
          Muhlenbergia unna. All my specimens agree with Muhlenberg's 
 description of [Gir. asund?], and certainly do not agree
 with [added: the] character of Muhlenbergia. Muhlenbergia
 [clippessa?] is also in the same predicament, said now to be a
 [vilfa?]. If you will enlighten me on this subject you will
 confer a particular favor


 You will probably recollect [crossed out: that the] [Haleria titrap?] was
 in my list of plants, that was a mistake owing to a blunder
 of mine in mistaking the [Euonymus atropha?] with immature 
 [?] for the [Haleria?].


 I made two trips of 3 days each to the Barrens [added: last fall] from 15 to 20
 miles from this place. They are a kind of prairie destitute of
 trees and covered with shrubs as grass; the former are called
 bushy & the latter grassy barrens. They are more hilly or undulating 
 & not so petite [crossed out: than] [added: as] what are generally called prairies.


 They are by far the finest field for a botanist that I ever beheld.
 A much greater number of species are found in the same space
 than I have observed [crossed out: illegible] in any other place. It is indeed like
 a botanic garden but much more interesting. My visits
 to the barrens were on the fore part [added: of Aug.] & September, and
 I found many species that I have not seen in this neighborhood. 
 On my first trip the gaudy and brilliant [Girardia
 purpurea?] was in full bloom, and extended throughout
 the whole of the barrens, but I saw added: it] [crossed out it somewhere] in no
 other place, not even around [entracted?] fields.


 The specimens that I now have are the greater part of
 them badly preserved owing to many of them being kept
 for several days in a vasculum as standing in water till
 I could get time to determine the species, before they
 were put into the press; consequently I can send you no
 specimens worth your acceptance till next fall when I
 shall probably visit your city. This year [crossed out: will] so much
 time will not [added: not] probably be required to ascertain species
 and consequently I shall have more for collecting and

        