
          C. Scipaides is scarcely a species - C. remota is not a native
of Ama [America]. Richardson mistook C. Deweyana for it
C. alpestris. has not been found in Ama. C. Laxiflora has
a form with many capsules - Among the Arctic plants
you [?] C. maritima for C. cruciata. Your C. vesicaria
as described in the Lycm. [Lyceum] I take to be C. ampullacea
- as I have that plant from Darlington. I do
not believe C. lacustris a good species - but I should
like to [?] well [fruited ?]. I consider it C. riparia
Short has sent me as C. Stipata are very like our C.
vulperia - quite distinct from Stipata at all events.
The C. tenera of Dewey is hardly distinguishable from 
the small C. straminea! What does Eaton mean
by C. Saxatilis? & C. fuliginosa ? I suspected C. Oakesiana
might be oligosperma of Michx. Green sent it to me
from Masstts [Massachusetts]. Surely C. floridana has no close affinities
to C. Muhlenbergii  & Sparganioides ! I have it
from Jamaica - Sprengel has some Am. species
I know nothing about. What has become of C.
flexilis. [?] You take no notice of it among you.
How many species are common to the two continents!
Would that some one would explore Labrador!
& the [hits?] [hinterlands?] inland fr [from] the coast. I have a
small species from [Mount ?] Washington gathered
20 years ago - near C. curta in fruit, but fewer flowers
& with a [added: fruit] seed like but more [?] & [?]. Do you 
know it? Any specimens well known in a young state
would be valuable - The species have not been studied
in this early stage. - You call them your pets - they have 
bewitched me - Your four specs [specimens] of [Desmodium] recalled
a long study I made of that genus some years
ago. I take one of yr [your] specs [specimens] to be S. strictum - another 
paniculatum, a very variable plant in length & form
of leaves - the small leaved one is the D. [Desmodium] marilandicum
of [leaves?] - the D. obtusum of others - of course the ref. to [Hill ?] 
[Mnt Wth?] [Mount Washington ?] is many - Your other spec. [specimens] I suspect is [Hillen?]
- arias' plant - it is something like D. veridiflorum
        