
          of a gent'n [gentleman] whom I look to see in about 10 ds. [days?] when
 I hope safely to receive your specimens-- cum notis
 exegeticis Boottii! I do not know how soon
 you wish to make your report, but if you do not
 desire to do so, for some 2 or 3 months, & would like
 to send [added: the whole of] the Expl. Exp'n [United States Exploring Expedition] "Acutae" to our friend Boott I 
 have no doubt I can find an opport'y [opportunity] of daring to.
 In this case, add ti them your orig'l [original] C. Jamesii [Carex jamesii],
 & the young plant, in your herb. [herbarium] which our discriminating
 friend Dew. [probably Chester Dewey] calls C. Dougl. [Carex douglasii]. which I also
 refer to C. Jamesii. If you conclude to send these
 please add to the package Gregg's [probably Josiah Gregg] little thing, & the
 C. mirrata Dew. [Carex mirata x Dewey] from Greece, Bradley, which Boott
 would like to see. You may send this small package
 to me by Mr. Grant, on his return, unless you
 yourself are coming about the same time, as
 of course the sooner I can get it off, the sooner
 we may expect it back [of him?]. In my last, I
 begged for the loan of your Chenopodaceae, & I
 should [crossed out: illegible] also like to borrow your genus
 Cyperus, as there are some half dozen of the
 new sp. [species] (Torr. & Hook. from Texas) which I never
 understood, & should much like to see. A few days
 will abundantly serve my purpose. I forgot to say that
 Boott charges me with-- "Remember me to Torrey,"  & speaking
 of some of my old Lin. [Linnean Society] friends, he remarks, incidentally,
        