
          I think you informed me that the R. miliacea [underlined: miliacea] grew
 at the North, but this State is the most northern
 point by Gray. Here it flowers July-Aug.


 R. inexpansa [inexpansa?] [underlined: R. inexpansa] invairably springs up byteh side of ditches
 which are cut through our damp pine woods. Fl. July-
 Sept. & the fruit remains till the next spring.


 R. plumosa [underlined: plumosa] I have always found in damp [underlined: damp] pine woods.
 Flowers June-July? ----


 R. Elliottii [underlined: Elliottii] flowers in June at this place. I think
 [added: that cinnamon colored [underlined: cinnamon colored] better describes the colors of the glumes than chesnut [chestnut] cold.]


 R. pycnocarpa [underlined: pycnocarpa] flowers Aug - Sept.


 R. ciliata [underlined: ciliata] inhabits damp Savannahs.


 R. Baldwinii [underlined: Baldwinii] -- My specimens are hexandrous [underlined: hexandrous]; 
 and the bristles are 10? --


 R. oligantha [underlined: oligantha] inhabits Savannahs -- Fl. June - July.


 R. alba [underlined: alba] - F. May - June, at this place.


 These observations may be of no service to Dr. 
 Gray, but I thought I would venture them.


 I sent you a plant from this locality once
 under the name of Cyperus (b) [underlined: Cyperus (b), which you returned
 as Mariscus cylindricus, Ell, but which I thought
 was C. tetragonus, Ell, or else an undescribed plant.
 It is certainly no Mariscus, but a genuine Cyperus.
 You retained a head of it, and I am very anxious
 to know what you make of it. That you may
 see what I mean, I give you my description of it.


 Stem 1 ft. high, acutely [?] -- smooth, naked; Invol: [Invol:?]
 5-6 leaved, mostly longer than the umbel, smooth except on
 the margin, keeled [keeled?], tapering from teh base to a long filiform
 point; Partial Invol. 0 [Invol. 0]; Umbel 8-10 rayed, simple, 

        