
          Cambridge Mass. [Massachusetts]
 June 15th 1869 


 My Dear Dr. Torrey,


 I got your last with 
 the flower of Sedum edule.
 Am much obliged, and 
 am sorry to vex you with 
 more inquiries. 


 Was the genus [crossed out: Megar?iza?]
 Megarrhiza ever published? 
 and if so where? Is your 
 Megarrhiza oregana, the 
 same as Sicyos Oreganus T. & G. [Torrey & Gray]
 (as I surely infer) and [crossed out: illegible] has
 the former name been used 
 elsewhere than in Bot. [Botany] P.R.R. [Pacific Rail Road]
 Expl. [Exploration] vol. 6, part 3, p. 74. That is 
 the only place I see it used &
 [crossed out: there is no synonym] [added: it is without any synonym] & I
 find the specimens in the Gray Herb. [Herbarium]

        