
          My Scrophularious plant, methinks, cannot be  Pentstemon [Penstemon].  I will 
describe it as well as my poor specimen will enable me

Plant about 3. ft. high. Stem quadrangular, angles obtuse, pubescent, branching.
Leaves opposite, petiolate, pinnatifid [inserted above: (lacianate?) at base, coarsely dentate towards the apex,
acute, Seg. [segment?] multiform, mostly dentate. & obliquely ovate. (falcate?) The 
outline of the entire leaf is ovate-lanceolate & oval in the
upper. Flowers in terminal racemes. Peduncles opposite 9-12 lines [?] long
assurgent. (chandelierform!!). Calix [calyx] 5-cleft, Seg. linear. 2-3 times
as long as the tube. Cor. [corolla] cylindrical, 3-times as long as the Calix. equally (?)
5-cleft. seg. acute. Fil [filaments] 4. equal. exsit. pub. teice the length of the Cor.
Anth. [anther] erect. oblong. Cap. ovate, crowned with the long filiform style
This specimen has but one flower & I will not trouble it but leave it for your
inspection. It may not be uninteresting to state that I found it at the identical
spot where Nuttall found the Sarracenia psytr. [?] according to Mr.
Croom. Hab. Bogs flowers Sept. The plant had some resemblance to 
a Pentstemon but differs from any described species.  The Capsules are those
of the yelllow-flowering Gerardias  I will try to sketch a leaf & peduncle
in this letter  I will send it in my next collection & I will hope to find
another next year  Although it is & has been for some time past very warm
yet there are very few plants in bloom in consequence of a frost
which we had about the first of Oct. Do you ever hear from our
dear Prof. Hitchcock in the Bot. line? or have turky-tracks [turkey-tracks] wholly 
attracted his attention?

In my description of Apteria setacea I was induced to apply the phrase
"firmly adhering" because, when I dissected a flower, I found an anther
as firmly sticking to to each of the Stif. [stigmas] that the fil. [filament] was frequently detached 
from the Cor. [corolla] rather than give up its hold on the Stig.

Hoping soon to receive an answer to my inquiries,
I remain, Dear Sir,
Sincerely Yours,
Alvan W. Chapman
        