
          in the index (or in the body of the work) be marked with its proper
 accent. Let all established common names be given, also the
 [added: usual] colours of the corollas, (either by abbreviation or otherwise) and 
 let the typography be in [crossed out: of] the best style, and the errors of the
 press very carefully noted. I have not your flora 
 of the Northern & Middle States. I have however your 
 edition of Lindley in which the errors of the press are 
 numerous. Probably that work was hurried through the
 press, or circumstances may have prevented your correcting 
 it more strictly.


 I was not before aware of Mr. Nuttall's having described [added: and named]
 the Sarracenia mentioned by me in Silliman's Journal, or I 
 would not have presumed to alter his name of the plant. 


 Before the receipt of your letter I had also prepared & forwarded
 to that Journal some "Remarks on the Genus Sarracenia"
 in which I advanced the opinion that this species is the true 
 original of Michaux's S. psittacina. This would also have 
 been withheld or qualified had your letter been recieved
 before it was sent. I have not recieved the last (the
 April Number) and therefore do not know whether
 the article has appeared. 


 I will take this occasion to state that I now think it probable
 that what I have prepared as "Thyrsanthus floridana" is but
 a variety of T. frutescens, and it is possible that Dr. Loomis's
 "Amorpha caroliniana" is but a variety of A. fruticosa. On
 this subject I would like to have your opinion. 


 Baptisia simplicifolia has not yet flowered. Its fruit however
 shows is a Baptisia, and its leaves show it to be very distinct from

        