
          gluing & studying what I possess-- a very respectable set-- & have detected,
 as I believe, a n. sp. [new species?] from Western N. Yk. [New York]! A'r't [Aren't?]
 you ashamed, of yourself? Juncus Vaseyus, [nihi Infs.?]
 Also the Explg. [Exploring, i.e. the United States Exploring Expedition] Cyps. [Cyperus? Cyperaceae?] -- Are they too large an affair to bring
 on? Mine are now all in working order. I know all about
 Ravenel's [Henry William Ravenel] 2 [anachaet.?] [Rhyn'ae?]-- more, perhaps, than you do-- I have
 a 3rd sp. [species? specimen?] [PSylac.?] is no genus, I fear.  It has nothing but the
 technical char's to rest on, as the sp. are very dissimilar
 in habit. It is Rhynch. just what Isolepis is to Scirp. [Scirpus]
 a (technical) subd'n [subdivision?] of the genus. I am glad your heart yearns
 again toward your old loves. I have no desire to "monopolize
 the genus Carex" [crossed out: Carex"] which you so kindly assign to me.
 When you proposed to me, some time since, a revision of the
 whole order, I did feel half inclined to say yes, but the
 job seemed too formidable, till I had got my collections
 in order, & I am heartily glad you are disposed to
 review your old pets. Somehow, I too, am very fond of
 them--  & always was so. I have a new Rhynch. [added with caret: (besides the 3rd [anachoetous?] one, above)] which, in
 the prospect of a (flying) paper for Sill'm [Silliman, i.e. the American Journal of Science and Arts] I meant to describe,
 but will hand over to you, with some other cyperaceous
 hints & suggestions, [vol. quant?]!
 4. If you found Cyperus articulatus amongst Ravenel's
 plants, I should like one-- also a ripe Scirpus quadrang. [quadrangularis, quadrangulatus, or quadrangulus]
 5. Did you get [James William] Abert's 1st report? If so please bring it
 on, with the accompanying autograph letter.


 Many thanks for your kind invitation. The "rambles with me" 
 have more attractions than the "two gentle nags"-- for as I am
 nothing of a horseman, at the best, & have not been on horseback
 for more than 3 years! it would take me 2 or 3 weeks work
 to ride the stiffness out of my old joints-- You laugh-- I forgive you, but
 I tell you the real truth.
        