
          Westfield June 23, 1828

My dear Sir, Since I sent you a letter from N.Y.
in Dr. Porter's bundle, I have received 2 letters from
you & rejoice to hear that you are so much taken
up with Carices. But what apology shall I make
for not visiting W. Point. This is my apology I could
be absent from home but 10 days, & could not
spare the time & do justice to my friend in the
city. I wanted to see [added: you] & more especially when De Kay
told me you began to dream of Carices.

I proceed to give you my views upon some of our
Carices.

C. [Carex] crinita defined in Westfield with all the spikes
pist [pistils?], these making it sometimes dioecious, sometimes it
is androgynous. The spikelets are elliptic not cydrindric
like the real crinita, scales less prominent.
I suppose it to be C. gynendra of Sch. [Schweinitz] but it is 
doubtful whether it [added: be] any thing but a ver. [version] of crinita,
C. Scoperia [scoparia] presents the 3 following Ver. [versions] 1. spikelets 5-7
elliptic, large, alternate which is the C. Scoparia of the book
2. 5-9 spikelets crowded in a [lecpitubum?] small, 3. has
a rachis slender & recurred, spikelets obovate, or elliptic
obtuse. Prof. D. thinks it a new sp. [species]. It is his C. [Fenasu?]
C. Acuta 1 Ver. [version] has a leafless [column?]. C. Stricta of
[S Am?]. I suppose, I want to see the descriptions.
C. foenea Muhl. [Muhlenberg] a few days since I [added: found a ?] as yet I suppose it
may be the C. foenea of Muhl. among 3 or 4 specimens
I found. I only had the lower spike compound. [added: all had a] subdistant 
[added: spike], spikes 8 to 12. It agrees pretty well with
the description in Elliott except the lower bracted 
leaf which is too short. It resembles C. lagopodioides.

C. Willdenowii I have not seen in this region.
C. Vestita common on sandy plains, grows the 
best in moist sandy ground.
        