
          have supposed new or doubtful, I will endeavour to prepare
an account of them.  I would not willingly be guilty of adding
synonyms to the already numerous list, nor [crossed out:of] describing
plants already decribed by others.  And if I sin against the
rules of Botanical etiquette, I trust you will overlook it as one
of ignorance.  In skillful hand, I have in my collections the materials
for a long and interesting article, but what will be made of them
in my own, the future must determine.

The new Baptisia is a splendid thing, & is remarkable 
for retaining its natural colours when prepared for the Herbarium.
The plant, which I have doubtingly called a Gratiola, may, if the form
of the corolla is a character of value, belong to some other Genus.
It is a true Gratiola, in my judgement, in every particular except
in the flowers.  The fact of its becoming black in the  process of drying
led me to compare it with Buchneria, which, in its calix, it does 
not agree.  The Rudbeck, I fear, is Nuttall's R. atrorubens although 
he speaks of his plant as being remarkable for it "singular
smoothness."  The Helianthus must be a good species & so must
the Asclepias.  The Tephrosia must be added to the list.  Nuttall
has a species without racemes, but this cannot be his.

Mr. Croom must have been mistaken, [above line:I think,] respectings Michaux's
Tripsacum cylind.  The latter Botanist fixes the location of his plant
on the "sand Hills of Fla", precisely [crossed out:wh] in situations in which I
found my plant;while Mr. C.'s specimens grow in "wet pine barrens"
(vide Cat. pl. New Bern, et Ell. II p. 524)  A singular Liatris"  -- new?

These plants were collected in West Florida, along the Apalachicola on
the west Bank.  I was called last May to perform an amputation
near Tennessee Bluff, some 80-100 miles distant.  Crossing the river

written sideways on the L:  What a harvest Nuttall gathered -- 1200 new species!  It is pleasing to see so much  harmony and good feeling  existing between
our greatest Botanists.  You will find in your package but few of the plants before sent and but few duplicates (see below)

at Aspalaya, I was conducted along an old Indian "trail" through "bogs &
fens & moors" to the place of destination.  But I was amply rewarded 
by the discovery of so many new & rare "things. Besides those already mentioned,
I met with the following (to me) raw peanuts. Rhynchosp. oligantha,
Hypoporum Bald., et gracile, Spigelia sp., Coreopsis angustifol. Asclepias connivens,
Sabbatia parviflora, Chap."  of which I regret I have not two specimens
Spiraea opulifol? Parnasia Car., Polygala Bald. et Boykinii, Evolvulus sp.
Anatherix viridis, Nutt. & Menispermum Lyoni? &c [etc.]  But the plant, which in
your package is, with hesitation labeled a Myrica is. perhaps the most 
interesting of all; since it may prove to be a new Genus.  It is a small
tree, 12-15 ft. high, with smooth whitish bark, much branched, with [blot]
perennial leaves growing only at the summit of the branches,
There was something among the cluster of leaves which had the
appearance of dried aments - but in this I may be deceived.
I truly regret the probability that I shall never revisit that spot
again, since the plant grows far from this places towards the Gulf.

I received yesterday a note from Count dr. Castleman [?whole phrase?] [above line:fr. Tallahass.] enclosing your
[crossed out:your] letter. I fear I shall not have the pleasure of making his
acquaintance, as he informs me that he is about leaving the Territory.
But it is consoling to learn that while our scientific friends die so
frequently around us, others are willing to come & fill their places.
Croom, Loomis & Leitner are gone; & I am candid to confess,that 
a few weeks ago, I was looking forward with no small anxiety to the
near approach of that day, when I should be called to follow them.

But having gained sufficient strength to return to the pure water & good
society of Quincy, under providence, I am rapidly being restored to my 
former health.  My avarice prompts me to make one more trial of W. Fla.
and if my health again suffers I leave it to those more avaricious.

Sideways in the channel between pages: My correspondence has great increase of late and I have use for most of my duplicates  But hereafter I shall curtail
With regard to the croomia I guess it [above line:will] come along between [XXXomia] & Convallaria notwithstanding its root
        