
          [Added in pencil: May 1848]


 44 Sixth Street- -Tuesd'y [Tuesday] Morning


 My dear friend-- I duly rec'd & thank you
 for your's of the 2nd. Had you ever compared 
 our friend [Cherster] Dewey's Char. [Characterization] of C. Nuttallii [Carex nuttallii, synonym of Carex douglasii], with
 the specimen you wd. [would] have been as much astonished
 as I am, at the discordance between them.
 The same thing, in 2 very different appearances,
 however, occurs in the Expl. Exped'n [United States Exploring Expedition] plants, as well
 young as mature. I have no doubt but that they
 are all referrable to [Francis] Boott's C. Douglasii [Carex douglasii]. 


 There is also another plant of much (Caricographical)
 interest in the Exped'n Coll'n [Expedition Collection] & a piece
 in your own herb! [herbarium] (mixed up with C. bromoides [Carex bromoides]
 & so labelled by Dew. [Chester Dewey] tho' very distinct!) concerning
 which I have just been writing at
 length to our friend [Francis] Boott. This last plant
 is very close to C. brizoides [Carex brizoides], L. [Linnaeus] & I suspect
 will turn out to be identical with the
 Kamschat'a [possibly Kamchatka?] C. pallida [Carex pallida], C.A. Mey. [Carl Anton von Meyer](judging
 from his char. as given by Kth. [Kunth?]) Boott
 I know, unites Meyer's plant with
 C. siccata [Carex siccata], but may not have authority
 for so doing. Now, since writing to Boott
 ([pr.?] Steamer America] it has occurred to me
 that as I have an intimate friend going
 to Londoin, by the "Waterloo" on Thursday
 morning, I should like to profit by the opportunity
 by sending to our friend B [Francis Boott] your
        