
          made me alter. I feel no regret on this account, for
I hoped for his opinion about them. I will mention
them. Orchis dilatata Ph. he doubts whether ous is the [one?]
Gratiola neglecta, he calls G. acuminata Walt. [?] pennsylvani
ca, as you called it, he doubts about but you are right! I have
asked you about Elymus virginicus, of which I doubted, but
do not recollect you ever said any thing about it - he calls
it E. canadensis? Agrostis mexicana, which I sent you, he
calls, A. mexicana L. ([?] Muhl. & [robolifera?] W.). Is not here
some confusion? Oryzopsis melanocarpa Muh. right, but is 
Millum racemosum [Sin?]. in Rus Cyclopedia, he says.
Eriocaulon gnaphalodes, which I have called E. [pellucidulum?] of
Eaton _ it is found in this Co. Cyperus [poacformis?] he doubts_
but says no more - You have also doubted, I think. Ilex cana
densis Mx. he seems to wonder about. Do give a correct discrip
tion of this plant - for I suspect, while we know Mx's plant,
Sprengel can not believe Mx. would call it an Ilex. Pothos
[portida?], he seems to wonder about, &, of course, I fear that I
do not know skunk cabbage!! Aralia hispida & nudicau
lis, he [marks?] - I know not why, & also [Parnofia?] caroliniana.
Hylostum solonis he calls V. villoosum Mx. Dentaria diphylla
he marks, & also Hedysarum glutinosum - but the last is certainly
Eaton's, from Mich? Carex pedunculata, & C. tentanulata, he
marks - but I know not why, for it seems to me, they are
known. The others [I would?] not mention. Of several I know not
why he doubts - or, rather, why he marks them, for I can not
yet [?] this [time?] in his letter. But probably he wrote you,
& so I can [?] the whole. You seem to have rcd. [received] quite
a cargo, & I am glad of it.

I know Cooley sent you plants. I believe he does
little but study botany thro' the season. And he may
well do much more for you & himself than I can. I have
ever supposed Hitchcock, to be [diseminating?] & [?].

I know not why Eaton does not send your books - the
last I heard he was using them, but that was 6 weeks
ago, & he had not finished the genera for the new
        