
          Wm Col. Aug 14th 1817

Dear Friend

In my last I forgot to answer
that part of your letter where you make
inquiry respecting the species in the Nothern
States etc. etc. I went through
Muhlenberg [added: last summer] and endeavored to find descriptions
of all his plants - this was the result.
624 of Muhlenberg's phenogamous
plants were not to be found in
Pursh under any synonyms etc. Of these
338 are defined in Persoon - 39 in
[Muhlen.?], which are in neither Persh or
Per. [Persoon] - 13 in [?] which
are in neither - the remainer about
230 we intended to have obtained
from Lancaster.

I believe Gov. Clinton has taken off
those restrictions respecting my residing in the
state of N. York. But I never heard of any
application to him by my friend. I suspect
he will not follow the [parasitic?] [?]
in any of his acts.

I find you often decided too hastily as
well as I. The Arabis I sent you is certainly
not a Myagrum. I has not one
of its characters; but will agree as well with
a mullein or burdock. Myagrum [?]
sub erose [?] cells fertile and spurious
mutually [crossed out: or alternately] [added: or in some species one in others?] superimposed upon each
other [?]. The plant I send you
        