
          C. [lobiacea?] L. seems [settled?] by Dr. Gray, &
that C. gracilis & tenella, are not the same. We
have long known both [?], but are you clear
that C. disperma is the same as C. gracilis?
This is the point. It is curious, as such as
C. disperma has been sent to Europe, no one
has learned this. I have a C. gracilis from Europe
& it resembles C. disperma, but the fruit of the
latter is shorter, more obtuse, & the plant
of a difft. aspect. Still, I should like to
see the fruit Europ. species, &, if [?]
let C. disperma go. The object is only to
get the species. It is too late in Caricog. for
synonyms to be held up in [?], when
they are [found/formed?] on great names. Dr. Boott is
not clear in his Hooker's Flora on some species,
as he calls C. leporina L. C. Lagopina Wohl. & in
some others. I have no doubt by Mr. Carey will
do much on Carices, but I hope, he will introduce
a variety of characters & not rest on one.

Do not wait till 1849 to write me. I [want?] a little
[one?] the fruit [?] soon.

I shall return your plants ere long, & then you
will hear from me again.

Truly Your Obliged

C. Dewey

Prof Torrey.
        