
          Recd [Received] Dec [December] 26th
 Ansd [Answered] March 3rd


 Dr Torrey


 Dear Sir,


 I have but time to let you know that I have 
 just received your letter of 22nd instant. I shall attend
 to your inquires about the saxifraga rose of parsh
 The sample, without flower, that I have lately received 
 from Wolle and the only one he could dispose of for
 the present, has leaves rounded at the end, [Wfeibet?] Parsh
 describes them [added: as] acute. I will , tomorrow, go to the Philosophical
 Society and see that of Parsh. Wolle tells me that this
 species is very common in a meadow near Bethlehem and
 that he will collect as many specimens as he can.


 [crossed out: The description of Empetrum couradii is not in the
 Pamphlet you have sent me but those of Macantheris,
 yes it is.]


 Dr Darlington has 10 no1 of Endicheris genera
 shall I request him to send them to Dr gray?


 I sent you about 6 weeks ago a parcel of plants
 from a young gentlemen of Nashville - and a few
 days ago the manuscript of Mr Nuttall - Have you 
 received them. Among the Tenessee [Tennessee] plants is a singular

        