been appropriated
   
        