
          Now for the Shrub [?] - I have had the good luck to find a few of 
 the Staminate plants which are as you [crossed out:observe; insert:suspect] marvellously like
 these of the Willows but I do not subscribe to your opinion of its affinities
 Look sharp & see if it does not [crossed out:not] make a nearer approach
 to Myricaceae    Indeed it appears to me almost a Myrica itself 
 from which it differs by having a simple style (this is the normal state)
 the hypogynous scales unites - [insert:monosepalous] stamens distinct (not monoadelphous as in Myrica)
 the testa [crossed out:of] or more correctly the external integument of it is entire & continuous
 but if you cut away a portion you will find the sane reticulated 
 structure which you find by a similar proceeding in the 
 true Myricaceae - of the fruit I cannot advance an opinion
 as I find that I sent you & Mr. Carey all the ripe ones
 I had & those I now have are not fit for dissection - 
 Like yourself I noticed the single stamen at the base of the ovule
 & this circumstance led me to look elsewhere than among the 
 Amentaceae for its true station - Now if you think I am correct
 in my views of this plant I shall be truly glad & I will take
 out of a paper which I am about sending to press the [crossed out:ap]
 account of Myrica Torreyana with a drawing which I have
 made & publish a paper on the Myriacaceae separately - I enclose
 two aments of different ages of both sexes & if you still have a nut
 of the proper age you need not fear to cut it up or to call upon 
 Mr Carey for his & I will supply you anew otherwise we 
 must wait till the fall for the new crop - It is past flowering
 now - I have figured the flowers of both kinds & have succeeded pretty
 well and am waiting for the expanded leaves as soon as this is done I
 will send you the result but I should like to learn your decision 
 in the mean time - Are you willing to look over this paper of
 mine before it goes to the press   There are about thirty new species
 described in it & it is quite possible that some of them have been
 indicated elsewhere   I call the new Dianthus D. crassifolia  - Can the Apa
 Lobelia possibly be a form of L. glandulosa? They appear quite distinct but
 as you suggest intermediate forms may unite them

        