
          I have rcd. a letter from Sprengel, inclosing
a Cat. of plants sent by you & for you, which
he wishes me to forward to you. He should have
sent to you first for the postage both ways
here comes to something. But so it is, & I shall
forward it to you soon as may be. He says
in the Cat. of my plants, that C. disperma is
a good new species. He names one C. Dewyana
not that of Schw. I believe. He names another
C. quaternaria, which I have called in Sill.
Journ. C. trisperma. He agrees with me on
C. alba, C. [pollismus?], C. granularis, C. lupulina,
C. [jolliculata?], C. oligocapra, laxiflora, acuta,
marginata, trichocarpa, etc. etc. He calls Diplocomium
longissitum [longisetum?] as you say, Funaria Deweyana,
& also a [Parmelia?], I sent, by the same name!!!
The other things are of little worth in his
Cat. as I see. He politely asks how he
shall make a return & urges me to tell
him. I would I was able to put up a
few more for him. & to tell what I want
but I must be still. In your Cat.
I see he [breaks?] forth upon Schizaea pusilla,
have you sent it to me?

I got the other numbers of your Memoirs ofLyc.
at least to 4 inclusive, a few days ago, as well as
the 2nd No. of your Flora. I see no plates in the
work yet tho' I suppose you are to give some.
I have not examined it any - but I suppose it is
good as the other, & I hope better, tho' I spoke so well
my opinion of the first.

By the way, Sprengel
says I sent him Carex [remotinsula?] Wahl. 
but he is out - he refers no doubt to our variety of
C. curta, which Schw. says agrees exactly with the
European. I wish I could draw I would fig.
every one of those new Carices & then, a
comparison with Schk. would show how
[finely/firmly?] they are characterized & how certainly
new. But, I can not do it & I have
no one near me that can do it 
        