
          number which present themselves
 at once as appropriate to the
 plant or as distinguishing it from
 P. myrsinitis: minor - depressa
 - prostrata - recurva & c. But if
 you are willing I leave the whole
 matter in your hands, to do 
 as you think best about it
 after hearing from Parry & c. I 
 am surprised you have no fruit
 on your specimens; almost every
 one I have seen has some in 
 a more or less forward state.
 Enclosed is a slip from one of
 Hall's specimens.


 Accept my sincere thanks
 for your very kind invitation to 
 come and see you and botanise
 on Long Island. I am sure nothing
 could give me greater pleasure.
 At present however, I 
 am bound at home, having
 just returned from a five month
        