
          The stachys of which I send a sample grows sparingly in New
 Jersey; I have never found it elsewhere. The plant refered [referred] to
 Xerophyllum, with much doubt, was found solitary in a deep bog in
 New Jersey - It is a beautiful plant and may be common in town
 localities, as it is occasionally brought to market by the Jersey people
 most of the other specimens are from a parcel, I received from
 South Carolina, without leaves.


 Permit me, Sir to apologize for the liberty I take
 of making so free with you - If I can be of any
 service to you, my collections and duplicates are at 
 your disposal; but in a science so intricate as that of Botany,
 a student has to apply to authorities and yours is the
 best in the country.


 Believe me very respectfully your obt [obedient] servt [servant]


 E. [Elias] Durand


 In haste


 Philadelphia  Dec. [December] 29th 1833.
        