
          me to say, that Mr. Schw. can have no reason
to wish me to stop - he must wish me
to go on, & then correct his & publish afterwards.

My C. aristata must change its name for the reason
you give - I propose, as it is a clear species, to call it
C. Torryana. I must describe it again, as the description
was from too young a plant. If you follow my description,
you will be led into error. Now if you have
not sent this species to press, do in the pleasure to accept
this name _ I have a right to name it _ &, if
you will not accept it, write me forthwith as I must soon
send to Silliman. I am entirely convinced that our C.
[?] is C. limosa, for I have rcd. a number
of specimens & on comparing with my European, it is
clear. Dr. [Porter?] has just found it too. I shall count it
in the next No. - I still believe it is Mx'. plant, however 
indeed there is little room to doubt.
I have some with ripe fruit, which [?] well, &
I have at least three of [?] variety.

That Cummingtonite is nore quartz than
[Amphiobole?] - that is all I say.

By the way, did you give me C. atrata from
the Rocky Mt. - or, what was that, of which you said
there were only three specimens. I want to know too,
what species of Schw. we condemned - I recollect most,
but two or three I do not. That C. digitalis can not be
C. gracillima from Muh. [description?] & locality, as I think
& the capsule is nothing like his. I came home resolved
to make it the same, if possible - got me specimens, some
4 feet high, androgynous spike always - but could
not make it go. I recollect that Schw. wrote me, it was
very difft. from C. digitalis in Muh. Herb. which he
had examined. I should think C. [auria?] & C. pyriformis
the same - but for the three & two stigmas - unless as I 
much [?[ Nutt. [put?] it when he has from analogy,
& never saw the stigmas - for he describes it in its
most mature state when the stigmas are always
gone. I want C. foena [foenea?], C. disomposita, C. [logopus?]?,
& so on greatly. I am inclined to believe that C. [nigrama?]
quite well [?]. Did you say C. subulata was from
N. Jersey? I forgot in the hurry of looking over the
plants. I wish you would tell me what Carices

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you need specially. On many we agree perfectly, & I have not duplicates of
all now - it was too late on my return to get many. But I wish to send you
what I can. I have [?] C. [longriastris?], C. aristata (?), C. formosa,
C. novaeangliae [novae-angliae?], C. Schwinitria [schwinitizia?], C. setacea (which is a good one, now just in time, while
C. multiflora is gone), C. trisperma, C. [orabtata?], C. cullota, C. sylvatica, etc.

By the way, it is unsafe to condemn all new sp. of wh. we have only dried specimens,
while the observer may have seen the plants enough to know the diff. clearly. With [?]
[?] & believe me as ever your friend
C. Dewey 
        