
          The European plants you sent me, are, Pinguicula vulgaris ,
Cyperus glomeratus, Eriophorum latifolium, Nardus stricta &
aristata, Agrostis [subaficata?] & pungens, Lolium [?],
Milica ciliata, Elymus Europaeus, Poa affina [affinus] & compressa, Festu
ca uniglumis, & decumbens, & gracilis, & [?], Bromis asper,
[Liticum?] conimum, Diapensia lapponica, Juncus trifidus & pilosus &
filiformis & var. [parviflorus?] of [cronolis?] & acutifolius & spicatus &
bulbosus & stygius, Vicia pusilla , [?] 
hirsutum, Carex
vulpina, dioica, arenaria, muricata, [?], [?],
elongota, intermedia, [pollisems?], distans, montana, pilulifera,
fulva, extensa, flava var. Aederi capillaris, Aederi, ornithopoda,
stricta, pseudocyperus, limosa, panicea, binenis, evoluta,
& palustris. These are all, I believe, - I have looked over all you
have sent me - the W. Indian excepted, for which you did not
ask. [crossed out: a [?]] Whe have a new Eriophorum, very white, only one
head - Carex montana & [liponira?] are here I think - the
others are not, except one ot two common ones. I can not find
C. montana now, but have has one [?], which looks much 
like that from Europe. I hope C. distans is here - but the
name is such an absurdity on the specimen, the [spikes?]
being close together, that I fear about it.

I wish you would talk on Eaton's Geology,
for I shall. I believe I said something about
Argillite in my last. Now our argillite lies E. of
the [Taconichert?] range & on it, next to granular limestone,
& extends far to the north. It is so difficult from that at
Troy, that I can not yet think them the same. Eaton says it is
found in West Stockbridge. 33 miles below us, & in Pittsfield, 20
miles below us, & it seems 10 miles south, & in this town &
many miles to the north. He calls it beds, when [primitive?], but
the beds are rather large. And I suspect the gray-wacke will [?]
be found to separate our stratum from that on the Hudson.
In the graywacke are found occasional layers of it, thus altern
ating with the Graywacke, as Johnson states, it does in
Europe. Hitchcock tells me too, that so far from calling his
agrillate primitive, from hard specimens, he had none to com
pare - but called it so because it is connected with micaslate,
& still thinks it is primitive. Tho' the Prst. of the Geol. Soc.
England is about to uproot all established notions, he can not
alter parts, & the plan of our Argillite seems to make it
a primitive rock.

I found Lysimachia capitata
down the County, & one of our students says he found it here.
I got also fetid Dolomite - the odour very distinct on
breaking, & [some?] by friction. It is as strong as much of
the fetid limestone. Dolomite is most abundant in this 
County. But only a little have I found fetid, & that is
coarse, crystalline-granular. Do send me all the Carices,
[Solidagines?] & Asters & grasses, you can. I am much obliged
already - but wish to be more so, if you can attend to me.

With respect Yours C. Dewey

Dr. J. Torrey
        