Salt Lake City 
8-17-1891. 
Dear 'Sir; - 
Your letter received some time a 
ago lias remained unanswered tecause of ray atsence 
on a geological and botaniGal trip for tLree 
raontlis. I will try to send you speciraens of ray 
new species in tlie fall or winter. I felt sure 
of ray Sta.nleyas' in 1881 but I deferred to Dr. 
Gray when be said be couldnt see tbe distinctions 
on wbicb I founded ray species, but last year I 
went over tbe whole ground again witb raucb more 
rao.terial and carae to tbe sarae conclusion. Tbis 
year I bave studied thousands of speciraens of 
S. pinn8.tifida growing and never S3.# tbe distinc- 
tions fail so I will defer to no raan’ s Judgment. 
There is another Staiileya in eastern Utah Nevada 
6D00 to 7000 feet altitude that is biennial and 
a short lived perennia.1, I do not recall seeing 
it over three or four years old. It is nearest to 
viridiflora but tbe flowers are not greenish yel- 
low nor are tbe stems unbrancbed. There is a 
peculiarity in tbe stem sufficient to make it a 
