
          "Nolina: asphodelioides" Chapm.


 Root of rad. leaves


 Received March 28, 1856 in a letter dated March 17


 The root is remarkable, it shows 
 that the plant must be very different 
 from the Texan (Wright) and
 Louisiana (Hale) plant.


 [In another hand]
 [No - the difference can be easily explained. 
 The old nucleus (tuberous) of the bulb is persistent
 for severla seasons, + a new bulb covers it every year
        